Kelowna Celiac – Canadian Celiac Association

Notes from the West Kootenay Celiac Group on November 8th, 2010

by Jane Merks

We had a great meeting on Monday.  Ten people came including 3 new people.  We enjoyed 2 hours of discussing the good, bad and ugly of eating gluten-free eating.

• Discussion about local restaurants
• Raves for the Hume (Nelson) and McQ’s (Balfour – closed in the winter)
• Dock n’ Duck in Balfour have been removed from our list (they have not followed thru on GF menus)
• We are adding Bent Fork (Nelson) Rene’s (Creston) and Scholar’s Lounge, Mary Hall, Silver King Campus Selkirk College (Nelson – call ahead)
• discussion about responsibilities of various jobs
• we are looking for a ‘leader’ for meetings and overall coordinating
• for now each job functions on its own
• Don and Lynda in charge of room rental and key pickup – they will arrange 3 meeting dates in 2011, Jan,. Mar, May
• Nell will put ads and notices in papers and websites (we need a backup person for when she’s away)
• Jean will take over this email address (Jane can be backup person)
• Jane will continue creating flyers, Don will distribute in Nelson, everyone distributes locally as well
• Jane will continue updating brochure but a discussed about printing and distribution will be held in January
• Minutes of meeting will be produced by someone on a rotating basis (Jean can email to everyone) unless we get a secretary
• discussion about cookie exchange (most aren’t ready for this year – but next!) – including recipes
• discussion about meeting times/days – we’ll vary it – some evenings, some Saturdays
• NEXT meeting – bring product package of one of your favourites and one of your ‘hated’
• Recipes will continue to be forwarded to ‘active members’ (those who filled out the form) from Nell and others – if you don’t wish to get this, let us know please.