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Over the course of 5 weeks, artist-in-residence Ronnie Cheng has completed “Euphoric Refractions.” The piece was created with the support of passersby on the street directly outside the front door of CommunityWise Resource Centre, who were provided a simple prompt: “what brings you joy?” With this prompt, participants had the opportunity to add to a large fabric mural, which was then used to create animated visuals that were projection mapped onto the fabric.

“Euphoric Refractions” was created in response to the challenges of QTBIPOC life in an attempt to highlight both the political and life-changing powers of joy. 

The piece will be available for public viewing in the building lobby from 10am to 5pm daily, starting on October 7 until October 11.

CommunityWise has offices available for below market rate. Members who are registered non-profits and charities are eligible to rent space from us!

Available Offices

G-0

Square Footage: 235sqft

Location: Basement

Rent: $300

Deposit: Same as rent.

RENTED

#200

Square Footage: 105sqft

Location: 2nd Floor

Rent: $155

Deposit: Same as rent.

AVAILABLE NOW RENTED

#205

Square Footage: 120 sq.ft

Location: 2nd Floor

Rent: $163

Deposit: Same as rent.

RENTED

Interested? Contact Imole at imole@communitywise.net

With the generous financial support of the Calgary Foundation, CommunityWise has been given the opportunity to employ a consultant who will act as an evaluator in regards to our Membership and Engagement model. We have an available budget of $11,000 and would love to get started as soon as possible. The project is expected to run from mid-March until the end of July.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Examine service provided to existing and new members and provide a report and recommendations on how it can be streamlined or better developed.
• Speak with necessary stakeholders (members, community, staff & board) to develop a clearer image of membership expectations and highlight strengths and areas to develop and how.
• Review current member engagement strategy and provide recommendations on how to increase current and new member engagement.
• Use effective strategies to undertake a needs-based service approach, identifying members needs and recommending appropriate solutions.
• Proactively engage in team and whole staff activities to continually develop a practical understanding of overall business strategies and programs of work.

Deliverables

A toolkit or step-by-step document of sorts is expected to come out of this project with a focus on participative process. The toolkit will be shared under the guidelines of the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International.

Accountability

The hired consultant will work closely with the Member Programs Coordinator. Organizational changes are subject to board vote.

If interested, please send your proposal, quote and portfolio/resume or questions to us at info@communitywise.net.

CommunityWise is committed to inclusion and equity and strives to ensure that our Board reflects the diversity of our Membership. We are committed to removing barriers to participation that are faced by equity-seeking groups and encourage (but do not require) members of these groups to self-identify as such in their application

Annually on October 1st, membership renewal emails and forms go out. In the renewal, members confirm their desire to continue being CommunityWise members and renew this membership in a semi-short but streamlined process. This renewal involves some old and new things. This new membership renewal cycle will involve;

• Payment of the annual $40 membership fee
• Payment of $40 annual mailbox fee
• Re-sign membership rules and expectations
• Signing the new code of conduct
• Signing the new building use waiver
• Survey
• Provision of copy of tenant insurance (tenant members only)

So what’s new?

Membership Rules and Expectations

CommunityWise similarly to a lot of it’s members is a non-profit however, our existence as a non- profit hub makes procuring funding more complicated. Feedback from funders regularly asks for data on services from CWRC’s members as well as direct services from CWRC itself. As a result, CWRC will be including a data-sharing clause in the updated Member Rules and Expectations going out in October. The only information CWRC will need is numeric data such as the amount of families, adults, members of a community served. We will not need information on how they were served.

Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct hopes to develop on the previously provided Anti-Harassment policy. CWRC is committed to ensuring that the building continues to be a SafeSpace for all who use the building and in response has created a new code of conduct to aid in ensuring the continued inclusive and welcoming atmosphere of the building.

Building Use Waiver

The Building Use Waiver, indemnifies CommunityWise of any harm or injury that occurs to anyone in the building due to a member’s activities. This is in line with the Member Rules and Expectations where members agree that they are responsible for everyone in the building such as volunteers or staff, due to their programming or activities.

Survey

We appreciate all the responses we got on the Need Assessment Survey. This followup survey is aimed at gaining information on what goals CWRC’s members have and how we can better serve members to achieve these goals. In addition, we hope to use this feedback to inform programming and services.

Any questions? Contact us!