2020-02-06 Orleans Seniors Group Weekly Meeting

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Dear Friends, Greetings!

Announcements:

1. Holi/Family Day celebration is planned for Feb. 29, 2020 at Rinag Restaurant.
I have these tickets, at $25 each.

2. Ramachandran Nair will be making a presentation on Feb. 13 on "Epidemiology and Vaccination in the Era of Social Media"


Last Meeting - Jan. 30, 2020: Twenty members attended this meeting. The birthdays of our January born members, those present, Pritam, Rama and Jagjit (including of our new member, Ramachandran whose birthday was in Dec.) were celebrated.

Mahmood made a presentation on CO2 Emission Reduction with a focus on Canadian Effort. The Teck Resources' tar sands project which is under consideration by the Federal Government, if approved, will be a great blow to the Canadian effort towards CO2 emission reduction effort, and fight climate change. Mahmood argued that a rich country like Canada, whose per capita greenhouse gases footprint is one of the highest in the world, has the moral obligation to do its utmost, it also has the capacity to do it, but needs the political will. The follow-up discussion focused on the efforts all of us, as individuals, can make, such as driving fuel efficient vehicles and reducing the extent of our overall consumption.


Meeting - Feb. 6, 2020:

The details for this meeting are as follows:

Location: Room 340, 255 Centrum Boulevard, Orleans

Time: 1 PM


Agenda:

1. Socialization and Lunch: 1 - 2:00 PM

2. Announcements: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

3. Songs, poetry recital, jokes, etc.: 2:10 - 3:30 PM

4. Final cleanup: 3:30 - 3:45 PM

5. Meditation: 3:45 - 4:00 PM


Signup Sheet:
A link for the sign-up sheet for the potluck lunch is provided below. Please indicate whether you will be coming, how many people and what you will be bringing. You may add your name to the sign-up sheet if it is not already there. If you experience difficulties in using this sheet, please send me an email and I shall make the entry on your behalf.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing


Considerations for Food Choices:
While entering your contribution to the lunch, please take into account what other people have already indicated to ensure a good variety in the food. This will assure that we are not getting four rice dishes or as many desserts.

RSVP:
In order to ensure that we have balanced meals please indicate your choice preferably by 5 PM on Wednesday. This will allow time for any adjustments in the menu that may be desirable. As always, if you decide at the last minute to come or bring any guest please feel free, there is always enough food to go around.

Reducing Waste:
Everybody is requested to bring and use their own reusable dishes and take these back home for cleaning. We do have a limited supply of dishes for the guests.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday.

Jagjit