5 November, 2016" 

 

 

 

 

Legislative Assembly

of the NWT
Honourable Jackon Laffertyli - . - . -
Speaker - . 1- .: - 1 NOV 0.7 2315
Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly .
Yellowknife Speakers office

?quiis 01/1.

Dear . afferty:

I am writing to apply for support from the Retraining Assistance for Non-Returning Members program.
Having served 8.14 years, I understand I have access to up to $8,000 if my application IS approved by
the Board of Management

I am applying fer:

1) Retirement planning with a ?nancial advisor, cost estimated at 450. 00 as per the attached;
and 

2) Retraining support to learn how to start up an NWT Renewable Energy Cooperative, cost
estimated at 750.00, attached budget and baek-up documents

As I reached 65 years of age on our last day of service in the 17* Assembly, the retirement planning
request is self evidentFor background on item 2) above, I have been working to become informed! and develOp- contacts .1
towards the development of an NWT Renewable Energy Cooperative that would support our
communities' and residents' energy needs in a sound and economic way. This has entailed sitting in on
webinars, internet research and having many discussions with people and agencies in the NWT and
beyond. Interest is high, but informed leadership is needed to get such an entity started.

The leading cooperative in Canada is the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative (TREC). One of
their goals is to help other cooperatives and similar structures start up across Canada. Through
correspondence with the previous and current Executive Directors, and sitting in on a webinar
sponsored by TREC and the province of Alberta, I have garnered their support to access their expertise
to learn about what is required to start such a cooperative, and to deve10p a strategy of steps towards an
NWT cooperative. Unfortunately, there are no short courses on starting a cooperative offered in
Canada, as re?ected in the attached materials. However I am fortunate that TREC has offered to assist
in the absence of such a course, and it is support to Spend a week with the TREC staff in Toronto
learning about starting a cooperative for which I am applying. Given that they have not indicated a
charge for this (see attached correspondence), the cost would be my travel cost to spend 5 days in their
Toronto of?ce. Training would include the development of a strategy list of steps to follow in order
to establish such an entity here.

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While I am retired, I would still like to continue contributing to northern society. Retraining such as -
that proposed would help enable me to do this work. 

Thanks much for your consideration. Please contact me at 867-444- 3812 or

cern if you or the Board have questions or would like to discuss any aspect of
this application - - 1 - - . .

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Robert G. Bromley
PO Box 1177 1 -
Yellowknife NT 2N8

attachments:

Budget?- 1 

Retirement planning cost estimate 1*page? 

Executive Summary: Accelerating Renewable Energy Cooperatives in Canada- 4 pp .-
InternetArticle: Education about Cooperatives 1n Canada? 1 i i

Correspondence between myself and TREC :2 pp . .- . -

BUDGET

Application to Retraining Assistance for Non-Returning Members program from Bob Bromlev

Item 1) Retirement Planning $1496.25 (with GST)

Item 2) Renewable Energy C00perative Start-up Training through consultation with Toronto
Renewable Energy Cooperative:

Air Travel (Flex rate, average of WestJet and Air 

Downtown Toronto Hotel 6 nights at $200.00 1200.00
Taxi aiport to hotel return 120.00; 5 days at 40.00 320.00
Per Diem 6 days at 120.00 per day 680.00
Total Cost Cooperative Start-up training/consultation: $3,600.00

Application Grand Total $5096.25