Annual General Meeting – Wed, May 11

Our annual general meeting will take place on May 11 at 7 pm at Orchard Park Public School.

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Time: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Place: Orchard Park Public School

If you are interested in joining the Executive, positions are ratified at the AGM so let Sandy know ahead of time of your interest. S.levin@sympatico.ca or 472-9576

Community Shrub Planting in the Medway Valley May 7th

Help us plant 300 native shrubs in the Medway ESA.

When: Saturday, May 7, 2011
Where: Medway Valley
Time: 9:00 a.m. – noon

Refreshments will be available.
Please bring gloves.

A flyer for the event is available here.

News Update – ARC

ARC timeline

  • April 12 ARC Report presented to Board at its regular meeting by ARC Chair (Trustee Bennett)
  • April 26 Administrative Response to ARC Report presented to Board at its regular meeting (start time is 7 pm)
  • May 24 Public input to Board at its regular meeting (start time is 7 pm)
  • June 28 Decision by Board at its regular meeting (no public input permitted)

To speak at the meeting of May 24th, you must submit a form to the Board offices. The required form can be found at http://www.tvdsb.ca/files/78949/presenters_package_feb2011.pdf

If past history is any guide, you must submit the form and your presentation materials 8 business days before the meeting.

If you can attend any of these meetings, it will be important as the Trustees note if there is community interest by counting heads in the gallery. However, if you cannot make the meeting, you can watch it via live streaming video at http://www.tvdsb.ca/welcome.cfm?subpage=113155

Meetings are archived and can be watched later at http://www.tvdsb.ca/videos.cfm?channelID=11&categoryID=16

May Events in TD Waterhouse Stadium

For your information, below is the list of events scheduled for TD Waterhouse in late April and May.

Sat Apr 30 – Forest City Track Meet
Sun May 1 – Bell Helpline Walkathon
Tues May 3 – 6 – East West Training Camp Practices
Sat May 7 – East West IA Football
Mon May 9 – Nancy Campbell School Track Meet
Tues May 10 – London Christian Track Meet
Tues May 10 4pm-9pm – One Run Elementary Track Meet
Thurs May 12 – 13 – Thames Valley HS Track Meet
Sun May 15 – Arthritis Ontario Charity Run
Mon May 16 – Rain date – Nancy Campbell Meet
Tues May 17 – Christian District HS Track Meet
Wed May 18 – CD HS rain date
Thurs May 19 – 20 – WOSSA Track Meet
Tues May 24, 25, 26 – Thames Valley Special Olympics
Fri May 27 – TVSO rain date
Fri May 27 – 28 – OFSSA West Regional Track Meet
Sun May 29 – Reurink Charity Run
Mon May 30 – Wed Jun 1 – Catholic Elementary Track Meet

New student residences

Representatives of the Executive attended a public meeting hosted by UWO. UWO is building a new 1000 bed residence on the south side of Sarnia Road beside the Faculty of Education. The building will be similar in style to the others in the area (Perth Hall has 445 beds, Essex, 500) and will be six stories high (about two stories higher than the red brick townhouse/apartment buildings that are on that side of Sarnia Road). . UWO plans to open the new residence in September 2013. There will continue to be 300 parking spaces on the site. No design was shown, but UWO promised to publicize the design when the Board of Governors has approved it. City traffic department staff at the meeting said there will be NO entrance onto and off of Sarnia Road. Meanwhile, Brescia University College has advised us that they will be building a 300 bed residence on its site. It will not encroach into the treed area. Access will continue to be from Ramsay and Brescia Lane with construction traffic likely on Brescia Lane. The existing residence will be converted to other Brescia uses. Brescia is holding a neighbourhood meeting March 10th at 6:30 pm in Room 136 in the St. James Building on the Brescia campus.