Are we making progress? At one time or another, there are those among our group (myself included) who have expressed frustration at the slow pace at which we're moving forward. Indeed, there are more than a few who are no longer among us for whom frustration was the reason for leaving. It's been slow - or it's felt slow. People have come and gone. But I wouldn't say it's been a slog. We first were summoned to a meeting at the main branch of the Kitchener Public Library in Fe

More on the May 28 meeting. The second main item after Membership on the consent agenda was a presentation by the Land Acquisition circle. Their assigned task was to determine what our criteria are when it comes to picking a piece of land on which to make an offer. Bill, with his background as a hydrogeologist, explained in some detail why almost no piece of land is actually suitable for development. Well, okay, that’s an exaggeration. What he wanted to get across, I think, i

The General Circle meeting on May 28 started with a potluck dinner under the trees in Wes and Sandra’s back yard, which may be how all meetings in a perfect world would start. Afterward, we moved indoors to get down to business. Two circles presented the results of their research and thinking. Both had taken their respective tasks to heart and both led to questions and interested comments. The minutes of the meeting will give a better summary of all the ins and outs than I wi

There was some frustration among members at the general circle meeting on Sunday (May 14), I think, despite our manifest pleasure at finding ourselves in a new-to-us, spacious and welcoming meeting room. (Thank you, Gary!) What would the world do without church basements? I can just imagine the hundreds of civic volunteer organizations having to hold scrums on street corners, huddled under umbrellas on rainy evenings, and being moved along by skeptical policemen. But there we