[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 14:31:18 EST 2011
Since their numbers look small, let's go ahead and change the venue.
Susan K , please send out a notice changing the location.
John
Sent from my iPhone
On 2011-01-10, at 1:28 PM, Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason at mac.com> wrote:
> I agree. Absolute worst case scenario they could accommodate at
> least 60 people on the main floor.
>
> Kevin.
>
> ----------------------------
>
> 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 answ
>> er 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 ma
>> x. 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 Gela
>> to place. Does it have a large enough area where we can be separat
>> e from the rest of their customers and don’t need to worry about s
>> peaking 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 spen
>> d about an hour with Jeff Casello talking about LRT, and to then g
>> o 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 J
>> ohn? 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 answ
>> er 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 ma
>> x. 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 Gela
>> to place. Does it have a large enough area where we can be separat
>> e from the rest of their customers and don’t need to worry about s
>> peaking 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 spen
>> d about an hour with Jeff Casello talking about LRT, and to then g
>> o 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 J
>> ohn? 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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