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<p>Thanks John!</p>
<p>Talked to Greg this morning. <br>
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<p>Greg - the cheque should be made out to:</p>
<p>Nith Valley Ecoboosters <br>
</p>
<p>c/o of Betsey Daub<br>
</p>
<p>1897 Notre Dame Dr. </p>
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<div class="">It will be money well-spent. They're a good
hard-working group of people!</div>
<div class="">Best,</div>
<div class="">Susan K<br>
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<div class="">Thank you for all your work on this and for
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<div class="">Before making a decision, I wanted to know what our
current available money is and also how much money we will need
to revise our website and e-mail list and keep them updated. It
has become a serious limitation for us not being able to update
the web site and e-mail list. It looks like a few hundred
dollars a year should work for us. Thanks to deaun for all her
work exploring the options for the site to make it workable for
us.</div>
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<div class="">So, having reviewed the comments from others both by
e-mail and phone, and having looked at our financial status and
needs, <b class="">I have decided that we will contribute $100
to the rental of the room for the Kitchener-Conestoga meeting.</b></div>
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<div class="">Susan, please let Greg know who he should make the
cheque out to.</div>
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<p class="">Hi John,</p>
<p class="">100 Debates on the Environment is being led
by GreenPac to have debates on the environment in as
many ridings as possible in Canada on the same date,
which is October 9. Locally, Blue Dot and Divest
Waterloo have taken the lead to coordinate these
debates. It is up to each riding to invite all their
candidates, get a moderator, a venue, livestream on
Facebook and record the debates. Blue Dot is picking
up the rental fee in Kitchener South Hespeler because
they have no other funding source. <br class="">
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<p class="">Nith Valley EcoBoosters are taking the lead
in my riding, Kitchener-Conestoga. They have some
money, but I said I would ask if GREN could provide
some assistance. So the money I'm asking GREN for is
solely to pay for rental at the New Dundee Community
Centre, which is $197 plus HST. <br class="">
</p>
<p class="">I don't know how the other ridings are
funding theirs. There is a meeting tonight with all
the riding reps, Dorothy Wilson will be attending on
our behalf. <br class="">
</p>
<p class="">I appreciate that GREN is region-wide and
I'm asking just for my riding. If you feel more
comfortable contributing money to be shared amongst
all the ridings, that's fine too. <br class="">
</p>
<p class="">Anything else you need to know?</p>
<p class="">Best,</p>
<p class="">Susan K<br class="">
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<div class="">I have gotten confused on the nature of
the event. Is it only covering candidates for the
one riding in this region? Please send a quick
description describing the ridings being covered by
the event and the format of the event.</div>
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<div class="">On Aug 27, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Susan
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<div class="">We're booking New Dundee
Community Centre for Oct 9. It's <span
class="money">$197</span> plus HST. </div>
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<div dir="auto" class="">I think we paid for
some refreshments.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 27 Aug. 2019
13:50, "Gregory C. Michalenko" <<a
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<p class="">Dear Susan,</p>
<p class=""><br class="">
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<p class="">I'm not against the
request for support - or for
it. I think as treasurer I
should be able to account for
expenditures. How much is the
rental? Also, can you recall
how much we contributed to
such debates in the past?
That might help us decide how
much is appropriate. I've
only been treasurer since late
last fall.</p>
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<p class="">Ah, Mr.
Albrecht...About 10 years ago
I, as a member of the Waterloo
Region Food System Round
Table, was asked by the
Region Public Health Dept. to
provide a case study for a
workshop on citizen organizing
on issues related to a public
institution or policy. I
chose lobbying to keep
chickens in back yards in
Kitchener, which I was then
working on. The other case
study was a group working to
get support for suicide
prevention. They spent a lot
of their time thanking Mr.
Albrecht for the wonderful
support he had given them.
The convenor then asked if we
had a comment for the other
group. I mentioned that I had
heard Mr. Albrecht
loudly speaking in favour of
abolishing the long gun
registry because it would be
so hard on rural people:
every farmer needed a gun to
kill varmints. On the same
day I had read a statement by
the director of psychiatric
services of the Vancouver
General Hospital making a plea
to retain the registry because
such a high percentage of
rural suicides were committed
with long guns. What should
your group do in such a
dilemma? I was roundly
denounced by the organizer of
the workshop as well as the
mayor of Waterloo for being
impolite.</p>
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<p class="">- Thanks, Greg</p>
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class="" face="Calibri,
sans-serif"><b class="">From:</b>
Susan Koswan <<a
href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com"
class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>><br
class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b>
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
12:49 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b>
Gregory C. Michalenko;
John Jackson; Kevin
Thomason<br class="">
<b class="">Cc:</b> GREN
Executive<br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b>
Re: GREN financial status
re. [GREN-Exec] request
for some funding for
election debates</font>
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<div class="">
<p class="">The only reason
I'm asking is because GREN
is not doing an
environmental election
forum this year because
100 Debates on the
Environment is. I'm hoping
the other groups we had
partnered with for the
debates in the past will
be stepping up and
providing some financial
support in the riding that
is most suitable for them.
<br class="">
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<p class="">Harold Albrecht
is the only federal
conservative MP in the
Region. Just saying'....</p>
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<p class="">Susan K <br
class="">
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11:54 AM, Gregory C.
Michalenko wrote:<br
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<p class="">Dear Exec
Members:</p>
<p class=""><br class="">
</p>
<p class="">GREN's
credit union account
balance on July 31 is
$1.527.30. The
starting balance on
Jan. 1, 2019 was
$2009.61. </p>
<p class=""><br class="">
</p>
<p class="">We had
income of $118.95
($80.00 from 4
memberships @$20.00.
and $38.95 from
"donations to defray
expenses" at the event
at First United
Church).</p>
<p class=""><br class="">
</p>
<p class="">Our expenses
were $604.26. Banking
costs were $3.00 per
month. and a new
booklet of blank
cheques (enough to
keep us going for a
few years) was $39.27.
<span
style="font-size:12pt"
class="">Our
expenses for events
we supported was
$543.99.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12pt"
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class="">
</span></p>
<p class=""><span
style="font-size:12pt"
class="">I attempted
twice to reach the
person who was said
to be managing our
our website and
email list, but
never got a response
from him. I don't
know what is owed to
him or someone else.</span></p>
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class="">
</span></p>
<p class=""><font
class="" size="3">Regarding
Susan's request for
support for the
debate. Susan, how
much is the rental
cost in this case?
All of you, please
let me know whether
you wish GREN to
contribute and how
much you think is
appropriate. My
suggestion is to
make it conditional
on there being a </font>voluntary<font
class="" size="3"> </font><font
class="" size="3">donation
box like Laura had
at both the
Kitchener town hall
and the First United
event. This brought
in over $200 that
was shared by the
supporting
organizations.
GREN's need is
obviously not as
great as that of
some of the other
supporters and we
can opt out of
accepting anything
if we want.</font></p>
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class="" size="3"><br
class="">
</font></p>
<p class=""><font
class="" size="3">In
the future, in the
interest of
accountability, I
think we should ask
for a rough
estimated budget
from those seeking
support for
campaigns and
events. Then we
could decide if the
request is
reasonable - and
even if it's too
modest, or we might
have a suggestion
for additional
sources, whether
financial or
in-kind, that the
worthy organization
or group hadn't
considered.</font></p>
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class="" size="3"><br
class="">
</font></p>
<p class=""><font
class="" size="3">-
Greg</font></p>
<p class=""><font
class="" size="3"><br
class="">
</font></p>
<p class=""><font
class="" size="3">ps
Kevin dropped off a
hundred alternative
stickers
for countering
Ford's moronic
program of forcing
gas stations to put
anti-carbon tax
stickers on their
pumps. Get some for
yourselves and for
your friends
now! You can pick
some up from me (53
Menno St., Waterloo,
phone 519 725-1059)
or I could drop some
off at your
residence.
I checked with my
cosmic medium and
she/he/they/it
assured me that this
law is unique for
the
3,687,934,702,594
civilizations in the
universe that have
gas pumps.</font></p>
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Executive <a
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class=""
moz-do-not-send="true"><executive-bounces@gren.ca></a>
on behalf of John
Jackson <a
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<b class="">Sent:</b>
Tuesday, August
27, 2019 6:25 AM<br
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<b class="">To:</b>
Kevin Thomason<br
class="">
<b class="">Cc:</b>
GREN Executive<br
class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b>
Re: [GREN-Exec]
request for some
funding for
election debates</font>
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<div class="">Before
deciding on how much
to contribute, I
need to see our
financial status
from Greg. Also I
wish we knew what
our financial needs
are to update our
website and to keep
it and our e-mail
list up to date.
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Aug 26, 2019,
at 10:01 PM,
Kevin Thomason
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Susan,
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class="">
</div>
<div class="">As
I’d mentioned
earlier I am
very
supportive of
donating $150
to $200 for
the event.
This is going
to be a very
important
election. As
we have
learned with
Doug Ford -
elections have
consequences
and we need to
ensure
informed,
motivated
voters are
getting out to
vote.</div>
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1115 Cedar
Grove Road<br
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Ontario Canada
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Phone: (519)
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at 7:54 PM,
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<div class="">Hi,
We have a
meeting
tomorrow
afternoon
(Tues) and I'd
like to report
back whether
GREN can
provide some
money. They're
good with $150
if we can
swing it.<br
class="">
<br class="">
Thanks,<br
class="">
<br class="">
Susan K<br
class="">
<br class="">
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12:02 PM,
Susan Koswan
wrote:<br
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class="">
<br class="">
I forgot I was
supposed to
ask if GREN
could provide
some money to
cover costs
for the
Kitchener
Conestoga 100
Debates on the
Environment?
I'm working
with the Nith
Valley
EcoBoosters
who are taking
a lead on
organizing and
we'll have to
pay room
rental. Can
GREN
contribute
$100 to $200
towards that?<br
class="">
<br class="">
Thanks<br
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<br class="">
Susan K<br
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