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General News · 21st May 2022
Mark Braaten
Please Attend our AGM TOMORROW Sunday May 22 at 7 p.m. via ZOOM!
Here is your ZOOM INVITE and Passcode:
Meeting ID: 883 8071 6826
Passcode: 479106
We are pleased to have some special guests presenting at the AGM
The Cortes Community Forest Cooperative and the Cortes Forestry General
Partnership have worked with RPF Andrea Lang for several years. She
guided our ground-truthing of provincial data. More recently, she has
used Woodlots for Windows, a computer model which uses provincial data
to show how different harvest scenarios affect forest volume and age
over a 250 year period. At the CCFC AGM, she will present these modeling
capabilities and results which are very interesting and of upmost importance to future planning.
The Community Forest can provide a steady supply of high quality wood to
value added entrepreneurs. Islanders can make the most of the
opportunities created by our community forest by using the wood on the
island to create good jobs. Three persons already doing this will
present the challenges and opportunities of using community forest wood,
Laurier Louie Mathieu (faller), Hannu Huuskonen (wood worker), and Aaron
Ellingsen (miller).
Please view the 2022 AGM agenda here
All Members present will be requested to accept the 2021 AGM minutes at the beginning of the meeting. Please review 2021 AGM Minutes here in preparation for the meeting.
Reminder: To be eligible to vote at the AGM you must be a CCFC member. A lifetime Membership costs $25. If you would like to become a member please reply to this email directorscortescommunityforestcoop.org and we will send you an application form. All Members can receive email updates via this mailing list.
There will be 2 board positions to be elected or reelected during this meeting. Maureen Williams and Nick Gagnon have both completed their terms of office and may stand for re election. If you are interested in standing for election please contact me by replying to this email or calling me at 250 935-6308. Andy Ellingsen will officiate at the election.
Hope to see you there!
Mark Braaten (CCFC Secretary)
Here is your ZOOM INVITE and Passcode:
Meeting ID: 883 8071 6826
Passcode: 479106
We are pleased to have some special guests presenting at the AGM
The Cortes Community Forest Cooperative and the Cortes Forestry General
Partnership have worked with RPF Andrea Lang for several years. She
guided our ground-truthing of provincial data. More recently, she has
used Woodlots for Windows, a computer model which uses provincial data
to show how different harvest scenarios affect forest volume and age
over a 250 year period. At the CCFC AGM, she will present these modeling
capabilities and results which are very interesting and of upmost importance to future planning.
The Community Forest can provide a steady supply of high quality wood to
value added entrepreneurs. Islanders can make the most of the
opportunities created by our community forest by using the wood on the
island to create good jobs. Three persons already doing this will
present the challenges and opportunities of using community forest wood,
Laurier Louie Mathieu (faller), Hannu Huuskonen (wood worker), and Aaron
Ellingsen (miller).
Please view the 2022 AGM agenda here
All Members present will be requested to accept the 2021 AGM minutes at the beginning of the meeting. Please review 2021 AGM Minutes here in preparation for the meeting.
Reminder: To be eligible to vote at the AGM you must be a CCFC member. A lifetime Membership costs $25. If you would like to become a member please reply to this email directorscortescommunityforestcoop.org and we will send you an application form. All Members can receive email updates via this mailing list.
There will be 2 board positions to be elected or reelected during this meeting. Maureen Williams and Nick Gagnon have both completed their terms of office and may stand for re election. If you are interested in standing for election please contact me by replying to this email or calling me at 250 935-6308. Andy Ellingsen will officiate at the election.
Hope to see you there!
Mark Braaten (CCFC Secretary)