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Productive
SQCRD meeting Friday |
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SQCRD Added items—from public access to membranes to
Meetings + Baker good-bye ·
Ships in
Harbour – Canola for Corona ·
Showy
Senecio flower (weed) |
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Perhaps the
most significant event at Friday evening was the move to accommodate those on
HG who wish access to meetings |
Making
meetings accessible to public on Haida Gwaii |
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Moving
the meetings around to various pre-publicised locations seen as easiest
interim measure – though acknowledge video conferencing would be best long
term solution --- may not be that far away – More later |
This is from
agenda package |
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Cost is biggest
factor for now |
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Many of
these meetings are filled with different groups in search of funding |
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More
later on Port Ed Historical Society request for signage $$ support --- But
they had these baseball caps which handed out to Directors ---- And as usual
at these meetings lately, PNCIMA discussed – here with intent to gain more
clout at their meetings for ‘elected’ representatives (more later) |
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More
Seats for Regional Districts? |
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FIPPA Section
21: Disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party |
Mea Culpa |
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A
reader pointed out that I had misinterpreted the rationale for closing the
meeting using 90.1(j) – See my previous
– thus the Section 21 in question was not in the Community Charter but in
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act – and was fully
applicable |
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George
asked rhetorically at end of the meeting what would be the loss to the
Regional District by not having independent news coverage as in PRDN? One
board member shot back that it was a ‘love- hate’ relationship – Another
offered to treat George to a beer after the meeting |
George Baker
of PRDN makes his goodbyes |
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The July 1st
Agreement between BC and China opening
of some Chinese ports to un-fumigated/ and still barked logs form BC was seen
as potential door opener for renewed logging on North Coast – more later and
see also V
Sun Article |
The other
item taking up much time and effort was getting in appointments for visits
with BC ministers at the upcoming (October)
UBCM
meeting |
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The
idea was have to have the meetings scheduled by mid August – which brought
out a long series of ‘want to meet’ from Ferries to logging etc |
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Canola for
Corona – see Port’s Daily Vessel Report |
Ships in
Harbour |
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In
this period of economic downturn for Prince Rupert – the port’s potential
seems the only ray of sunshine on horizon – and much of this has to do with
who gets Watson Island etc |
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Perhaps a
Senecio – where shape of leaves etc diagnostic |
This yellow
flower quite common locally |
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Two stages
of flower opening |
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At
times looks to be 2 different kinds of flowers – but just a matter of time to
open etc – plus there may be some functional reason behind this – (male
anthers open first then female fertilized later as with bee at right) |
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More on SQCRD meeting tomorrow
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Created by LG on 19/7/2010
Last updated on Monday, July 19, 2010