If you are like me, you visit a casino once or twice a year or you take a short holiday in Reno or Las Vegas.
Have you thought about where your lost gaming dollars go to? Does your chapter’s charity receive BC gaming funds?
In 1999 the BC government signed a Memorandum of Agreement with BC charities promising them 33% of the net profits in return for supporting gaming in BC.
Since 2002 that percentage has been going down to the point that in 2008 funds were cut so drastically that many non-profits or charities disappeared or were severely hampered in carrying out their mission.
There was such a hue and cry that the BC government restored some of the funding. Environmental and animal welfare groups were denied funding altogether.
In 2011, Premier Clark restored some funding but not to the level of 2008 and she hired Skip Triplett, former head of Kwantlen Polytechnic to do a gaming review.
The review came out last week, January 11th, the Premier announced that environmental and animal welfare organizations were reinstated and that funding would stay the same for 2012 as 2011.
I recommend that you get a copy of Skip’s report. Skip does not address the issue of whether or not the 1999 Memorandum of Agreement is legal and binding or not. That is because Skip lacked the legal expertise to do so.
The $135 million is only 12.27% of last year’s net gaming proceeds, not 33%. If you accept the argument that the Memorandum of Agreement does not cover lotteries and only casinos and bingo hall, it is only 16% of last year’s net proceeds.
Where did some of the gaming funds that should go to BC’s non-profits go over the last few years? Some of it went to the for-profit private casinos to improve their facilities. This was at a time when non-profits had the $100,000.00 capital grant eliminated.
If you are involved with a non-profit you know how careful and wisely they spend their money. You also know how charities especially are held to account for how they spend their money. One report I read stated that for every dollor spent by a non-profit or charity they give back the value of $4.00!
It makes you think doesn’t it?
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Negative Comments about the Economy Posted on Tuesday December 13th 2011 Filed under: Business By BogBlogger, I have written 92 posts - Click here to visit my Website |
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WE keep hearing dire comments about the economy and if we listen to them, it will affect how we do business.
People in the non-profit world are reminded that yes, there may be 6-8% unemployment but there are also 92-94% of the people employed. They are our target audience and they need to be the target audience of for profit companies as well.
There are a number of companies that are thriving in our jittery economy. How are they doing it?
There are a number of ways. They look at people’s needs. They look at how they are doing business and either make changes or focus on the aspects of doing business that are succeeding.
One company in the USA sells blenders–I don’t remember the name. The owner prides himself on making a blender that will “blend anything!”
One day one of his employees caught him trying to blend a “2×4″! The employee asked him what he was doing. The reply was, “we tell people we can blend anything. I’m trying to prove it.” The employee did a video of his boss blending a 2×4. He put it on Youtube and it went viral. The upshot. The owner has been on several talk shows and his business is booming. I watched one demonstration where it looked like he was blending a Blackberry!
What can you blend?
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What’s Winter Solstice? Posted on Monday December 12th 2011 Filed under: Family By BogBlogger, I have written 92 posts - Click here to visit my Website |
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The Winter Solstice has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is associated with significant life changes, with the universe and the future.
Science enthusiasts find the winter solstice an opportunity to celebrate what we have learned about the cosmos and a chance to think about space exploration and the universe.
This year the discovery of a new planet 600 light years away that might be like planet earth is an added reason to celebrate the winter Solstice.
This year the winter solstice is on December 22nd, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Just thinking about the days getting longer is enough for some of us to celebrate the winter solstice. In my case, it is also my youngest daughter’s birthday.
If you are feeling like you need a break from all the hustle and bustle of this time of year, come and join Janis Hindman for a meditative walk in the Delta nature Reserve. Revive your spirits for the coming weeks of excitement and joy as you join friends and family for your favourite holiday celebrations. Preregister at 604.572.0373–and Happy Solstice.
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Happy Holiday, Happy Solstice, Happy Hanukkha, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza etc. Posted on Tuesday December 06th 2011 Filed under: Random By Rainer, I have written 431 posts - Click here to visit my Website |
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Sorry for the delay in getting this holiday greeting to you . . . Our legal department had to approve it.
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/seculor persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make Canada great, (not to imply that Canada is necessarily greater than any other country), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, choice of smart phone platform or sexual orientation of the wishee.
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Winter Solstice Walk, December 22nd Posted on Monday November 28th 2011 Filed under: Charity Events By BogBlogger, I have written 92 posts - Click here to visit my Website |
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Join Janis Hindman to celebrate Winter Solstice, Dec. 22nd, 3-5 p.m., Delta Nature Reserve. Contact her at 604.572.0373 or info@burnsbog.org to preregister. Enjoy a break from holiday madness. Donation: $5/person and a gift to Think Generously’s Christmas hampers.
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The Grinch Arrived last Night! Posted on Sunday November 27th 2011 Filed under: Business By BogBlogger, I have written 92 posts - Click here to visit my Website |
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Thieves broke into the Burns Bog Conservation Society’s office last night. Stole two computers and left a mess. Thank goodness for off-site storage of information.
Use this as a warning to check your premises and make them as secure as possible.
It’s really frustrating because this is not only stealing the Society’s equipment, it is stealing our supporters hard-earned gifts to the Society.
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