[GREN-Exec] GREN Federal Incorporation . Payment of expenses.

Tue Mar 30 12:39:36 EDT 2021

Great story, Greg!

For my 30th B-day, I had everyone dress up in 30s style clothing, but 
served 1950s party food like cheezwiz on celery, macaroni salad, deviled 
eggs. Might have even been a jello salad in there. Classic. ;-0

Susan K

On 3/29/2021 3:28 PM, Greg Michalenko wrote:
>
> Re:  Women's auxiliaries. I might have mentioned my 
> historic association with auxiliaries.  When I was a student at the 
> University of Saskatchewan a group of progressive women students 
> formed the Women's Liberation Front, and, as expected there was some 
> push-back.  Some of us sympathetic males were trying to think of a way 
> to support them.  I suggested we form a Men's Auxiliary to the Women's 
> Liberation Front and hold a fundraiser bake sale.
>
>
> Our call went out.  The rules were that the cooks had to be male, 
> women were welcome to boss them about at will, with no objections 
> allowed - and all baking had to be done barefoot and in the kitchen. 
>  On the appointed day we were delighted by the response, received many 
> more items than we'd anticipated, although the quality was pretty 
> uneven.  We all had a lot of fun, we sold out every item, and turned 
> over $129  (equivalent to about $300 to $400 in today's dollars) to 
> the women.
>
>
> I also have a cook book called Square Meals from the American midwest. 
>  The recipes were gleaned from sources like "The women's auxiliary to 
> the Ohio Corn Growers Association 75th anniversary Cookbook".  There 
> is a chapter exclusively devoted to tuna casseroles, with about 30 
> different concoctions.  Carroll and I were invited to a 50th birthday 
> party with a potluck based on a 1950s culinary theme.  From 
> this cookbook, we brought "Flaming cabbage head with pupu sauce and 
> cocktail wieners" and "Pepsi cola cake with peanut frosting".  The 
> former earned us the prize for "recipe least likely to be asked for", 
> and the pepsi cola cake, which was surprisingly good, got us prizes in 
> two different categories.
>
>
> I will be baking Ukrainian Easter babkas later this week.
>
>
> Chees, Greg
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Susan Bryant
> *Sent:* Monday, March 29, 2021 2:53:10 PM
> *To:* Greg Michalenko
> *Cc:* Mr. Kevin R. Thomason; GREN Executive
> *Subject:* Re: [GREN-Exec] GREN Federal Incorporation . Payment of 
> expenses.
> I agree with sending a donation to Citizens for Safe Water. They put 
> on a very good webinar recently and work very hard. Fighting aggregate 
> extraction is pushing a giant boulder up a hill, but even a lost cause 
> brings people together to shoulder the next challenge. And the next.
>
> A women’s auxiliary for us Susans!! Well, I can embroider. And make 3 
> very good cakes.   What auxiliary skills do you have on offer, Susan 
> K?  LOL!
>
> Susan B
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 29, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Greg Michalenko 
> <gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca <mailto:gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca>> wrote:
>
>> Dear Grenlicks,
>>
>>
>> ELL Maybe they plan to set up a women's auxiliary to accommodate our 
>> Susans?
>>
>>
>> I'll get the cheques prepared. John spent Can$187.84 for website 
>> work, Kevin 213.80 for incorporation.
>>
>>
>> I also would like to send $100 to the Citizens for Safe Groundwater 
>>  in Shingletown.  They have gone all-out with their local issue, but 
>> have also been active on policy issues.  When I appeared before the 
>> standing committee of the legislature regarding changes to the 
>> aggregate act at the London hearings, they were there too and made an 
>> excellent presentation based on a fine document. They've engaged a 
>> lawyer and 2 experts, so they have considerable expenses.  I think 
>> GREN should help them out.  Please let me know what you think.
>>
>>
>> - Greg
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Executive <executive-bounces at gren.ca 
>> <mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca>> on behalf of Mr. Kevin R. 
>> Thomason <kevthomason at gmail.com <mailto:kevthomason at gmail.com>>
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 29, 2021 12:50 PM
>> *To:* GREN Executive
>> *Subject:* [GREN-Exec] GREN Federal Incorporation
>> Hi GREN Executive,
>>
>> As discussed, the Grand River Environmental Network has been able to 
>> successfully register as a federal not-for-profit corporation. 
>>  Attached below please fine our official Certificate of Incorporation 
>> and other relevant materials.
>>
>> All seems good but for some reason they only listed the first three 
>> people (myself, John and Greg) that I put down as directors and Susan 
>> B along with Susan K have been overlooked.  Hopefully we can remedy 
>> this to have the full Executive represented in the near future.
>>
>> Greg, I incurred costs of $213.80 for the registration that I have 
>> put on my credit card.  If I can get a cheque from you at some point 
>> to reimburse these registration expenses that would be fantastic.
>>
>> Let me know any questions or ideas.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kevin.
>>
>>
>> <GREN Name Registration Invoice.png>
>> <GREN Incorporation Invoice #1.png>
>>
>>
>> <GREN CRA Business Number.png>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> Kevin Thomason
>>
>> 1115 Cedar Grove Road
>> Waterloo, Ontario Canada  N2J 3Z4
>>
>> Phone: (519) 888-0519
>> Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
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>>
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