January 18, 2010 - District of Mission

12misisTsRicon.,ON THE FRASERCorporate AdministrationMemorandumFile Category:File Folder:ADM.COM.COMSocial Development CommissionTo: Chief Administrative OfficerFrom: Manager of Social DevelopmentDate: January 12, 2010Subject: Social, Development Report (Review of 2009)Section 1 - Social Development program updatesSection 2 - Program Goals for 2010Section 3 - Social Development Working Group UpdatesSection 4 - ReviewSection 1: Social Development program updatesI began my position as Social Development Manager January 26, 2009 with my last Progress Report toCouncil on June 3, 2009. This report will outline activities of the Social Development Commission andrelated working groups from June 2009 to the present as well as clarify the ways in which the SocialDevelopment Commission is transitioning and my goals and vision to advance the program forward in2010.Beginning in 2010, I will provide Council with quarterly reports on the Social Development program.This will provide consistent communication and enable Council to keep updated with the program.New membershipTwelve members were initially appointed to the Social Development Commission in 2006. Six of thesemembers have either stepped down or been replaced due to their lack of availability to adequatelyparticipate at the Commission level. These six members have been replaced along with two new youthrepresentatives. Additional members of the Mission community have demonstrated interest in joining theSocial Development Commission, thus expanding our membership is a future topic of debate.Membership will be reviewed annually and diversifying membership will remain top priority when-inviting new members-to-join-the-Commission.World Youth in MissionCanada World Youth is an educational youth exchange program that will be in Mission December 2009 -March 2010. For the participants, the family, the community, and the team are their school. Theinteractions and experiences they have in their host community provides for a tremendous amount ofPage 1 of 11