[GREN-Exec] FW: [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18

Mon Jan 10 11:54:32 EST 2011

Sounds good.  I hope they have hazelnut.

Susan B. 

From: executive-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin Thomason
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 10:44 AM
To: John Jackson
Cc: GREN Executive
Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] FW: [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18

John,

I say that we meet in Waterloo at Lotta Gelata.  Even if we have to pack 40 people into the space it will help to add to the energy and enthusiam needed for the LRT challenge ahead.  We need to do something to shake things up and build new alliances.  Plus I like ice cream.

Cheers,

Kevin.

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Kevin Thomason

Phone: (519) 888-0519

Mobile Phone: (519) 240-1648

E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com

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On 2011-01-09, at 10:30 AM, John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca> wrote:

We need to make a decision about whether we are going to hold our January meeting at the Working Centre or at Whole Lot-A-Gelata in Waterloo. The real question is whether we think a space for 30 people maximum will be large enough. We didn’t get much of an answer from Tim when we asked him how many people he expected out from TriTag. I am guessing that we will have around 20 people out from GREN.

John

-- 
John Jackson
17 Major Street
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
519-744-7503

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From: Tim Mollison <tim.mollison at tritag.ca>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:06:09 -0500
To: Susan Koswan <dandelion at gto.net>, John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca>
Cc: <tritag-exec-discuss at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18

Certainly not 30; and we expect to more or less have the venue to ourselves. I don't know what your meeting numbers usually look like, but I know that if we have more than 30 people show up to an organizational meeting about LRT then we have what one might call in another context "rich people problems."

In the winter, Whole Lot-A Gelata, which also makes delicious sandwiches and coffee beverages, normally closes around 8 on Tuesdays unless open later by request, which is the case here.

-Tim

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Susan Koswan <dandelion at gto.net> wrote:

Ah, John, you don’t know what you’ve been missing 8-) Besides gelato, they have coffees, lattes etc.

There’s a separate room upstairs which can hold about 30 people max. What kind of turnout are you expecting Tim?
Susan K

From: John Jackson [mailto:jjackson at web.ca] 
Sent: January-07-11 9:39 AM
To: Susan Koswan; 'Tim Mollison'
Cc: GREN Executive
Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18

Meeting together would certainly make sense. I don’t know the Gelato place. Does it have a large enough area where we can be separate from the rest of their customers and don’t need to worry about speaking loudly?

Tim, I want to be sure that we don’t intrude on your meeting. What were you planning for an agenda? Our agenda as you saw is to spend about an hour with Jeff Casello talking about LRT, and to then go into a discussion on strategy, which would also include Jeff.

John

On 11-01-07 7:53 AM, "Susan Koswan" <dandelion at gto.net <http://dandelion@gto.net> > wrote:
Hi Tim,
That’s unfortunate, but we needed to go with Jeff’s availability. What do you think of moving  to Whole Lotta Gelata John? I’m thinking if TriTag is “recruiting”, then maybe it would make sense to have Jeff there to bring everyone up to speed. Any thoughts?
Susan 
P.S. I love gelato…

From: Tim Mollison [mailto:tim.mollison at tritag.ca] 
Sent: January-07-11 12:48 AM
To: dandelion at gto.net <http://dandelion@gto.net> 
Subject: Re: [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18

Hi Susan,

We're holding an open volunteer meeting on the same night, for many of the same reasons, at Whole Lot-A Gelata in Waterloo.

Are you, John, et al available next Tuesday evening the 11th to discuss game plan with our exec?

-Tim

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"Do you really want to live your life as if this is the last good idea you'll ever have?"

        -Shel Silverstein

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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Sylvan Mably <sylvan at gmail.com <http://sylvan@gmail.com> > wrote:
FYI.

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From: Susan Koswan <dandelion at gto.net <http://dandelion@gto.net> >
Date: 6 Jan 2011 11:03 p.m.
Subject: FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18
To: Sylvan Mably <sylvan.mably at tritag.ca <http://sylvan.mably@tritag.ca> >

Hi Sylvan,

Can you please let the rest of TriTag know about this meeting? We want to make sure we’re working together on getting the LRT, so it would be great if at least some of you can make it. 

Let me know if we can expect you.

Thanks,
Susan Koswan 

From: all-bounces at gren.ca <http://all-bounces@gren.ca>  [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of John Jackson
Sent: January-06-11 12:08 PM
To: GREN
Subject: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18

GREN will be holding a special meeting on Light Rail Transit. Jeff Casselo will be our special guest. Professor Jeff Casello is jointly appointed at the University of Waterloo in the School of Planning and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is an expert in the planning, design and operation of public transportation systems.  

Jeff will do a presentation on the role of Light Rail Transit. This will be followed by a question period and then strategizing on ways in which GREN could affect the decisions on the future of LRT that Waterloo Regional Council is expected to make in the next couple of months.

GREN meeting: Tuesday January 18, 2011, 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
St. John’s Kitchen, Victoria at Weber, Kitchener, 2nd floor [enter from side, several bus lines within 2 blocks, limited parking in back and you need to enter from Weber St] 

John

-- 
John Jackson
17 Major Street
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
519-744-7503

-- 
Tim Mollison

http://TriTAG.ca
tel: 226 47 61 313, x801
e-mail: tim.mollison at tritag.ca

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