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    The OATSS (Okanagan Active Transportation Society) Draft Final Terms of Reference outlines the mission, membership, goals, and action items of the organization. The mission is to educate, advocate for, and facilitate more sustainable transportation in the Okanagan Valley through partnerships between citizens, governments, academics, and businesses. The goals are to promote active transportation and create healthier communities by educating the public, promoting active modes of transportation, and raising awareness of the benefits. Action items for 2013 include establishing social media pages, diversifying membership, preparing member profiles, and delivering a workshop on the history and future of active transportation in the region.

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    The OATSS (Okanagan Active Transportation Society) Draft Final Terms of Reference outlines the mission, membership, goals, and action items of the organization. The mission is to educate, advocate for, and facilitate more sustainable transportation in the Okanagan Valley through partnerships between citizens, governments, academics, and businesses. The goals are to promote active transportation and create healthier communities by educating the public, promoting active modes of transportation, and raising awareness of the benefits. Action items for 2013 include establishing social media pages, diversifying membership, preparing member profiles, and delivering a workshop on the history and future of active transportation in the region.

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    OATSS (Okanagan Active Transportation Society) Draft Final Terms of Reference: January 29, 2013. 1.

    Our Mission We are a partnership - Okanagan citizens, governments, academics, businesses - passionate about ways to educate, advocate, and facilitate more sustainable travel habits and modes in the Okanagan Valley, operating within the respective limits of our more formal (professional) and less formal (private citizens) roles and responsibilities. 2. Membership Open to everyone that supports and works toward the OATSS mission, eventually we might need a leadership group as we grow. 3. The goal is to promote active transportation and create healthier communities by: 1. Educating and sharing experiences and success stories, and lessons learned from false starts. Facts, figures. Be a virtual clearing house for sharing and educating. 2. Promoting active transportation, using credible information on the whats and whys of sustainable transportation at the community level. 3. To raise awareness of the benefits and potential of active transportation community-wide, by creating collaborative partnerships across all sectors. 4. How to get involved Join our Facebook site as a friend: Okanaganactivetransportationsociety Pass along your e-mail to get on our e-list, to gord.lovegrove@ubc.ca Show up to meetings, at UBCO EME 2219 or dial-in. Contact any one of us directly (see list of members). Visit associated web site links (TBD) 5. Our Meetings We meet roughly every 2 months Format: 90 minutes, sharing the latest on our initiatives, agendas flexible. Previous Meetings: Kick-Off: Spring 2012 at Climate Action Workshop, UBC Okanagan Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 3:30 pm Tuesday, January 29th, 2014, 3:30 pm 5 pm at UBCO in EME 2219 Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 26th, 3:30 pm o Standing Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Business arising from previous meeting 3. Brief updates (5 mins max) from each member 4. Progress toward 2013 goals, next steps 5. Next Meeting Gord Lovegrove will provide dial up info if you need to tele-commute.

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    6. ACTION ITEMS for 2013 1. Establishment of a Facebook page Completed by Rob St Onge Okanaganactivetransportationsociety 2. Establishment of a Web page Gord Lovegrove to do 3. Diversify & expand membership: i. We are RDCO-weighted in representation, only by the fact so much is happening here already, but we hope over time this will even out to a fuller valley-wide representation. ii. Pursue participation by local governments (e.g. cities, regional districts) 4. Member Info Sheets All members, please prepare a MAX 1 pager that we can post your name, contact info, AT-related initiatives that you are involved with, web/Facebook links. 5. Executive Reconsider formalizing society via an elected executive in 2014. 6. BSC Workshop Deliver a workshop on history, goals, accomplishments, lessons learned (OATS story); Visions of Success (OATS future); Action Plan (OATS 2014). Russ Dionne has offered to help out with graphics. Pam Moore (Ppt presentation), Gord Lovegrove (panel), Rob St Onge (panel), Terry Dyck (panel), Christian Brandt (panel) to do

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