[GREN-Exec] FW: A New Food Charter for Waterloo Region - pls endorse it!

Tue Mar 26 12:05:11 EDT 2013

Me too.

John

On 13-03-26 10:51 AM, "Susan Bryant" <shbryant at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> I support it too.
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> Susan B
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> From: Executive [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin Thomason
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:48 AM
> To: Gregory C. Michalenko
> Cc: executive at gren.ca
> Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] FW: A New Food Charter for Waterloo Region - pls
> endorse it!
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> Greg,
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> 
> Sounds like a good idea and I am in favour of supporting and endorsing a Food
> Charter to Regional Council.
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> Keep moving forward in my opinion.
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> Cheers,
> 
> Kevin.
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> On 2013-03-26, at 10:22 AM, "Gregory C. Michalenko"
> <gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
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> Dear GREN Executive members,
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> 
> I would like to send out this email to paid-up GREN members to seek approval
> for officially endorsing a very worthy Regional initiative.  Please let me
> know if you approve.  Theo - if we have consensus to back this, please let me
> know if you think this should go through you, or whether I should just email
> it to GREN members.  If the latter, please let me know the email address for
> the Members.  Unfortunately, I only have the address for executive members and
> the general mail-out which goes to non-members as well.
> 
>  
> 
> - Greg
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> _________________________________________________________
> 
> DRAFT EMAIL TO GREN MEMBERS
> 
> Dear GREN Members,
> 
>  
> 
> The Waterloo Food System Round Table is a hard-working and effective group
> that has representation from the range of interests in our Region that are
> interested in promoting healthy food, local food production, bolstering the
> local food economy and equity issues to ensure that access to food and
> improved food quality are available to all residents of the Region.  One of
> its current initiatives is to get the Waterloo Region Council to adopt a "Food
> Charter" as a sort of constitutional document to guide municipal policies and
> programs that relate to food.  A number of Canadian municipalities already
> have food charters.
> 
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> 
> The promoters of the Charter are eager to get endorsement from as many
> organizations as possible.  I think GREN should go on record as a sponsor.
> What do you think?  Unfortunately, it will be presented to Regional Council on
> April 9 and our next GREN meeting is not until April 11.
> 
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> 
> Please take a look at the information below and let me know is you think GREN
> should support it or not, and if you think it would be appropriate to consider
> positive response from you by email or phone to be sufficient to constitute
> official endorsement from GREN.
> 
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> 
> In addition, if you wish to endorse it individually or know of other
> organizations that might be sympathetic to endorsing it, please either contact
> the Charter group directly, or let me know who you think I should contact.
> 
>  
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> - Greg Michalenko
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> Proposed Food Charter
> 
>> Please encourage your friends and contacts to help us grow the list of
>> endorsements for this new charter!
> 
> 
> 
> It will be presented on our behalf to Regional Council on April 9th (at 1pm in
> the Council Chambers at 150 Frederick: please join us if you can!).  See the
> Charter and our list of endorsements at
> http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/01/endorse-the-waterloo-region-food-ch
> arter 
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/01/endorse-the-waterloo-region-food-c
> harter> .  Please also plan to join us for the public launch of our Food
> Charter at the Taste of Woolwich
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/taste-of-woolwich/#event>  event on Monday,
> April 15, at 5pm in Breslau.
>  
> Endorse the Waterloo Region Food Charter
> Mar 01, 2013 01:00 PM
> 
> Posted by Jason Vistoli
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=view_profile&member_id=173>
> 
> 
> The Waterloo Region Food Charter
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/files/www/Waterloo_Region_Food_Charter.pdf>  is
> now complete!
> 
> Make this document a permanent part of Waterloo Region's food policy!
> 
> Please consider endorsing the Waterloo Region Food Charter. By signing your
> name or lending the support of your organization, you can aid the document's
> acceptance by Regional Council when we present the Food Charter on April 9th,
> 2013.
> 
> The final draft was crafted after consulting with our community through an
> online survey, reviewing all the contributions, and painstakingly re-drafting
> the document to incorporate the survey responses.
> 
> Endorsing the Waterloo Region Food Charter is simple:
> * If you are already familiar with the charter process and wish to endorse
> this document, please review the updated Food Charter
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/files/www/Waterloo_Region_Food_Charter.pdf>  and
> follow the steps below by April 1st, 2013. We would like the voice of all
> eaters, community members and organizations regardelss of your position in the
> food system. 
> * If you are new to the Waterloo Region Food Charter and require more
> information before considering endorsement, please see the Food Charter
> Backgrounder 
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/files/www/Waterloo_Region_Food_Charter_Backgrounde
> r.pdf>  and our Food Charter Survey blog post
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/01/07/region-of-waterloo-food-charter-we
> -need-your-input>  to understand how this document can work for you. Then,
> review the updated Food Charter
> <http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/files/www/Waterloo_Region_Food_Charter.pdf>  and
> if you agree with the document please follow the steps below by April 1st,
> 2013. 
> * If you agree with the document as it stands, and wish to endorse the
> Waterloo Region Food Charter, please send an email to
> foodcharter at wrfoodsystem.ca by April 1st, 2013 with the following information:
>> * your name and an explanation of the work you do in the food system, its
>> okay to say eater or communty member, and whether or not you consent to
>> making this information public
>> * if you are representing an organization/business please include the
>> organization's name, and if possible send us the logo and indicate if you
>> consent to making this information public
> Example of personal endorsement:
> 
> My name is _______, and I endorse this Charter. My involvement with the food
> system is centered around alternative food production methods with the
> Community Garden Council. I consent to making this information public.
> 
> Example of organizational endorsement:
> 
> I am ______, and I work for a local food restaurant here in Cambridge. Our
> organization fully endorses this Food Charter, I have attached our logo and
> consent to making this information public.
> 
> We would appreciate it very much if you would seek formal endorsement of the
> Charter by your organization. Please consider bringing the Food Charter to
> your Board of Directors, Executive Director, company owner or whatever process
> your organization uses to make important decisions. We feel that our request
> for Regional Council to endorse the Food Charter will carry more weight if we
> can demonstrate that organizations and individuals have already endorsed the
> Charter.
> 
> Thank you very much for your well thought responses to the survey. Please join
> us at the Taste of Woolwich Festival on April 15th for the Food Charter
> unveiling.
> 
> Drafting Team: Ellen Dejardins, Steffanie Scott, Paula Byrk, Jason Vistoli and
> Michelle Metzger
> 
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