Manager Emmings

Staff, Islands Trust Conservancy Board, Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee, Islands Trust Programs Committee, Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee, Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee. 4,089 lines across 16 meetings, 2021-01-26 to 2023-03-14. The longest three lines from each meeting are shown; the transcript page has every line, with its confidence mark, and the recording plays from any of them.

  1. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, March 14, 2023

    2023-03-14 · 418 lines

    • [0:16:55] “We also did some management of our monitoring workload in that we decided that we wouldn't be monitoring properties that were held by Island Conservancies or other conservation organizations, given that they are fairly well trusted in terms of what they do on their lands.”
    • [0:14:17] “So, the staff that you see before you we have, I think it's five new staff within the last four or five years, some of them in the last couple of years, and then a few of us who have either changed positions or have gone on various leaves and temporary assignments”
    • [2:01:28] “And I would also suggest that if you are in the loop with your local island conservancy that you urge their board members and their staff if they have staff to sign up for our newsletter on our website so that they do know what we're working on and can notice”

  2. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 8, 2022

    2022-12-08 · 14 lines

    • [4:07:20] “staff have reviewed the delegation and i think we have a pretty good understanding of the concerns”
    • [4:07:13] “for the nature conservancy of canada um i suppose the only other thing that i would add is that um”
    • [4:06:38] “was received on tuesday night um we have followed up with the report author and my understanding”

  3. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 18, 2022

    2022-11-18 · 179 lines

    • [4:03:26] “So each of your local trust committees actually has a memorandum of agreement with the Islands Trust Conservancy Board as to how we overlap and where we will consult each other in our work.”
    • [4:07:17] “It comes up for us as well when we talk about the natural species that live here and the challenges of working in a landscape where there is a concept of private land ownership.”
    • [4:03:40] “There is also a coordination policy in the trust policy manual that talks about how planning services and Islands Trust Conservancy refer information back and forth.”

  4. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, October 4, 2022

    2022-10-04 · 367 lines

    • [1:09:14] “Yeah, unfortunately, Director Freider is in another meeting this morning and wasn't able to join us, but all I can say is that usually what would happen is I would work in tandem with the senior intergovernmental policy advisor to try and work through these referrals.”
    • [1:51:38] “Yeah, so as noted, I just do want to clarify that this budget represents everything for the first quarter of the year and then everything that I'm aware of that's gone through in terms of our tracking and finance has not yet closed our second quarter.”
    • [1:53:00] “What I understand from our administrative director or director of admin services is that this is anticipated and she's not too worried in terms of the investments we have right now, but we will continue to monitor them over the next little while.”

  5. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 21, 2022

    2022-09-21 · 18 lines

    • [3:03:44] “And so that really culminated in the board's decision to move forward with a three-year plan that is very much a continuation of our last iteration of the plan with some minor changes and also some changes to reflect our commitment to reconciliation and also some of the grant funding that we've been receiving for species at risk work.”
    • [3:03:22] “That's right. So this is in beginning the development of this particular plan, staff and the board came to the conclusion that we felt that we didn't have adequate time, given the delay in starting to develop it in order to consult or sorry, engage with First Nations properly.”
    • [3:02:57] “It's a requirement under the Islands Trust Act that the Islands Trust Conservancy produce a plan every five years for approval by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.”

  6. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, July 13, 2022

    2022-07-13 · 368 lines

    • [0:12:45] “Both of the software applications will require quite a bit of liaising with other departments at Islands Trust to make sure that we are consistent with what's being offered with the rest of the Islands Trust.”
    • [0:12:57] “In particular, if we do a contact relationship management system, Trust Area Services has flagged that it might be worth collaborating so that they can integrate their communication systems well as well.”
    • [0:13:41] “Then with respect to the rest of the implications, part of the reason we've made these recommendations is, of course, to stay consistent with our our commitments to climate change work.”

  7. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, May 24, 2022

    2022-05-24 · 463 lines

    • [1:49:26] “particularly at which nature reserves and which conservation covenants it would most impact, and we have four conservation covenants that are adjacent to lands that would see a potential increase to housing development, and one nature reserve which is the McFadden Creek”
    • [0:13:15] “And so my recommendation is very similar to what it is every year, is that the Island Stress Conservancy Board approve the audited financial statements for the 2021-22 fiscal year and refer them to Island Stress Council for information.”
    • [1:16:20] “Part of the agreements that we have through Trust Council, our memoranda of agreements, say that we will meet with the executive committee at least once a year to discuss areas of mutual overlap.”

  8. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, March 15, 2022

    2022-03-15 · 517 lines

    • [1:35:57] “And then finally, the other piece of note is regarding the Susan Bloom donation that we received the $100,000 I just wanted to flag for the board, but that is not currently showing on this budget report and that's largely because it's being held in our”
    • [0:23:53] “It needs to set out how we acquire and manage lands and interests and land, how we divest of lands or how we plan to not divest of lands, depending on how the board decides to proceed, how we plan to manage our finances and our other assets.”
    • [0:29:43] “with some a little bit of additional coming from things like communications and travel and in building out our projected budget for the upcoming year, I think that we can fit this all in.”

  9. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, November 23, 2021

    2021-11-23 · 429 lines

    • [2:02:56] “There's just amazing work being done. But what I'm recognizing is that it's probably time to sit back and just take stock and try to think moving forward how we can manage workloads. I'm noticing a lot of, I'm concerned a little bit about staff burnout going forward and I want to make sure that we have the energy to carry forward some of the commitments that we've made.”
    • [1:58:20] “So I wanted to begin with that because I do think that that is the driving force behind how busy we are essentially is that we are all very dedicated in the work that we're doing and are really driven in a passionate way to try and preserve ecosystems of the Islands Trust area.”
    • [2:01:17] “We are also in the process of doing a lot of revision to our, our applications database and and how that connects in with our mapping system, and how we track our property management through that portal so that's another sort of administrative thing”

  10. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee community information meeting, November 10, 2021

    2021-11-10 · 13 lines

    • [3:02:20] “I just wanted to take a moment to address the question that Trustee Rogers raised around use of funds and whether or not there would be options for reduction of tax requisition in the future.”
    • [3:02:34] “One point I just wanted to make is that any monies received through donations must be used as per the donation intent.”
    • [3:03:07] “yet but they are currently they stand and they are building so I wouldn't anticipate a huge reduction”

  11. Islands Trust Conservancy Board special meeting, August 24, 2021

    2021-08-24 · 139 lines

    • [0:53:26] “But we also received some notes from the legislative services manager, particularly with respect to Section 8, where she noted that it's really unusual for guidelines and policies to invite feedback from the public if the public isn't satisfied with them.”
    • [0:45:32] “So you'll note that there are two resolutions as a part of this, the first approving the plan and the second directing staff to work with the steering committee and to develop appropriate waivers for the Sydney Island Salas forest strata.”
    • [0:38:22] “But management or senior management is looking at and staying tuned in to guidance around COVID-19 vaccine requirements and how that affects our work in terms of meetings and conferences that we might attend and other pieces of our work.”

  12. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, July 13, 2021

    2021-07-13 · 254 lines

    • [1:23:47] “And unfortunately, with contractor availability and staff ability to move these things fast, it's looking like we may need to do some, not patching work, but basically just work that will get us through the winter so that we can actually start with some of these contracts in the spring.”
    • [0:43:22] “So I guess that's the initial thing I would say. I think it's probably worth debriefing with them and just having a conversation around how it all went, what went well from their perspective, what went well from our perspective, and things that we could work on to shift and improve.”
    • [0:44:10] “So the conversation with them was let's do the initial news release around the fundraising and the funder, and then some follow up communications items which haven't yet come out around ITC coming in and the management piece related to the land.”

  13. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, May 25, 2021

    2021-05-25 · 161 lines

    • [2:42:10] “It has been a very highlighted project recently because we, as part of the steering committee, have just been in touch with media outlets to let them know about the project so that they understand why we're taking this fairly significant step of eradicating a deer project.”
    • [2:41:51] “So the way the plan that's going forward is being divided, there's a deer eradication component, and then there's a vegetation restoration component.”
    • [2:42:01] “And so we've had a lot of input into the vegetation component, but then have had input into both of the plans through the steering committee.”

  14. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, May 13, 2021

    2021-05-13 · 259 lines

    • [0:13:12] “Typically, they would partner with BC Parks. I think I mentioned that earlier, but their communications back and forth with BC Parks are that BC Parks is really only interested in taking on properties that expand existing holdings or that are significant parks in and of themselves.”
    • [0:14:34] “So what we have found is that the things that are falling off the list are definitely the anything that's sort of administrative in nature in terms of like our redrafting our meeting bylaw and things like that I just have not gotten to and it's partly because of this.”
    • [0:14:09] “And there is the, I think, if this all goes well and if we are all satisfied with the way the partnership works, there may be opportunities for them to act as sort of the fundraising partner and for us to be more of the property management partner.”

  15. Islands Trust Programs Committee regular meeting, May 3, 2021

    2021-05-03 · 17 lines

    • [1:14:23] “for islands trust having said that we do work on several initiatives that um i think have a lot of”
    • [1:13:37] “Thanks, Talani. Well, I guess I should start by saying that I think the Islands Trust Conservancy”
    • [1:14:41] “support tool um that i think could be very helpful for some of the work that you are engaging in”

  16. Islands Trust Conservancy Board community information meeting, January 26, 2021

    2021-01-26 · 473 lines

    • [1:30:25] “This is really coming, actually, this came from doing the website development project and what we realized as we were doing the section that was talk to your local officials and talk to us about what you want to see done in the Islands Trust region.”
    • [0:54:18] “And part of it is also making sure that we, where we can work with nations to provide, you know, to use some of our funds to help do, for example, property management, but with First Nations or with First Nations contractors, where appropriate.”
    • [0:43:19] “We could also, as part of this program, if we feel like it fits with the species at risk program, we could also hire surveyors or appraisers or folks that would help with that land securement.”