[GREN-Exec] FW: [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18
Kevin Thomason
kevinthomason at mac.com
Mon Jan 10 13:28:09 EST 2011
I agree. Absolute worst case scenario they could accommodate at least 60 people on the main floor.
Kevin.
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On 2011-01-10, at 1:14 PM, Susan Koswan wrote:
> Just checked their Facebook page and they have 3 confirmed attending and 7 maybes. When I met with them during the election, there were about 5 of them at the meeting. Since many of them are students, it makes Whole-Lot-A-Gelata more easily accessible than St. John’s.
>
> And they have gelato… 8-) I think we could do it.
>
> Susan K
>
> From: executive-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of John Jackson
> Sent: January-10-11 12:13 PM
> To: Susan Bryant
> Cc: GREN Executive
> Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] FW: [exec] FW: [All] Special GREN meeting on Regional Waterloo Light Rail Transit - January 18
>
> 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 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
>
>
> ------ 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 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
>
>
>
> --
>
> "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 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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> 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 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
>
>
> ------ 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 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
>
>
>
> --
>
> "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 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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