Author: AGMS

I'm a game programmer, doing pretty much everything (from Wii, Kinect to iPad). On the side, just for fun, I write file systems (for the nifty BeOS/Haiku operating system) and experiment with metadata.

Petition regarding community newspapers

From: Hampton Iona Newsletter <newsletter@hamptoniona.ca>
Date: December 5, 2017 at 4:16:08 PM EST
Subject: Petition regarding community newspapers

Communities across Ottawa and Ontario took a big hit recently when Postmedia and Torstar announced they were swapping 32 community newspapers and then shutting them down.
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Heritage Building Inventory Project

Subject: Heritage Inventory Project
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 17:14:22 +0000
From: Heritage Inventory / Inventaire Patrimonial <heritageinventory@ottawa.ca>

Dear Champlain Park Community Association,

The Heritage Inventory Project is moving into your neighbourhood! We’ve begun some preliminary research on your neighbourhood, and we would really appreciate any input from your community.

The Heritage Inventory Project is a city-wide strategic initiative which is evaluating buildings built prior to 1980 for heritage significance. Buildings that meet our design and neighbourhood tests are recommended for addition to the Heritage Register. For more information on our project, please see our website: Ottawa.ca/heritageinventory.
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Boughs, boughs, boughs for sale

Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 11:41:47 -0500
From: Laurie Fagan <laurie.fagan@cbc.ca>

Boughs, boughs, boughs for sale

The Champlain Park Garden Club has many extra bundles of boughs left over from the two wreath making workshops this past weekend. They are nice for a mantle or decorate your railing and the smell is incredible.
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New Boards at the Rink

In case you haven’t seen it, this year we have a new set of boards at the rink. They’re made from pressure treated wood. I wonder if they still need painting (for splinters); could be a community project. If you look closely (click on the picture to get a larger version), there’s new netting at the ends too, and lighting. Quite deluxe, all we need now is ice!

[New Boards at the Champlain Park Rink]

By the way, there are plans to put a branch of the SJAM ski trail to the east of the rink, leading to the field house.

– Alex

CPCA Executive Meeting – November 28

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive Meeting Open Session
Tuesday November 28, 2017
7:30 PM at the Fieldhouse

Exec meetings will have an open session for community residents to observe exec business discussions. Non exec community members will also be invited to participate at certain times by the chair and there will be “in camera” topics for the executive only.

Agenda

Open session

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting October 19, 2017, and review of action items – All
  2. Report of interim executive motions – All
  3. Whether to put draft AGM minutes on the website: Decision – Liz (5 minutes)
  4. Current Financial Statement (see file CPCA Finances October 31, 2017) – Joan (5 minutes)
  5. Suggestions for allocating the $500 donation recently received and other donations – Joan and Adrian (15 minutes)
  6. CPP Approval Motions – Adrian (20 minutes)
    These may include

    • Christmas Sleigh Ride
    • Winter Carnival
    • Fieldhouse Community Speaker
  7. Champlain Park Improvement Project – will discuss briefly what this is, and plans moving forward – Adrian (10 minutes)
  8. Membership drive and strategies for increasing the number of members. (For discussion) – Jennie (15 minutes)
  9. Executive Activity Reports – Information – Roland ( 3 minutes)
  10. Other Business
  11. Next meeting

Preventing Climate Disaster – December 6

From: Anthony Garoufalis-Auger at Ecology Ottawa <anthony.garoufalis-auger@ecologyottawa.ca>
Date: November 25, 2017 at 1:44 PM
Subject: Join Us: Preventing Climate Disaster @ Ottawa Public Library

Join us Wednesday December 6 at the Ottawa Public Library for a panel discussion….

(Une version française suit le texte anglais)

On behalf of Ecology Ottawa, I would like to invite you to attend Preventing Climate Disaster: A Panel Discussion on Federal Climate Policy. At the mid-point of the Liberal government’s mandate, it’s time to check in on our government’s progress and examine the next steps on delivering its international climate commitments.
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