From alayne at cfsc.ottawa.on.ca Sat Mar 17 12:52:43 2001 From: alayne at cfsc.ottawa.on.ca (Alayne McGregor) Date: Wed Dec 1 12:20:49 2004 Subject: Russell McOrmond is Feb. 2001 CfSC Volunteer of the Month Message-ID: <20010317175243.3537614BC@pannier.cfsc.ottawa.on.ca> Russell McOrmond February 2001 Volunteer of the Month ----------------------------------------------------- Russell McOrmond is one of those volunteers whose contribution is, in a way, invisible. The better he does it, the more transparent it becomes. Yet, if he did not take his contribution seriously, thousands of cycling residents could notice it each day. Communications could be disrupted and activists with urgent discussions would gnash their teeth, unable to talk. Electronic vandals could run amok and tarnish CfSC's public image. What volunteer contribution could have such an impact and yet be almost invisible? The Flora Community Network network and systems administrator, of course! Russell has been providing free web site and mail list hosting with his professional support for many progressive, non-profit groups for four years, at www.flora.org. CfSC has made use of the Flora Community Web to host our website and run our email list for that time. The first message in our email list archive dates back to May, 1996, more than 4000 messages ago. And since it was first set up, hundreds of thousands of residents and other cyclists have visited CfSC's web site. When he's not sitting in front of computers Russell is also an advocate for green transportation in Ottawa, including cycling, He has and continues to be active as a volunteer in many other progressive social groups. This month, we're pleased to shine the spotlight on the "invisible volunteer" Russell McOrmond, and thank him for his many years of support for effective communications for CfSC and other groups. See Russell's picture on our website at http://www.cfsc.ottawa.on.ca/volunteers/RussellMcOrmond.html -- Alayne McGregor President, CfSC alayne@cfsc.ottawa.on.ca "It was a vicious circle. If you succeed with one dream, you come back to square one, and it's not long before you're conjuring up another, slightly harder, a bit more ambitious -- a bit more dangerous." -- Joe Simpson, _Touching the Void_ From russell at flora.ottawa.on.ca Mon Mar 19 21:52:11 2001 From: russell at flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Wed Dec 1 12:20:49 2004 Subject: Petition Ottawa City Council on Resolution against FTAA Message-ID: (Note: This is mostly a forward of text from the Coalition, links added at end of message) OTTAWA RESIDENTS SIGN ON!!!!! Hello friends, I am writing to you on behalf of The Ottawa Coalition to Protect Municipal Democracy from International Trade Pacts, an organization started by concerned local citizens. This message is to tell you about a new web-based petition launched by our group. We are asking the Ottawa City Council to pass a resolution against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and any others that expose local governments to the formidable and far-reaching powers of global trade rules. The FTAA and the GATS pose very real threats to the ability of municipal government to maintain local flexibility and to act in the interests of citizens, local business and the environment. Other municipal governments in Canada, including the Vancouver City Council, have already passed resolutions asking the federal government to work for significant reform of such deals. We want the Ottawa City Council to take a similar stand for their constituents! You can sign the petition on-line, and read more information on this topic, by clicking on this link: http://octopusbooks.org/petition Add your name to the growing list of local residents who want our City Council to send a strong message to the federal government. Then forward this message to everyone you know in Ottawa so they can do the same! We are also circulating paper copies of the petition and would appreciate your support in this endeavour, as half of Ottawa has no access to e-mail. Attached to this e-mail are WordPerfect (petition.wpd) and Rich Text Format (petn-rtf.rtf) files, each containing the petition and related information sheet entitled "International Trade Pacts and Municipal Democracy." Alternatively, the text of these documents can be found below (to copy and paste into another word processor) or printed from the web site listed above. On the petition page itself are instructions on how to return them to The Coalition. For more information, contact: Armand Cote (692-0591, beauco@istar.ca), Bill Van Iterson (722-0877, vani@cyberus.ca) or Jay Fothergill (235-7747, jfother@hotmail.com) Keep municipal government working for us, not transnationals! --- For more information, see the following links: http://mai.flora.org/ http://www.flora.org/ftaa/ http://wtoaction.org http://octopusbooks.org/petition http://www.stopftaa.org http://www.canadians.org http://www.polarisinstitute.org http://www.quebec2001.net/introen.html --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: NAFTA as a tool to force technical standards compliance in Government http://www.flora.org/flora/server/comnet-www/1746 From russell at flora.ottawa.on.ca Tue Mar 20 10:37:57 2001 From: russell at flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond) Date: Wed Dec 1 12:20:49 2004 Subject: April 1 - PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT: EXPOSING THE FTAA (fwd) Message-ID: PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT: EXPOSING THE FTAA 10 am to 4 pm SUNDAY APRIL 1, 2001 Centre Block, Parliament Hill (Pre-registration required) MORNING: TEACH-IN ON THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS AGREEMENT With Judy Rebick from rabble.ca and The People's Parliamentary Committee Against the FTAA: Jen Anthony, Canadian Federation of Students Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians Kukdookaa - Terri Brown, National Action Committee on the Status of Women Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute Judy Darcy, Canadian Union of Public Employees Sarah Dopp, Operation 2000 Gerard Greenfield, Canadian Auto Workers Lorraine Guay, F?d?ration des femmes de Qu?bec Carlos Joya, Association of the Families of the Disappeared, Colombia Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada Riccardo Petrella, L'Association pour un contrat mondial de l'eau Richard Renshaw, Canadian Religious Conference David Robinson, Canadian Association of University Teachers. AFTERNOON: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF DISSENT Discussion with Clayton Ruby TRAINING FOR CHANGE Workshop on non-violent direct action and civil disobedience with George Lakey and Karen Ridd. ** Pre-registration is required as space is limited. ** Registration will take place only: ** Between Noon and 4 PM ** Saturday, March 24 and Sunday March 25. To register during these times call the Sierra Club of Canada at (613) 241-4611 General information: (613) 237-0730. Pre-registered childcare available. Simultaneous interpretation in French and English will be provided. Donations welcome. George Lakey and Op?ration SalAMI will be co-facilitating an additional training session for activists from 6pm to 9pm on April 1 (location to be confirmed). For general information about either event or to volunteer please call; Coalition Hotline - (613) 237-0730 or go to our web site http://www.flora.org/ftaa