[KWPeace-groups] Successful Perspectives event on Saturday!

[Dwyer Sullivan]

Bob - nice summary report of the Symposium. Peace, Dwyer

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 12:14, Bob Jonkman <bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca> wrote:

> Hi KWPeace Group Organizers: Congratulations! This Saturday we had a
> successful event!
>
> Things got off to a bit of a rough start (apparently the Kitchener City
> Hall facilities department thought we weren't starting until the middle
> of the afternoon), but thanks to the great effort of Dave McLaren, the
> AV tech, we got the info tables, audience tables, screen and podium  set
> up, and  food was being served by about 12:30pm.
>
> A great thank you also goes to Food Not Bombs for providing lunch to an
> extra 50 people!
>
> Attendance was a bit lower than the registrations indicated, but then
> the weather wasn't particularly good.  Still, the attendance overflowed
> the seating at the audience tables, and we had to get out more chairs.
>
> The presentation by Tamara Lorincz was every bit as good (and scary) as
> I thought it would be. Tamara, thank you very much! Please continue to
> keep us up-to-date about any demilitarization and decarbonization
> rallies and events in Waterloo Region.
>
> Thank you to Sandee Lovas, who did a fantastic job as emcee!
>
> Thank you to all the groups and organizers who participated by having an
> info table, and to everyone else who attended!
>
> The organizing committee will be meeting later this week, but I think
> we'll decide to hold another Perspectives For Peace symposium in 2019!
>
> --Bob.
>
>
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> Bob Jonkman <bobjonkman at kwpeace.ca>
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