[GREN-Exec] FW: [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18
John Jackson
jjackson at web.ca
Mon Jan 10 12:13:06 EST 2011
But Susan K found the place can only hold 20 - not the 30 we
originally thought. We need some idea of how many the other group
expects.
John
Sent from my iPhone
On 2011-01-10, at 11:54 AM, "Susan Bryant" <shbryant at uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
> ------------------------
>
>
>
> Kevin Thomason
>
>
>
> Phone: (519) 888-0519
>
> Mobile Phone: (519) 240-1648
>
> E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com
>
>
>
> -------------------------
>
>
> 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 Tri
> Tag. 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
>
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> 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 fr
> om the rest of their customers and don’t need to worry about speakin
> g loudly?
>
> Tim, I want to be sure that we don’t intrude on your meeting. What w
> ere you planning for an agenda? Our agenda as you saw is to spend ab
> out 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 thinkin
> g 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
>
>
>
> --
>
> "Do you really want to live your life as if this is the last good
> idea you'll ever have?"
>
> -Shel Silverstein
>
>
>
> (Sent from my iPhone)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Sylvan Mably <sylvan at gmail.com <http://sylvan@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> FYI.
>
> 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 w
> ould 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 f
> rom 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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>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin.
>
>
>
> ------------------------
>
>
>
> Kevin Thomason
>
>
>
> Phone: (519) 888-0519
>
> Mobile Phone: (519) 240-1648
>
> E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com
>
>
>
> -------------------------
>
>
> 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 Tri
> Tag. 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
>
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> 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 fr
> om the rest of their customers and don’t need to worry about speakin
> g loudly?
>
> Tim, I want to be sure that we don’t intrude on your meeting. What w
> ere you planning for an agenda? Our agenda as you saw is to spend ab
> out 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 thinkin
> g 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
>
>
>
> --
>
> "Do you really want to live your life as if this is the last good
> idea you'll ever have?"
>
> -Shel Silverstein
>
>
>
> (Sent from my iPhone)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Sylvan Mably <sylvan at gmail.com <http://sylvan@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> FYI.
>
> 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 w
> ould 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 f
> rom 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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