<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">FYI<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 9/19/11, Mary Jane Patterson <i><mjpatterson@reepgreen.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Mary Jane Patterson <mjpatterson@reepgreen.ca><br>Subject: RE: Please confirm by Monday whether your organization wants to be named as a partner in the Election Forum on Environmental Issues<br>To: "North Waterloo Region Branch" <aco.nwrb@gmail.com>, "Alisa McClurg" <alisa.mcclurg@sympatico.ca>, "CREW - Shane" <shane@crewzone.ca>, "CREW- Derek" <derek@dereksatnik.ca>, "CREW- rob" <rob@crewzone.ca>, "CREW-Isaac Musial" <isaac@crewzone.ca>, "Environmental Defence - ian" <icarey@environmentaldefence.ca>, "Environmental Defence - ian" <icarey@edcmail.ca>, "Environmental Defence - Paisley Cozzarin"
<paisleycozzarin@gmail.com>, "Grand River Car Share - info" <info@grandrivercarshare.ca>, "Grand River Car Share - Matthew" <matthew@grandrivercarshare.ca>, "Greening Sacred Spaces Waterloo Region" <jsnyder@faith-commongood.net>, "GREN - Kevin" <kevin@gren.ca>, "GREN - Kevin t" <kevinthomason@mac.com>, "GREN - theo" <theo@gren.ca>, "Heritage Cambridge - info" <heritage.cambridge@gmail.com>, "Heritage Resource Centre" <hrc@uwaterloo.ca>, "HPAC - Anne" <AFitzpatrick@regionofwaterloo.ca>, "Joyce & John Arndt" <jarndt@sympatico.ca>, "LIFE - info" <life.info@yahoo.ca>, "Michael Druker" <michael.druker@tritag.ca>, "rare - patti leather" <patti.leather@raresites.org>, "rare - susan whelan" <susan.whelan@raresites.org>, "REEP Green Solutions" <info@reepgreen.ca>, "Sustainability Laurier - Clair" <cbennett@wlu.ca>, "Sustainable Waterloo - Cam"
<cameron.scott@sustainablewaterloo.org>, "Sustainable Waterloo - Helena" <helena.kwiecinski@sustainablewaterloo.org>, "Sustainable Waterloo - info" <info@sustainablewaterloo.org>, "Sustainable Waterloo - Kelly" <kelly.mcmath@sustainablewaterloo.org>, "Sustainable Waterloo - Kelly" <kellymnmcmath@gmail.com>, "Sustainable Waterloo - Kelly" <kellysustainablewat@gmail.com>, "Sustainable Waterloo - Mike" <mike.morrice@sustainablewaterloo.org>, "Sustainable waterloo - Sean Campbell" <sean.campbell@sustainablewaterloo.org>, "Transition K-W" <resilientcommunities@transitionkw.ca>, "TriTAG - info" <hello@tritag.ca>, "UW Sustainability Project" <uwsp@feds.ca>, "Vance Powell" <vmpowell@live.ca>, "WPIRG - Chris Baldus-Joursen" <cjbaldus@uwaterloo.ca>, "WPIRG - info" <info@wpirg.org>, "WPIRG- William" <william_r_s@sympatico.ca><br>Cc: "Julian van Mossel-Forrester"
<outreach@reepgreen.ca><br>Date: Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:33 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1757197561"><style><!--
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--></style><div class="yiv1757197561WordSection1"><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Hello all,</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">First a big thank you for organizing this, and apologies that we have not been able to be more active in the organizing. </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">We would like to be a sponsoring organization. Julian is putting the info about the meeting onto our website, along with links to OSEA’s election blog
and to Green Prosperity, the coalition of Ontario environmental groups that is putting forth their priorities during this election.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">We will also send out an announcement of the debate as soon as the location is confirmed, to our mailing list.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Many thanks,</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Mary Jane </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> North Waterloo Region Branch [mailto:aco.nwrb@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> September-15-11 10:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Alisa McClurg; CREW - Shane; CREW- Derek; CREW- rob; CREW-Isaac Musial; Environmental Defence - ian; Environmental Defence - ian; Environmental Defence - Paisley Cozzarin; Grand River Car Share - info; Grand River Car Share - Matthew; Greening Sacred Spaces Waterloo Region; GREN - Kevin; GREN - Kevin t; GREN - theo; Heritage Cambridge - info; Heritage Resource Centre; HPAC - Anne; Joyce & John Arndt;
LIFE - info; Michael Druker; rare - patti leather; rare - susan whelan; REEP Green Solutions; Mary Jane Patterson; Sustainability Laurier - Clair; Sustainable Waterloo - Cam; Sustainable Waterloo - Helena; Sustainable Waterloo - info; Sustainable Waterloo - Kelly; Sustainable Waterloo - Kelly; Sustainable Waterloo - Kelly; Sustainable Waterloo - Mike; Sustainable waterloo - Sean Campbell; Transition K-W; TriTAG - info; UW Sustainability Project; Vance Powell; WPIRG - Chris Baldus-Joursen; WPIRG - info; WPIRG- William<br><b>Subject:</b> Please confirm by Monday whether your organization wants to be named as a partner in the Election Forum on Environmental Issues</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt;">TO:</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">Architectural Conservancy of Ontario – North Waterloo Region
Branch </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.crewzone.ca/">http://www.crewzone.ca/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">Environmental Defence </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/">http://environmentaldefence.ca/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Grand River CarShare <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communitycarshare.ca/grandriver/">http://communitycarshare.ca/grandriver/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Grand River Environmental Network (GREN) <a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://www.gren.ca/">http://www.gren.ca/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Greening Sacred Spaces Kitchener-Waterloo <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greeningsacredspaces.net/">http://www.greeningsacredspaces.net/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Heritage Cambridge <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.arconserv.ca/branches/show.cfm?id=4">http://www.arconserv.ca/branches/show.cfm?id=4</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Local Initiative for Future Energy (L.I.F.E.) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lifecoop.ca/">http://www.lifecoop.ca/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">rare Charitable Research Reserve </span><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.raresites.org/">http://www.raresites.org/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">REEP Green Solutions <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://reepgreen.ca/">http://reepgreen.ca/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;">Sustainable Waterloo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sustainablewaterloo.org/"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">http://www.sustainablewaterloo.org/</span></a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">Tri-Cities Transportation Action Group (TriTAG) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tritag.ca/">http://www.tritag.ca/</a></span></p><p
class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">TransitionKW </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.transitionkw.ca/">http://www.transitionkw.ca/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wpirg.org/">http://wpirg.org/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">The Working Centre <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.theworkingcentre.org/">http://www.theworkingcentre.org/</a></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">Now
that the Forum is shaping up nicely for Thursday September 29, </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">do you want to be listed on the event publicity </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">as an organizing partner?</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">The "price" for this would be a commitment to bring at least 7 people from your network out to the event. </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">(plus any other help you want to give).</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:red;">Please let me know by Monday morning at the latest, whether <u>or not </u>your organization wants to be listed on the event publicity.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Following is a draft media release about the event.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">Note that a couple of details are not pinned down yet, so please do not distribute this information yet.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">I will send out a final version shortly.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">Provincial Election Forum on Environmental
Issues </span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;"> <i>DRAFT </i></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">media release</span></i></b></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Do you care about the environment?</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Do you wonder which party will do the best job to protect it?</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Learn what candidates from all four parties have to say about water, energy, smart growth, heritage preservation and other environmental issues at a <b>Provincial Election Forum on Environmental
Issues</b> on Thursday September 29, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m., Rockway Mennonite-Zion United Church, 32 Weber Street, Kitchener <i>/or/ </i>St. John’s Lutheran Church, 22 Willow Street, Waterloo <i>(to be confirmed Friday)</i></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Each party representative will answer questions given to them in advance by the community partners organizing the event. Topics will include</span></p><p style="margin-left:42.1pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">environmental justice</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></p><p style="margin-left:42.1pt;"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">heritage preservation and reducing construction waste going to landfills</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></p><p style="margin-left:42.1pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">water safety ,including the impact of the Melancthon Quarry</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></p><p style="margin-left:42.1pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;">·</span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:7.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">energy</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></p><p style="margin-left:42.1pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;">transportation </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Party representatives will also answer questions from the floor.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Eric Davis, Kitchener-Waterloo riding candidate, will represent the Liberal Party. Cameron
Dearlove, Kitchener Centre candidate, will represent the NDP. Green Party representative will be Mark Vercouteren Kitchener Centre <i>(or J.D. McGuire, Kitchener-Waterloo). </i>Progressive Conservative Party representative has not been confirmed.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">This forum has been organized by a broad group of Waterloo Region environmental organizations, who want to make sure environmental issues get discussed during the provincial election campaign.</span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Organizing partners are <i>**note** to be confirmed</i></span></p><p
class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Architectural Conservancy of Ontario – North Waterloo Region Branch </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.arconserv.ca/branches/show.cfm?id=8">http://www.arconserv.ca/branches/show.cfm?id=8</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW) </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.crewzone.ca/">http://www.crewzone.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Environmental Defence </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/">http://environmentaldefence.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">Grand River CarShare <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://communitycarshare.ca/grandriver/">http://communitycarshare.ca/grandriver/</a></p><p
class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">Grand River Environmental Network (GREN) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.gren.ca/">http://www.gren.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">Greening Sacred Spaces Kitchener-Waterloo <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.greeningsacredspaces.net/">http://www.greeningsacredspaces.net/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">Heritage Cambridge <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.arconserv.ca/branches/show.cfm?id=4">http://www.arconserv.ca/branches/show.cfm?id=4</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">Local Initiative for Future Energy (L.I.F.E.) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lifecoop.ca/">http://www.lifecoop.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">rare Charitable Research Reserve </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.raresites.org/">http://www.raresites.org/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">REEP Green Solutions <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://reepgreen.ca/">http://reepgreen.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Sustainable Waterloo </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sustainablewaterloo.org/">http://www.sustainablewaterloo.org/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Tri-Cities Transportation Action Group (TriTAG) </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tritag.ca/">http://www.tritag.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">TransitionKW </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.transitionkw.ca/">http://www.transitionkw.ca/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US">Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) </span><a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://wpirg.org/">http://wpirg.org/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">The Working Centre <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.theworkingcentre.org/">http://www.theworkingcentre.org/</a></p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style=""> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">For more information see ____________[facebook event] or ____________website (if someone will post the info there)</p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;">-30-</p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"> </p><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal" style="">Contact: Kae Elgie (ACO) <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:aco.nwrb@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=aco.nwrb@gmail.com">aco.nwrb@gmail.com</a> or Patti Leather (rare) <span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green;background:white;"><a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:patti.leather@raresites.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=patti.leather@raresites.org"><span style="color:#3333CC;">patti.leather@raresites.org</span></a></span></p><div><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal">-- <br>Architectural Conservancy of Ontario -- North Waterloo Region Branch</p><div><div><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#009900;">"The greenest building is the one already built"</span></i></b></p></div></div><p class="yiv1757197561MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>