[KWPeace-groups] Minutes from January 19 meething
Dwyer Sullivan
dwyerandsheila at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 23:32:58 EST 2017
Hi Eleanor,
Please add me to your email list - if I am not still on from before. thank
you and keep up your good work.
Peace, Dwyer
On 23 January 2017 at 18:45, Eleanor Grant <eleanor7000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Emily, now I can read it.
>
> Sounds like a great meeting! I was planning to come, but came down with
> that flu bug last week. I had wanted to launch - or relaunch - the peace
> and justice newsletter I used to do from 2002 to 2012 (and suspended for
> lack of a computer on which I could do mass e-mails). I started it up again
> in December and have done 2 issues.
>
> I'll try to attend April 6 to tell more about it - meanwhile if you would
> like to be added to my e-mail list please let me know.
>
> Thanks for the good work you're all doing.
>
> Eleanor Grant
>
> PS - Esther could you contact me? I'd like to talk further about Cuba and
> Palestine.
>
> Tx, E.
>
>
> On 23 Jan 2017 17:26, "Emily Mininger" <e.mininger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I think the attachment may have gotten blocked due to size, so please
> find
> > the minutes in the body of this message.
> >
> > KW Peace Meeting Minutes January 19th, 2017
> >
> > · Present: Jim, Ellen, Sharon, Dwyer, Bob, Laura, Mo, Esther,
> > Isaiah, Sue, Matt, Janelle
> >
> >
> >
> > · Welcome to Jim and Ellen, joining us for the first time to
> > represent Council of Canadians, and also to Janelle.
> >
> > · Events
> >
> > o Women's March in Toronto was Saturday, Jan 21st
> >
> > o Trusted Clothes is doing a clothing swap on January 28 from
> 10:30-1pm
> > at 787 King St W Kitchener http://kwpeace.ca/event/trusted-clothes-swap/
> >
> > o Activities for Peace
> >
> > · Feb 15 - Charades for Peace at Queen Street Commons, 7pm
> >
> > · March 15 - Board Games for Peace at Queen Street Commons, 7pm
> >
> > - March 3rd - High School day for peace at Grebel
> > https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/high-school-peace-day-art-peace
> >
> > o March 3rd, 7:30pm - Dr. Mary Jo Leddy will be giving a talk "Room
> > Enough for Hope: Canada's Response to the Refugee Crisis."
> > https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/public-lecture-room-
> > enough-hope-canadas-response-refugee-0
> >
> > - March 4th, 1-3pm, Wesley United Church - Goodhearted Women Singers
> are
> > doing their annual concert with the police choir to bridge
> > communities
> > https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4a9435_
> > 7f939b8d8a714422874cf9d5743f7ab9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_508,h_
> > 657,al_c,q_80/4a9435_7f939b8d8a714422874cf9d5743f7ab9~mv2.webp
> >
> > o March 5th - Blanket exercise at St. Jerome's led by local indigenous
> > people
> >
> > o Ahmadiyya Muslim Women's Association conference March 5th from
> 10-2. A
> > women only conference. Last year Esther spoke for Christian Peacemaker
> > Teams (CPT) and had a table. There's a complimentary lunch. The theme is
> > Religion in the 21st Century
> >
> > o Citizens Climate Lobby, Divest, and Food not Bombs are planning to
> > host a screening and book launch for Cowspiracy.
> >
> > - Cross Cultures is having their International Day of Race Relations
> at
> > City Hall on Tuesday, March 21st all day. There are booths, a
> > concert,
> > speakers, and more. Theme is "Our Home on Native Land." If you
> > want to have
> > a booth contact Gehan https://kwpeace.wordpress.com/
> > tag/cross-culture/
> >
> > o Age of Consequences film to be showed at Grebel, was going to be
> March
> > 21st but the date is probably changing due to conflict with Cross
> Cultures
> > event.
> >
> > o Mo is planning an Earth Day event during the 3rd week of April
> >
> > · Updates
> >
> > o Esther was here in place of Rochelle to represent CPT, as Rochelle
> is
> > currently in Columbia for a 4 week training. Esther is then going to Cuba
> > for a Humanitarian Aid trip
> >
> > o Food Not Bombs is shifting focus from just serving to also include
> > action against poverty. If you want to have info on a table during one of
> > their servings you can do so. They serve 1:30-3:30 on Saturday in front
> of
> > City hall. Any leftovers go to House of Friendship
> >
> > · Another group called Vegan Lunch Bag gives out a vegan lunch
> bag
> > and warm clothes
> >
> > · Soup for the Soul - a local chef gives out soup near Frederick
> > and King (61 King St E) one day a month. Next one is January 27th from
> > 4-5pm
> >
> > o Sue is doing a training with the Alternatives to Nonviolence project
> > January 20, 21, and 22 at Grand Valley. The training was developed in
> > upstate NY because inmates wanted training on how to solve conflicts
> > nonviolently. The goal is to foster connections and use transforming
> power
> > of nonviolence.
> >
> > o Sharon says there's lots going on with FairVote and electoral
> reform.
> > At the September 14th town hall it was clear that there is support for
> > changes to the electoral system that include some kind of proportional
> > representation, but if you read the report, you don't get the sense of
> > strong support and they use confusing language
> >
> > · Apparently Raj Saini told someone that only 1 person had come
> to
> > him in support of proportional representation electoral reform, which is
> > clearly false. At the very least he's been met by 1/2 dozen people about
> > this issue.
> >
> > · Getting the sense that the Liberals are studying it until it
> goes
> > away, and making the claim that there isn't support or a broad consensus
> >
> > · If you want to act, you can write to the new minister and CC
> > Justin Trudeau and Raj Saini with a physical letter (apparently emails
> > don't count)
> >
> > · FairVote is gathering evidence, so if you met or contacted Raj
> > about this issue, please send them the date and time and method of
> contact
> > (Also if you met with Bardish Chaggar). They will use this information to
> > then confront Raj.
> >
> > · May pass Alternative Vote in February so that they can say they
> > passed electoral reform, but it's not the same as proportional
> > representation
> >
> > o Isaiah has developed an *educational game* that explores and makes
> > accessible the complex relationship between environmental limits, climate
> > change and various conflicts within and between societies. He's happy to
> > present this game to a group, it's good for 5-10 people. Contact him if
> > interested.
> >
> > · It's being presented to KW Awesome next week to get funding to
> > develop the game further
> >
> > o Eco Schools Ontario is a program funded by the government to get
> > schools and individuals to participate in making their schools more
> > sustainable. They can get certified if they get enough points, or can
> just
> > do actions.
> >
> > o Water event at the Laurier Seminary on Monday that deals with
> > indigenous rights and water for catholic High School teachers. If any
> > teachers are interested connect with Laura
> >
> > o KOALA is working on banning fur farms that are subsidized by the
> > government
> >
> > o KOALA is advocating to add "Meatless Mondays" to school lunches.
> > Amarak is the provider of food for the schools in the area and is
> > accommodating of social justice concerns - cooperated with the fair trade
> > campus initiative at Laurier.
> >
> > o KW Animal Save is starting a climate change chapter. Many people ask
> > what they can do to impact climate change, and two main actions that have
> > an impact are taking political action and eating less meat.
> >
> > o Council of Canadians now has a chapter in Waterloo. They meet the
> 3rd
> > Wednesday of every month at Bread and Roses.
> >
> > · Their first action was giving information about boycotting
> Nestle
> > products at the Kitchener Market before Christmas
> >
> > o Social Action Group of the Unitarian Church buys beans every year
> and
> > donate them to the food back. They are expecting to get 10,000lbs of
> beans!
> >
> > · The beansa re Romano beans grown in Ontario and are non-GMO
> >
> > · Did you know that Canada provides 30% of pulses (legumes,
> beans,
> > etc) to the world?
> >
> > o Citizens for Public Justice are advocating "Give it up for Lent,"
> > which asks Christians to give up things that have a negative
> environmental
> > or sustainability impact
> >
> > · Maybe a launch should be planned for April 1st? Laura and
> Isaiah
> > are talking about it
> >
> > o Esther is leading a delegation from October 24-28 to Palestine.
> There
> > are 4 delegates on the trip who went last year. IT's open to all, and
> will
> > include bearing witness during the olive harvest, when Palestinian people
> > are harassed when harvesting olives, and need to get permits to harvest
> > their olives. This is co-led by Robert Holmes.
> >
> > · Website
> >
> > o Few people upload to the site. Mostly it's automatically uploaded or
> > Bob adds events.
> >
> > o CCJ Clearline, the provider of our web services, is no longer
> offering
> > web hosting because it's no longer profitable. We will have to find a new
> > host.
> >
> > o There are some VPS (Virtual Private Server) services that are
> > $5/month. However we don't know if that will be enough bandwidth or
> > storage, so we'll start with that and see how it goes. We may need to go
> > with the next level up at $10/month
> >
> > o Probably will go with Data Mantle, as it's a local company
> >
> > o A VPS requires more work on our end. Bob will continue managing but
> > would like help. Emily will help but if anyone else feels computer savvy
> > and would like to be involved please let us know! The work needed to be
> > done is maintain the systems and do backup.
> >
> > o This will mean we can get an HTTPS, or security certificate, for our
> > site
> >
> > o We will likely set up the VPS site in mid-February. The website will
> > look the same from the user perspective
> >
> > o Bob estimates he spends an average of 20min/day for the
> blog/calendar
> > currently, this might increase to 1hr or 1/2 hr per day when we switch
> >
> > o Several people gave donations towards the website, so we have funds
> to
> > continue for a while more, depending on which service we end up using.
> > Some of those funds are also going towards renewing the domain name,
> which
> > we will continue to renew through CCJ Clearline
> >
> > o Other options mentioned were Execulink, which is far too expensive
> at
> > $200/month
> >
> > o Bravehost.net isn't great because you can't aggregate calendars and
> > it's not easy to access data
> >
> > · Next KW Peace Potluck meeting is likely April 6th at 6pm. Sue
> > will confirm that Stirling is available.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 5:35 PM, Emily Mininger <e.mininger at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > It was great to see everyone at the potluck last week. Please find
> > > attached the minutes of what we discussed.
> > >
> > > Our next meeting is tentatively schedule for April 6 at 6pm.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Emily
> > >
> > > --
> > > Emily Mininger
> > >
> > > Email: e.mininger at gmail.com
> > > Phone: 519-568-3879 <(519)%20568-3879>
> > >
> > > Check out peace groups and events in KW - KWpeace.ca
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Emily Mininger
> >
> > Email: e.mininger at gmail.com
> > Phone: 519-568-3879
> >
> > Check out peace groups and events in KW - KWpeace.ca
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