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VICTORIA - British Columbia's Community Gaming Grant Review has added five video forums to its schedule to accommodate groups and individuals from the communities of Port McNeill, Valemount, Revelstoke, Masset, Fort Nelson and surrounding areas.

Skip Triplett, appointed last month by Premier Christy Clark to lead the independent review, will hear the views of participants from those regions via video conferencing technology in sessions Aug. 17 and Aug. 24.

On Aug. 17, Triplett will welcome presentations from Port McNeill (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.), Valemount (2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and Revelstoke (4 p.m. to 5 p.m.).

On Aug. 24, he will welcome presentations from Masset (2 p.m. to 3 p.m.) and Fort Nelson (3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

Triplett is examining the role of government in allocating gaming revenue with input from charities, non-profits, community members, local government and others who would like to participate.

The Terms of Reference include reviewing and providing options for:

* Existing legislation governing community gaming grant funding.

* Funding formula.

* Criteria/eligibility for community gaming grants.

* Processes involved with applying for and receiving community gaming grants.

* A multi-year funding model.

* The future role of government in community gaming grants.

These video conferences are in addition to 14 review tour stops that Triplett will make in communities across the Province. The use of video conferences is designed to further widen participation and help reduce travel costs of the review.

Groups or individuals wishing to make an oral presentation during any of these videoconferences must register online at: www.communitygaminggrantreview.gov.bc.ca

Registration is recommended for anybody attending as the facilities have limited capacity.

(flickr.com)

Two backgrounders follow.

BACKGROUNDER 1   2011CSCD0041-000995

Aug. 14, 2011 Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

Details on where to participate in the five video conferences

• Port McNeill, Aug. 17, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.:
  Community Futures Mount Waddington
  #14 - 311 Hemlock St., Port McNeill
  Telephone: 250 956-2220
  Website: http://www.cfmw.ca/

• Valemount, Aug. 17, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.:
  Village of Valemount
  735 Cranberry Lake Rd., Valemount
  Telephone: 250 566-4435
  Website: http://www.valemount.ca/

• Revelstoke, Aug. 17, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.:
  Revelstoke Community Futures Development Corporation
  #204 Campbell Ave., Revelstoke
  Telephone: 250 837-5345
  Website: http://www.revelstokecf.com

• Masset, Aug. 24, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.:
  Haida Gwaii Community Futures
  1730 Hodges Ave., Masset
  Telephone: 250 626-5594
  Website: http://www.haidagwaiifutures.ca/

• Fort Nelson, Aug. 24, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
  Northern Rockies Regional Municipality City Hall
  5319 - 50th Ave. South, Fort Nelson
  Telephone: 250 774-2956 (C/O Fort Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce)
  Website: http://www.northernrockies.ca/

Submissions to the review are also being accepted by email, FAX, or mail. Triplett's final report is due to government by Monday, Oct. 31.

Contact:

Jeff Rud
Communications Director
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
250 208-4028

Aug. 14, 2011 Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

Facts about Gaming Grants and Community Gaming Grant Review forums

• Community Gaming Grants currently help support the delivery of programs and services in the following sectors:

• Human and social services.
• Public safety.
• Youth arts and culture.
• Fairs, festivals and museums.
• Parent advisory councils.
• Sports for youth and people with disabilities.

• Gaming generates more than $1 billion in revenue per year for the B.C. government.

• In 2010-11, $135 million in Community Gaming Grants - a 12.5 per cent increase over the previous year - was distributed to approximately 6,000 non-profit and charitable organizations in B.C.

• Community Gaming Grant Review forums are being held in the North, Interior, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland in August and September.

Learn More:

Find out more about the review, including the time and location of all community forums, as well as registration and presentation information, through the Community Gaming Grant Review Website at: www.communitygaminggrantreview.gov.bc.ca

View photos (flickr.com) of the community forums.

Submissions can be made until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011:

• Through the website: www.communitygaminggrantreview.gov.bc.ca
• By mail: PO Box 9827 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC, V8W 9W4
• FAX: 250 356-2842
• Email: communitygaminggrantreview@gov.bc.ca

Contact:

Jeff Rud
Communications Director
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
250 208-4028