<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="">No wurries Greg! It is indeed Wednesday Dec 23, 2020 at 2:30pm that we are planning for.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Looking forward to catching up,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 19, 2020, at 1:46 PM, Greg Michalenko <<a href="mailto:gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca" class="">gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Alarums! Wednesday is the 23rd, not the 22nd. Which day&date is our zoomation?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">-Greg</div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 871.21875px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a> <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, December 19, 2020 10:16 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Susan Bryant<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Greg Michalenko; GREN Executive<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [GREN-Exec] [All] OGA donation distribution</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I will send you a Zoom meeting link for Wed Dec 22 at 2:30. <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto" class="">Susan K</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 Dec. 2020 17:23, Susan Bryant <<a href="mailto:shbryant@uwaterloo.ca" class="">shbryant@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class="">Wed. 2:30 is fine with me too. Thanks for the planet info, Greg. Looking beyond is always good, though I’m woefully ignorant about planetary activities. Is this conjunction an auspiciously good sign? I’ll just assume it is. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Susan B <br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Dec 18, 2020, at 5:01 PM, Greg Michalenko <<a href="mailto:gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca" class="">gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Wed. 2:30 is okay for me.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">If you're interested in our planets, look to the low southwest about 1 hour after sunset. Jupiter and Saturn are lined up right next to each other, closest (as seen from eyes on earth) in the last 600 years. Tonight may be clear enough to see it.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">These GREN exec emails don't seem to head my way unless someone else is answering them.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- G</div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr style="display: inline-block; width: 778.65625px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Executive <<a href="mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca" class="">executive-bounces@gren.ca</a>> on behalf of Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, December 18, 2020 3:28 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mr. John Jackson<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] [All] OGA donation distribution</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="">Hi Folks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It looks like Wednesday at 2:30pm is going to be the best time for everyone for a call. Susan can we leverage your Zoom account again? Otherwise I can see what I can try to organize.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class="">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Dec 18, 2020, at 11:05 AM, John Jackson <<a href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca" class="">jjackson@web.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Monday or Wednesday work for me.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><br class="">------------------------------</div><div class="">John Jackson</div><div class="">17 Major Street</div><div class="">Kitchener N2H 4R1</div><div class="">519-744-7503</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Dec 18, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Susan Bryant <<a href="mailto:shbryant@uwaterloo.ca" class="">shbryant@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I can do Sun, Mon or Wed too. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Susan B<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Dec 17, 2020, at 11:52 PM, Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Again, my apologies Kevin.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I could make Sun, Mon or Wed work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Susan K<br class=""></div><div class="">On 12/17/2020 6:26 PM, Kevin Thomason wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="">Hi GREN Exec,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for reaching out though I think that your e-mail went to the entire membership list and not just the Executive. I would agree that we should talk things through and make sure that everyone is on the same page and there aren’t any questions regarding the OGA funding though having dozens of people on a call could be challenging. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would have liked to have more time along the way to keep the Executive and the GREN membership more in the loop however with the insanity of my house build, the pandemic, young toddlers, etc. any time that I had just went to trying to keep up with the other OGA groups and what needed to be done. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We had talked about hiring someone to do all the work for this Greenbelt Foundation/OGA funding and in the end I was the one who ended up doing most of work over the past 9 months - including likely about 40 hours over the past three weeks alone and another three hours today spent on Zoom calls with the OGA Steering Committee and editing documents on tight deadlines. This certainly wasn’t a donation from the OGA - it was compensation to local groups for Greenbelt activities/outreach and in this case it has been myself doing almost all of the work required.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have tried to provide a Southern Ontario presence at the provincial level as well as some outreach in our part of the province and it has been insane trying to keep up with everything - particularly as things such as Bill 229 just added to the onslaught. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">GREN likely wouldn’t have the grant if it wasn’t for my years of efforts at a provincial level and all the time that I have put into it this past year and splitting the $10,000 funding with GREN will provide funds to put towards the GREN website or whatever the group wants however if me getting any portion of the funds causes an issue I will simply forgo any portion of it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As John and I discussed the other day it has been great to see GREN activities on many fronts recently been it in the media, at standing committees, working with politicians, or other groups. It is great to see GREN getting the respect and acknowledgement along with the impact we can have.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some times that could work for me to discuss things over a Zoom call would include:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Friday, Dec 18th 6:30pm</div><div class="">Sun, Dec 20th 7pm</div><div class="">Mon, Dec 21st 1pm or 7:30pm</div><div class="">Wed, Dec 23rd 2:30pm</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Or feel free to suggest any other times that might work better for folks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Stay safe in the meantime.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-------------------------------------</div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Dec 17, 2020, at 3:04 PM, Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">Hi Kevin,</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">Can you let us know when you are available for a Zoom meeting to follow up on your email about the distribution of the OGA money? We want to ensure that the best interests and integrity of GREN are maintained and have a few concerns:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">GREN has never compensated members in any way that could be construed as payment for work done. Our policy and practice for our limited funds is to assist small, local citizen groups, initiatives and events, often when unexpected expenses arose. As well, GREN has been able to reimburse expenses when a member is acting on behalf of GREN. Any reimbursement beyond that is best discussed further.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">When we talked about the OGA funding, we agreed that $5000 would be allocated towards building the GREN website and its ongoing costs. For the remainder, there was some discussion about hiring someone to do the work to meet the goals of the OGA funding, but the opportunity to do so was not opened to all GREN members. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">Because of this we’re a little concerned about the optics of compensating a GREN executive member without full membership discussion.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">We are all grateful for the time and energy you have invested into protecting and extending the Greenbelt, but also want to do best for GREN to make sure we can help financially in our own small way as needed.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please let us know when you have some time available to meet and Susan K can set up a Zoom meeting.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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