To implement the RCCQ’s action plan, the Board of Directors has established several working committees with different mandates. The committees operate year-round and are dedicated to representing all the RCCQ members from 16 regions of Quebec.
The work of the committees is invaluable and indeed essential, because it ensures that the RCCQ is firmly rooted and that the collective kitchen movement is able to pursue its vision of participatory democracy.
2017-2018 work committees
Regions Table
Ideally, the members of each region nominate a person to represent them on the Regions Table, which is a place of discussion and dialogue where bonds of mutual support and solidarity are forged. The mandate of the Table includes:
- Ensuring ties between the RCCQ and the regions.
- Making recommendations on regional issues to the Board of Directors.
- Fostering networking among the community kitchens in each region.
- Understanding the needs of each region and making them known to the other regions.
- Providing a forum for meetings and for discussion in order to build a common way to articulate our vision and goals.
- Identifying common strategies for advocacy at the local, regional and national levels.
Collective Kitchen Funding Committee
Benoist De Peyrelongue
François Duguay
Johanne Lavallée
Julie Bourdon-Richard
Lise Bilodeau
Vincent Frenette
Frédéric Paré
National Meeting Committee
Oumou Diallo
Nicole Ducharme
Jack Duhaime
Linda Letendre
Thérèse Mazerolle
Frédéric Paré
Aliette Poirier
Bianca Sévigny
Alain Tremblay
Training Committee
Chantale Descheneaux, Réseau des formatrices-animatrices du RCCQ
Nicole Ducharme, conseil d’administration
Alain Dunberry, professeur au Département d’éducation et de formation spécialisée, Université du Québec à Montréal
José-Normand Vallé, RCCQ
Work Relations Committee
Nicole Ducharme, conseil d’administration
Thérèse Mazerolle, conseil d’administration
Frédéric Paré, RCCQ
Aliette Poirier, RCCQ
Hiring and Follow-up Committee
Nicole Ducharme, conseil d’administration
Frédéric Paré, RCCQ
Sylvie Sarrasin, conseil d’administration