Monthly Board Report – March 2025
These updates are intended to keep members informed about the latest developments, decisions, and upcoming events within Woodsworth. Note the board is now meeting Monthly rather than Bi-weekly, and so these updates will be published to coincide with the new monthly cadence.
2026 BUDGETS PLANNING
The Treasurer and Finance Committee are very busy working on the 2026 Budgets for presentation to the membership at an upcoming GMM.
Thank you to those who provided cost savings ideas. Keep them coming!
RECYCLING
Just a reminder to flatten cardboard boxes that are to be recycled. Our maintenance folks are spending a couple of hours a week working on flattening boxes. The maintenance team’s time is better spent looking after priority maintenance items.
And speaking of recycling, the city of Toronto offers an amazing 3Rs Ambassador program (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) for residents of condos, coops and apartments. There are some upcoming training dates in April and May.
You could be an ambassador for Woodsworth and learn more about Toronto’s waste management best practices and bring those back to our community! To apply to volunteer
OFFICE AND BOARD CORRESPONDENCE
It is a member’s responsibility to update the office when you have new contact information (i.e. email address/phone number). You must explicitly notify the Office that you want to update your information e.g. saying “Update my email address on file to example@example.com” vs just emailing the Office a query from a new email address.
Messages from members will normally receive a prompt response from Woodsworth’s Office Staff, who handle virtually all administrative matters with little or no input from the Board. Staff have the skills and resources to resolve most issues. Matters that may require a Board decision are rapidly brought to the Board’s attention, along with background material that can speed the process.
The Board email address is to be used only for escalations from members where the office could not adequately assist, and for correspondence from committees. Note that the Reconciliation Committee has rebooted for assistance with issues between members.
The Board reads all submissions to the inbox, and endeavors to respond quickly to business correspondence and official communications from co-op committees. Response to individual co-op members is limited to cases where Board intervention seems necessary. The Board meets just once a month and typically intervenes only on matters of overall co-op policy, or in cases where it becomes convinced that all other channels have failed. The cut off for correspondence to be covered in a board meeting is 9 days before the meeting date.
LOOKING AHEAD:
The board’s next meeting will be April 15, 2025. Note that members can attend the “open” section of the board meeting.
Cooperatively,
Woodsworth Board