<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="">Hi GREN Executive,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greg, I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your sister. It is so unfortunate. We can barely fathom the long-term impacts and consequences of this pandemic.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, in my efforts to try to keep the GREN Executive better apprised of the OGA work even though things were officially concluded at the end of December, the OGA Steering Committee has felt that given the importance of Ford’s apparent desire to expand and grow the Greenbelt along with the likelihood of future additional funding we should be continuing our ongoing efforts without pause.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thus, work has continued over the holidays on a Draft Grow the Greenbelt Report for the Premier along with discussions on how best to bring in a wide variety of environmental, community, agricultural and other groups to call out the Premier’s bluff and force them to action.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Below is the first draft of a document/report. Please feel free to review it and let me know any feedback. There will be additional materials and meetings over the days ahead as we race to get this out to the Minister and media in a timely manner - likely before the end of January.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Perhaps you can think of potential groups we should be starting to include in our region.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Franz Hartmann <<a href="mailto:franzgreenbeltalliance@gmail.com" class="">franzgreenbeltalliance@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Two urgent items for your attention: Draft Grow the Greenbelt Report and Setting a Meeting</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 6, 2021 at 10:57:36 AM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tim Gray <<a href="mailto:tgray@environmentaldefence.ca" class="">tgray@environmentaldefence.ca</a>>, Lynda Lukasik <<a href="mailto:llukasik@environmenthamilton.org" class="">llukasik@environmenthamilton.org</a>>, Anne Bell <<a href="mailto:anneb@ontarionature.org" class="">anneb@ontarionature.org</a>>, Margaret Prophet <<a href="mailto:margaret@simcoecountygreenbelt.ca" class="">margaret@simcoecountygreenbelt.ca</a>>, Debbie Gordon <<a href="mailto:debbierawngordon@gmail.com" class="">debbierawngordon@gmail.com</a>>, John Bacher <<a href="mailto:pals@becon.org" class="">pals@becon.org</a>>, Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Two important things:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Grow the Greenbelt ready for sharing.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Attached is the draft Grow the Greenbelt document. You can now share this with potential groups who would sign on to this.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For now, please keep the distribution of this document to trusted people and please urge them NOT TO SHARE this with others.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To help us manage the process of who is signing on, please use <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5UfmgiV_lIw1Pu1OSEd5PG0RNzXhf0ir3ikCKSP_pE/edit#gid=0" class="">this google spreadsheet</a> to identify who has agreed to sign on to the document</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Setting a Date for a Steering Committee Meeting with Key Stakeholders</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As we discussed at the last SC meeting, let's invite key stakeholders to meet with us to discuss the report and the release strategy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please complete this <a href="https://doodle.com/poll/9vz32cb6q6xee256?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link" class="">doodle poll</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then, please contact the stakeholder you want to invite and find out their availability and then enter it in the doodle poll. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would suggest that you share with the rest of us who you plan on inviting so that we can ensure we're not duplicating efforts and missing key people.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That's it for now.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Franz Hartmann<div class="">Ontario Greenbelt Alliance</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">
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