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SJAM Winter Trail Fundraising Night – October 9

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/506124356611489/
More info about the trail: https://champlainpark.org/sjam-winter-trail/

Since the trail is funded and run by volunteers, they need to raise the money to keep it running (gasoline, snowmobile repairs and that sort of thing) this winter. You can donate to them in the usual ways, or visit the fundraiser, where they are auctioning off or giving away some interesting items (see https://twitter.com/SJAMWinterTrail for teases).

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Mill St. Brew Pub Ottawa
555 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1C5

Champlain Park’s Annual General Meeting – October 29

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Tuesday October 29, 2019
at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse
All community residents are welcome to come for a meet and greet with refreshments at 6:30 pm, followed by the business meeting at 7 pm.

Community Association Memberships can be purchased at the door.
Chair: Nick Xenos

Agenda

Report from City Councillor:

Jeff Lieper

Financial Report from CPCA Treasurer:

Josh Bizjak

Election of Board for 2019/20:

Nick Xenos

Guest Speaker (30 minutes):

Michael Sarich, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board will be providing updates on 2017 and 2019 river flooding and will take questions from the audience afterwards.

Business Items:

  1. Approval of minutes of previous AGM 23 Oct 2018 – Secretary1 (2 minutes)
  2. Reports from the Board (5 minutes each)
    1. Membership Report– Jennie Hornosty
    2. Civic Engagement – Roland Dorsay
    3. Social – Carol Arnason
    4. Planning and Zoning – Heather Pearl & CoChair1
    5. Environment – Daniel Buckles and Adrian Bradley
  3. Other Business
  4. Adjournment

For information about the board election, please see our call for candidates.

Supporting documents

Depaving Pontiac Street Ceremony – October 5

We’re holding a depaving ceremony on Saturday, October 5th 2019 from 09:30 to noon. Come and grab a chunk of asphalt (already pre-scored into squares) from the section of Pontiac that we’re converting to park, and throw it out! This is literally a community effort. Equipment and safety gear will be provided.

[Scoring the Pavement with a Circular Saw Cutter]
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Tree Planting Help Needed – September 28

Join the enviro committee of the community association on Saturday September 28 at 10 am (till noon) on Pontiac Avenue between Patricia and Keyworth Avenues (across from the north end of St. George school) as we plant Tamarack, Elderberry, Paper Birch, and other trees that will bring more ecological diversity into the Champlain Woods.

Bring your own gloves. If you have shovels and wheel barrows, those are welcome, too! We will go ahead rain or shine.

National Tree Day – September 25

Grade 2 and 3 children at St. George Catholic School in our neighbourhood will celebrate National Tree Day at 1:15 pm this Wednesday by planting a tree on the Pontiac side of the main school yard. Join us that same day from 4:30 to 6:30 pm to plant a tree (or two) in “the Little Woods” at Patricia and Clearview. Weather permitting, tree planting will continue in the NCC forest near the school on Saturday, from 10 till noon. Bring your shovel and/or a pick!

For those interested in the bigger picture, attend a Tree Canada event at the Museum of Nature, where the NCC, the City of Ottawa and the Ville de Gatineau will present the results of a tree canopy assessment. This report on the extent of the current tree canopy is meant to support planning for the future of urban forestry in the region.

Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa ON:
4:30 National Tree Day Ceremonial Tree Planting, west grounds (corner of Argyle and O’Connor).
5:00 Presentation of report findings in the Rotunda.
5:30 Questions and discussions.

Playback Theatre – September 27

You may not know that Champlain Fieldhouse is the home rehearsal space for Ottawa Playback Theatre. Playback theatre offers interactive performances in which personal stories from audience members are transformed into theatre on the spot by a small troupe of actors & musician. It’s sometimes called “Improv for Real Life.”

On Friday the 27th of September our theme is “Harvest Time— what has ripened in your life? What are you harvesting?”

Join us in the Fieldhouse— all are welcome!
Doors open 6:30pm
Show starts at 7:00pm
Chats & potluck snacks 9:00pm

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – September 24

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday September 24, 2019
7:30 PM at the Fieldhouse
Everybody Welcome

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

Open session

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting April 23, 2019 – Liz – 5 minutes
  2. Report of interim executive motions – All
  3. Finances as of year end and next year’s budget – Josh – 20 minutes
  4. AGM planning – All – 10 minutes
  5. Purchase of signs for the SJAM – Adrian – 5 minutes
  6. Next Meeting