[GREN-Exec] Invitation to co-sponsor a public event

Fri Oct 4 21:00:33 EDT 2019

So it sounds like we have good support from the GREN Executive to support the Wellington Water Watchers November 11th event here in Waterloo at Renison.  I will confirm that it will be later in the day so that it doesn’t conflict with Remembrance Day.  I think an article about it Susan would be fantastic.

I’ll keep you posted.

Cheers,
Kevin.

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Kevin Thomason

1115 Cedar Grove Road
Waterloo, Ontario Canada  N2J 3Z4

Phone: (519) 888-0519
Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
Twitter: @kthomason
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> On Oct 4, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Susan Koswan <susankoswan at execulink.com> wrote:
> 
> For sure we should support. I'd like to write a column on this too. The closest one I have to the date is published on Hallowe'en. 
> 
> Susan K 
> 
> On 10/4/2019 10:04 AM, Kevin Thomason wrote:
>> My understanding is that they are seeking promotion and publicity - hoping that we can spread the word about the event to our networks and that we will try to attend to support it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Kevin.
>> 
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>> 
>> Kevin Thomason
>> 
>> 1115 Cedar Grove Road
>> Waterloo, Ontario Canada  N2J 3Z4
>> 
>> Phone: (519) 888-0519
>> Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
>> Twitter: @kthomason
>> E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>
>> 
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>>> On Oct 4, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Gregory C. Michalenko <gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca <mailto:gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I agre - let's support them.  Are they interested in financial support too, or just solidarity and widening notification?
>>> - Greg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Executive <executive-bounces at gren.ca <mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca>> on behalf of John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca <mailto:jjackson at web.ca>>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 4, 2019 6:55 AM
>>> To: Kevin Thomason
>>> Cc: GREN Executive
>>> Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] Invitation to co-sponsor a public event
>>>  
>>> I certainly support our cosponsoring the event. I am presuming that these are evening events. I wouldn’t want it to overlap with Remembrance Day events that morning. 
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Oct 3, 2019, at 8:31 PM, Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi GREN Executive,
>>>> 
>>>> I have been contacted by the Wellington Water Watchers to see if we would be interested in co-hosting an event in Waterloo with them.  It sounds like it is already planned/organized and the main thing they would be looking to us for is to promote it to our membership.  Details are below.  Please share any ideas and advise on how I should respond.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Kevin.
>>>> 
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Mike Balkwill <mbalkwill at iasc.on.ca <mailto:mbalkwill at iasc.on.ca>>
>>>>> Subject: invitation to co-sponsor a public event
>>>>> Date: October 3, 2019 at 7:06:09 PM EDT
>>>>> To: Laura <laura at divestwaterloo.ca <mailto:laura at divestwaterloo.ca>>, Kevin Thomason <kevthomason at gmail.com <mailto:kevthomason at gmail.com>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Laura and Kevin - WWW is hosting Franklin Frederick from Switzerland and Bernhard and Rene Lise Schmitt from Vittel France for a series of public speaking events Nov. 11 -14.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Franklin Frederick is a  Brazilian writer and political/environmental activist living in Switzerland. He was part of the campaign to stop Nestle water taking in Sau Laurenco Brazil.  Bernhard and Rene Lise Schmitt are leaders of Collectif Eau 88 - opposing Nestle in Vittel France.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We are organizing events in Waterloo at Renison University College (Nov11); Toronto, Nov 12, Hamilton Nov 13 and Guelph Nov 14. At the Guelph event the panel will be joined by people representing organizations opposing Nestle in Maine, Florida, Michigan and Nigeria. (BTW the WWW AGM will be the afternoon of Saturday Nov. 16).
>>>>> 
>>>>> The objectives of the public events are 
>>>>> to build support for WWW's campaign for the Ontario government to stop issuing permits to take water for bottling to Nestle in Wellington County
>>>>> to raise awareness of Nestle's water taking in other communities and demonstrate why Nestle can't be trusted to control access to water
>>>>> to ask faith organizations to write to the national Swiss Churches and ask them to hold an international conference on the global impacts of Nestle's water taking
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am writing to ask if Divest Waterloo and Grand River Environmental Network will be co-sponsors of the Waterloo event (with Renison University College and WWW. Co-sponsorship means endorsing the event (having our name on promotional materials) and promoting the event in your networks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for considering this request.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope you are well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mike Balkwill
>>>>> Campaign Director,
>>>>> Wellington Water Watchers
>>>>> 416 806 2401
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral". Paulo Freire.
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> Kevin Thomason
>>>> 
>>>> 1115 Cedar Grove Road
>>>> Waterloo, Ontario Canada  N2J 3Z4
>>>> 
>>>> Phone: (519) 888-0519
>>>> Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
>>>> Twitter: @kthomason
>>>> E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com>
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