WR Greens Meeting Notes 2018-02-26
Contents
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
- 22 March 2018 is really busy!
- Partnering with Nature to Heal the Biosphere
- May not take place, as Michael Purves-Smith has passed away
- Followup: Shannon Purves-Smith tells me this event has been postponed, no new date has been set
- May not take place, as Michael Purves-Smith has passed away
- A Nation of Feminist Arms Dealers? Canada and Military Exports (CIGI)
- Never Forget the Victims: Prosecuting Charles Taylor, President of Liberia, for War Crimes (Conrad Grebel)
- World Water Day (UofW)
- Partnering with Nature to Heal the Biosphere
- 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
- Get community leaders to meet Mike, people with like-minded ideas
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
- Discussion Tables on particular topics
- 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)
- 6:30pm
- Social Night at Descendants Brewery
- Alternative venues (must be accessible)
- Duke of Wellington, Waterloo
- Taste at the Tannery, Kitchener (formerly Firkin at the Tannery)
- McCabes, Kitchener
- Booking venue Descendants (Tammy)
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?
- Venue Zehrs?
- Check Space Finder for venues
- 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
