You can't tell a volunteer organization to fold.
I believe there is no longer any justification for a grant of taxes.
It is also obvious a structure as old as Hillary House is in constant need of maintenance .
Some projects a lot more expensive than others. Not do-able by volunteers.
Since the Historical Society seems to be willing to transfer ownership, I suggest they transfer it to Ontario Heritage Foundation.
The Sheppard house is maintained in good condition by that organization. They have tenants.
High Tor farm is in the hands of Ontario Heritage Foundation. There are no buildings . No practical use being made of it.
I doubt that was the purpose envisioned by the donor.
Sunday, 26 January 2014
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If the current membership are agreeable, your idea of that transfer seems quite practical. There needs to be a stable organization in charge of on-going management. This is no reflection of the AHS. Just facing the reality that their membership fluctuates. They folded once through lack of adequate members and councillors will clearly have that in their minds,
The last few years, you could see the volunteers at Hillary House trying so hard to make the place work for the town. You always got the impression that the wolf was at the door when they worried the roofing and maintenance.
We can't re-do High Tor. It was badly handled. Perhaps we can do better now.
Please Ma'am. I can find the Budget meeting for tonight but nothing for tomorrow. Is it me or my computer. Or is there to be no meeting because one is deemed not to be needed ? I can think of all kinds of subjects including that announced waste collection day for the branches buried under snow and frozen into place.
Forecast has -32 with wind chill tonight. Long johns SVP
Reuters
" Canada's Flaherty to present federal budget on Feb 11 "
A slightly different take on managing taxpayers' money, but on a slightly grander scale.
NAVY REFUELLING HUB SLOWLY SINKING - Globe and Mail today
"The settling is among the reasons why the military scaled back plans for upgrading Nanisivik wharf, which in 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a keystone of his strategy for increasing Canada's presence in the Far North. The facility will offer yet-to-be-built Arctic patrol ships a northern filling station so the Royal Canadian Navy can make extend visits to the region....The first Arctic patrol ships are expected to begin operations in the 2019 summer shipping season."
Why do I think the docking facility is going to sink more and faster than forecast? And if the yet-to-be-built vessels follow the timetable of the helicopters you could probably look at 2029 more realistically.
Oh, my goodness, Are you ok. I really hope your bronchitis isn't back. Do take care
An excellent presentation by the Centre tonight. Too bad they neglected to mention that the contribution of the town is not just a certain portion of the ' pie ', Aurora provides the building that makes the entire ' pie ' possible. It was a major flaw IMO
No, 20:50, what's "too bad" is your bias.
@20:50
In a not-nice thought, I hope council is sufficiently dumb to send Councillor Gallo to sit on that board. They will eat him alive and he won't even notice.
9:09
I read an objective description of a presentation. Both positive and negative. Do you have a problem with the facts ?
Incidentally, I was not as impressed as that individual. The carefully selected quotes were over the top.
11:31, I was referring to 20:50's obviously pre-existing bias.
Were you impressed by what followed the "excellent presentation," the unanimous approval of the 2014 operating grant request?
14:08
Cllr Buck was ill. Where is your rock located ?
@14:08
I loved the way they voted. It frees residents to treat them all equally.
Oh, so when Chris Moffitt brushed the snow off Cllr Buck's car, she wasn't driving to the Town Hall for the meeting.
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