Members present: Paul Johanis (chair), Nicole DesRoches, Jason Kania, Erwin Dreessen, Janice Seline, Kate MacNeil and Judy Makin.
The meeting commenced at 8:30 pm, after the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting.
- Adoption of the agenda
A shortened agenda was agreed upon.
- Administrative items
a. Minutes of the April 88, 2022 meeting (for approval)
As the minutes were not circulated in advance, this item was deferred to the next monthly general meeting. Paul to post the minutes as draft until then.
b. Website report: Erwin wished to raise a few points about the maintenance of the content of the GA website. Beyond the minutes of meetings and updates that Erwin has made on a few selected topics, there is not much new material added to the website even though the GA is active on many topics that would be of interest to readers. Our website also provides a valuable historical record of greenspace issues and developments. The value of this service to the community is degraded if content is not added on a current basis. It is acknowledged that much of this content is available in meeting minutes but it would be better and show up more readily in searches if it appeared as direct web content. All agreed with this observation and with the proposal that a web content editor who could handle this task be must be sought.
A second point regarded the issue of whether the website is at risk by not moving to the https: prefix in its URL rather than simply http. This gave rise to a good discussion on the pros and cons of remaining with http: Jason was able to answer many questions and provide examples of what would need to be done to convert to this standard and what are the likely consequences of remaining with the status quo. All were reassured as a result that we are not running any great risk by remaining with http: at this time.
