[GREN-Exec] Update and Invoices

Mon Feb 14 19:39:54 EST 2022

Hi Greg,

Now that the Wilmot MZO has been successfully defeated, our GREN website is finally up and running, the ROP process is back on track with far more ambitious scenarios, and all the meetings as well as the press conference for the Greenbelt West expansion have subsided I have finally had time to focus on administrative things such as invoicing.

As you can see in the invoices below while the time that Franz Hartman has put into things has been fairly modest, the hours that I have spent on things are considerable.  Please find attached his invoice for November thru January 15th.  Perhaps you can drop a cheque in the mail to him for this.  Please also find my invoices for November, December and the first half of January.  Greg there are a total of 7 attachments below - hopefully they come through okay on your computer.

Once again, I am donating half of the hundreds of hours that I have put into things and only invoicing for the other half to try to stay within the budget from the Greenbelt Foundation.  Our grant runs from July 1st, 2021 to June 30, 2022 and our spending has been lumpy with almost no activities on the Greenbelt or ROP last July and August, some activities in September and October and then considerable activities in November, December, and January.  I expect months ahead will be lumpy as well with some months quite busy, others quiet.  

Currently we are well within budget on the Greenbelt Foundation Grant and the Ecospark Grants.  Our deliverables have been well received with good progress on stopping the Regional Official plan for a more ambitious one, successfully defeating the Wilmot MZO, and raising awareness about Greenbelt expansion with an astounding 38 media and news articles on these three issues alone in the past few months.  

We should be receiving another cheque for around $20,000 from the Greenbelt Foundation which will be the payment for the remainder of the grant that we can use for the costs of completing the ROP and guiding things on Greenbelt expansion for the months ahead.  

While most of GREN continues to volunteer their time on these activities please let me know Greg and Susan K. if you are feeling that the time you have been investing in recent activities such as the website or administration is such that we should be providing some compensation as well.  It’s a balance of trying to get things done, not overwhelming or exhausting people, and trying to provide some level of compensation for those putting in really significant efforts.  This is new to all of us and I’m trying to figure it all out and balance things as best possible.

I have an $200 invoice for the GREN website hosting that I will need to pay on my credit card this week.   I also have a $50 cheque for GREN that I need to get to you Greg to be deposited.  Perhaps you can let me know when these cheques will be ready for the invoices below and I can drop by your porch to pick them up and get this other cheque to you to go in the GREN bank account.

Please let me know any questions or ideas.

Thanks,
Kevin.

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1) Franz Hartman Invoice

2) Kevin Thomason Timesheets and Invoices

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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 or kevthomason at gmail.com

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