Welcome Cathy Stannard! Cathy was elected to the board at the November 2020 AGM. She starts a two-year term.
YAA has been working with consultant Wendy Morrison of YZED Projects to prepare for YAA’s new Transfer Payment Agreement. Thank you to NGO Training Fund and Volunteer Bénévoles Yukon for financially supporting the project.
YAA formed a hiring committee to manage the recruitment of an Interim Office Manager to replacement the outgoing executive director. After working through a strategic planning process this spring, the board will commence a recruitment process to hire a permanent executive director.
In October, YAA’s governance committee has updated the Board Policy Manual with new updates about committee composition, conflict of interest, equipment rental bookings, reporting requirements of the executive director and some other minor amendments.
YAA board approved the policy updates.
A survey will be drafted prior to the commencement of strategic planning. Stratus Ag Research has offered to manage the survey process in return for adding a question with a request contact information from respondents.
The land development committee is starting to work out a budget for 2021 projects related to the fairgrounds.
Klondike Farmers Forum requested YAA’s help to book the mobile abattoir for two weeks in 2021. Two – one week bookings. Currently the mobile abattoir goes to Mayo and Dawson for one week a year.
Ongoing discussions about the management of elk.
Request for Minister Pillai to attend January board meeting with an update.
