<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll keep you posted.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 4, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">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. <br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/4/2019 10:04 AM, Kevin Thomason
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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.
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<div class="">On Oct 4, 2019, at 9:57 AM, Gregory C.
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I agre - let's support them. Are they
interested in financial support too, or just
solidarity and widening notification?</div>
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday,
October 4, 2019 6:55 AM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kevin
Thomason<br class="">
<b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GREN
Executive<br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
[GREN-Exec] Invitation to co-sponsor a public
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<div class="">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.
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On Oct 3, 2019, at 8:31 PM, Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>>
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<div class="">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.</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span class=""><b class="">invitation to
co-sponsor a public event</b><br class="">
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span class="">October 3, 2019 at 7:06:09
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span class="">Laura <<a href="mailto:laura@divestwaterloo.ca" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">laura@divestwaterloo.ca</a>>,
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<div dir="ltr" class=""><font class="" size="4">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.</font>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4"><span class=""><font class="" face="Arial,
sans-serif">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 </font>Sau
Laurenco<font class="" face="Arial, sans-serif"> Brazil. </font></span></font><span class="" style="font-family:
Arial, sans-serif; font-size:
large;">Bernhard and Rene Lise
Schmitt are leaders of
Collectif Eau 88 - opposing
Nestle in Vittel France.</span></div>
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0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial,
sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br class="">
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4" face="Arial,
sans-serif">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).</font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4" face="Arial,
sans-serif"><br class="">
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4" face="Arial,
sans-serif">The objectives of
the public events are </font></div>
<ul class="" style="font-family:
Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif,
Helvetica, EmojiFont,
"Apple Color Emoji",
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0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<li class="" style="margin-left:
15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="" style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman", Times,
serif;">to build support
for </span><span class="" style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman", Times,
serif;">WWW's</span><span class="" style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman", Times,
serif;"> campaign for the
Ontario government to stop
issuing permits to take
water for bottling to
Nestle in Wellington
County</span></span></li>
<li class="" style="margin-left:
15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="" style="font-family:
"Times New
Roman", Times,
serif;">to raise awareness
of Nestle's water taking
in other communities and
demonstrate why Nestle
can't be trusted to
control access to water</span></span></li>
<li class="" style="margin-left:
15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: "Times New
Roman", Times, serif;">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</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4" face="Arial,
sans-serif"><br class="">
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4" face="Arial,
sans-serif">I am writing to
ask if Divest Waterloo and
Grand River Environmental
Network will be co-sponsors of
the Waterloo event (with </font><font class="" size="4">Renison
University College and WWW.
Co-sponsorship means endorsing
the event (having our name on
promotional materials) and
promoting the event in your
networks.</font></div>
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0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4"><br class="">
</font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0cm
0cm 0.0001pt;"><font class="" size="4">Thank you for
considering this request.</font></div>
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