Workshops on the Bruce EAs in June - Shall we come to the Sault? (fwd)

[Kathie Brosemer <kathie@cleannorth.org>]

Hello all,

I have been talking with Brennain Lloyd of Northwatch, about an evening 
presentation/workshop on nuclear and electricity issues.  She's now ready 
to move on this (see below) and would like to come to the Sault for a 
workshop on the evening of June 9 or 10.

I'm very interested in this and would love to have CN co-host it. 
Northwatch takes very carefully- and thoroughly-researched positions, and I 
completely trust their ability to present material accurately and without 
being inflammatory.  We could hand out the last of the Porchlight bulbs, 
and some of the water pipe insulation, at the event.

Your opinions on two matters:

1.  should CN co-host?
2.  which date?

and any other related opinions too, would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
Kathie

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Date: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:14 PM -0400
From: Northwatch <northwatch@onlink.net>
To: kathie@cleannorth.org
Subject: Workshops on the Bruce EAs in June - Shall we come to the  Sault?

Kathie, my dear

Just sent this email (below) off to Ziggy about a possible worshop with
CFRE as part a northern nuke tour! Since you and I talked about it a week
or so ago the idea has continued to ferment in my brain, and Phillip has
now agreed to take a week off work and make it a holiday, so with childcare
lined up I am ready to go!

The conversation at the Northwatch spring meeting was that we'd twin
workshop on the Bruce EAs (for which we have both funding and an
obligation) with another more local nuke interest issues, such as the
refinery in Blind River and on Manitoulin and electricty issues more
generally while we're in the Sault and Sudbury. And so use these workshops
as organizing efforts not just around the Bruce projects but around nuclear
and energy issues more generally.

Are you still game for one in Sault Ste. Marie? I ran into Katie while
checking into the hotel for the LCC meeting on the weekend, and she seem
enthusiastic, so if she is our focus group on whether to do it or not we
probably should go ahead!

Date wise, I'm thinking the week of June 8th to 14th, which would mean -
depending on how many dates we do and which direction we travel in - we
could be in the Sault either the 10th or the 11th (Tuesday or Wednesday).

Should we do it? And, if so, do either of those dates work?

Hope you are well,

Brennain




To: "S. (Ziggy) Kleinau" <cfre@web.ca>,
From: Northwatch <northwatch@onlink.net>
Subject: Workshops on the Bruce EAs in June
Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@yto.greenpeace.org>,
shawn.patrick.stensil@yto.greenpeace.org

Hello, Ziggy

We're putting together a bit of a workshop tour to talk about the two Bruce
projects, and it occurred to me that perhaps you would like to team up for
one in your neighbourhood.

Haven't built the workshop yet, but we're thinking along the lines of an
hour and a half to two hours, with some time on each of the CEAA / CNSC
process, the Bruce new build, the Bruce DUD, the draft joint panel
agreements, the draft EIS guidelines, nukes in the world in general (this
part will vary from town to town, eg more on the refinery when we're in
Blind River, more on the IPSP when we're in the Sault) (this quick list is
not the order we'd do them in for the workshop). And hopefully we'll be
able to include a couple of video clips from the Greenpeace experts as part
of either the project descriptions or the EIS guidelines review, depending
on what they say in their videos).

Timing-wise we're looking at the week of June 18-14, which is precariously
close to the deadline for comments but the first time that we have a block
of time available, which would be the more efficient - and more fun - way
to go about this. The "tour" would be bookended by a baby shower in
Collingwood on June 8th in the afternoon and a wedding in Prince Edward
County on June 14, but if you want to do a workshop together somewhere
close to you we could do it the evening of Sunday, June 8th on our way to
our first workshops which will be on Manitoulin on June 9th. Alternatively
we could do something with you on Thursday evening, June 12th, if we did
the tour in the opposite direction.

Thanks for thinking about this. I'd appreciate knowing if your interested
as soon as possible, as we'd like to start booking the dates Thursday and
Friday, and to firm things up we'll need to know if you are interested  in
either the 8th or the 12th.

Hope you are well,

Brennain


Northwatch
Box 282, North Bay    P1B 8H2

tel 705 497 0373   fax 476 7060
northwatch@onlink.net   www.northwatch.org

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