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[[Category: Green Party]]

Revision as of 16:16, 28 February 2018

WR Greens Meeting

When
26 February 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where
Kitchener Public Library, near the Café
Who
Stacey Danckert, Kurt Gaines, Veronica, Tammy McNamee, David Weber, Laurel Russwurm, Zdravko Gunjevic, Trevor Meyer, Bob Jonkman, Michele Braniff, Ingrid Douglas

Mike Schreiner visit, 22 March 2018

Leadership Tour

  •  ???

Head Office requests

  • Mike arrives 4:00pm
  • Have 2 events
    • Social Event
    • Stakeholder event

We'll focus on Social Innovation for Green stakeholders


  • 4:00pm
    • Get community leaders to meet Mike, people with like-minded ideas
      • Aleksandra Petrovich for people involved in Community Hub (Bob)
      • Head of Communitech (Zee)
      • Accelerator Program (Stacey)
      • Working Centre, Joe Mancini (Bob)
      • Leadership Waterloo (Michele)
      • Hive.ca, Stephanie Rozcek (Bob)
      • TREE, Katie Gingerich (Bob)
      • UofW Environmental Studies (Veronica)
      • Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries (Bob)
      • Night Shift, who? Alternatives Journal? (Stacey)
      • Kwartzlab (Bob)
      • Grand River Transit
      • Kitchener Museum
      • Waterloo Museum
      • Arts Pay (Michele)
        • Paying for art
        • Paying artists a living wage


Topic: What changes do you need to do what you do?


  • Venue? Kitchener Public Library
    • Leverages the issue of public library funding
    • Booking the venue soonest! (Zee)


  • Format
    • Discussion Tables on particular topics
      • Need 2-3 topics to discuss
    • Mike to circulate between tables
    • Facilitator/Notekeeper at each table (one of us)
      • Present summaries to entire group
    • Mike to speak at the end, addresses some concerns
      • Mike/Staff takes along the summaries so all concerns get attention
    • Opportunity for networking with participants
    • Need snacks, beverages
      • Lentil Balls (Bob)
      • Wellesley Apple Cider (Laurel)
      • Refreshments, treats (Ingrid)
    • Signage
      • Has start/stop times
      • Agenda, including an invite to the Social Night at 6:30pm


  • 6:00pm
    • Mike Schreiner has dinner at Descendants
    • there was discussion on the logistics of having dinner and an event in 5 hours (4:00pm to 9:00pm)



Other events

Maple Syrup Festival

  • Date: Saturday, 7 April 2018, starting at 6:00am for setup (Bob and Laurel)
  • Laurel has made contact
    • Kitchener--Conestoga will have an info table and button-making table
  • Celebrity Pancake Flipping Contest
    • Someone needs to follow up on this!


Fair Voting

  • Hold in Cambridge?
  • Show the movie Whipped
    • Stacey has projector, Zee has access to projectors
  • Fair Vote presentation (David Weber)
  • Q & A
  • Possible event title: Greens Talking on the Edge of Democracy
  • Date: 3rd week in April (between Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 April 2018)


  • Need to have some event in Cambridge
    • New people come to events held in Cambridge that don't come to KW
    • But some people from Cambridge do come to KW, but travel is onerous