Greening McGill
Greening McGill
Minutes from January 24 meeting
-Plates club
The glasses have been ordered. It will cost 3.20 per glass. We will buy forks, knives and random cutlery from the Salvation Army. We received $250 from the Campus Life Fund (in addition to $200) from QPIRG. We might have to pay $150. We still need to fin some space to store the plates.
-Notebooks and Recto-Verso
We now sell them for $1.75 due to increased price of production. People in charge of boxes in libraries should email the staff to make sure they know what the boxes are for.
We are still giving post-consumer paper to department.
We received a lot of email about professors who waste paper. We will do class announcement in the classes of those professor. Michelle has a list of classes and need people to do them. She will provide a little text to say in front of the class
-Media launch for the Sustainability motion at the G.A.
January 25 2PM to 4:30PM.
Michelle is bringing markers and fabric squares. Saima will give a 5 minute speech for Greening McGill.
-GA (February 1st)
Tell everybody to come and vote for the sustainability motion.
We will make some publicity next week in Leacock. We will wear sandwich boards at strategic hours and give mini-flyers (Saima will make a template for the flyers).
We will store the boards on the black board in the big classroom.
Schedule
Monday: 11:20 Michelle, 12:20 Danielle, 13:20 Sophie, 14:20 Tim
Thursday: 12:50 Garielle, 14:20 Michelle, 15:50 Saima and/or Tim
-Lug-a-Mug, Bread give away (Friday)
In the basement of Redpath Library (next to Tim Horton)
9:30-10:30 Gabrielle and Tim, 10:30-11:30 Marianne, 11:30-12:30 Saima
-Kyoto Birthday (February 16)
Save Hockey Day!
It's happening on campuses across North America that day. We could use the hockey rink on lower field, borrow EUS hockey nets and invite people to bring their hockey sticks to play a game of hockey! People of all skill levels would be welcome. We could sing O Canada with climate change lyrics!! We could imitate Olympic games, have everybody lined up, with hands to their breasts and eyes to the sky! We could make a cardboard coffin (pretty easy, I made one for the Kyoto march in November) and put hockey insignias all over it, and hockey equipment inside, then walk around campus in a funeral procession to mourn the loss of our national sport due to climate change!
-Kyoto Birthday Parade (February 17)
We need some artist to make poster.
-QPIRG annual working group film festival
All screenings held at the Cultural Studies Screening room at 3475 Peel Street.
For more information contact: 514-398-7432 or qpirg@ssmu.mcgill.ca
Greening McGill documentary will be aired of Thursday Feb 1st, 6:30-8:30pm
Title: “Oil On Ice + In The Quiet” and “Still Air of Delightful Studies: A Study of Recycling At McGill University”
OTHER ACTIVITIES
-Raging against Chartwells high prices?
Interested in getting involved in setting up a sustainable, fair trade cafe near campus? The Yellow Door has been a cornerstone in the McGill Ghetto since its inception in 1904. With the success of the Rabbit Hole Cafe (Fridays at 1), it's looking to expand its operations and needs a few student volunteers to help get a weekly cafe operation off the ground.
Come out to the Shatner lounge this Monday January 29th at 5:30 to find out more. Or contact Nyssa ( nyssah@gmail.com) for more information.
-3647 Open House
Join your best friends, QPIRG McGill and CKUT for an evening of drinks, snacks, music, social justice and radio.
Wednesday January 31st, 5-7pm
3647 University, 1st-3rd Floor
-Skillshare weekend
-----!! SAT + SUN JANUARY 27 + 28 2007 !!-----
-----!!!!! at the coop sur genereux !!!!!-----
BRING PLASTIC CONTAINERS TO TAKE HOME FREE BISCOTTI
SATURDAY 27
1000h QI KUNG / 3rd floor
This one's all about breathing yo, be in your body, what?!? With some
basic movements, we can take time for ourselves, and reconnect through the
ancient ways of QI GUNG WHAT?!?
1100h VEGGIE-PÂTÉ and the ANARCHY OF THE FUTURE / 3rd floor kitchen
While boiling beans, chopping potatoes and mixing spices, we'll share our
different perspectives on what exactly anarchy means to us... This will
lead in to more focused discussions and activities later on in the day
1300h KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! / 3rd floor kitchen table
This workshop is an introduction to the rights that you never knew you
had! By going through some basic do's and don'ts of interacting with
police, we hope to empower one another to act smartly when confronted with
the law. Shout-outs to the Boston Anarchist Black Cross and Montreal's
Collective Opposed to Police Brutality.
1400h THEATRICAL IMPROV with Fadi / 3rd floor common space
Lights, crazy people, sparkles!! Naturally talented fool with no
theatrical experience looking to facilitate a motley platoon of
enthusiastic people through a slew of happy improve exercises with the
aspiration of preparing something nice for the talent show. Yeah!!!
1500h THE MAGIC OF MUSICAL IMPROV / 3rd floor common space
Open your ears and hearts! Anna Banana from experimental jazz band The
Pamplemousse Explosion will explore theories concerning musical
improvisation with inspiration from grand masters Sun Ra, John Zorn and
Mr. Bungle. In the spirit of do-ocracy, this workshop will include a
delightful jam, so bring your whistles, tongues, tambourines, and stomping
feet.
1630h ATELIER DE DANSE / 3rd floor common space
Impro, contact, 5 rythmes. La danse "libre" brise les modèles formels de
danse-avec-des-pas imposés par la discipline... un espace pour jouer avec
la musique, bouger, entrer en relation avec les autres, et surtout: un
atelier pour se défouler !!!
1700h FILM - BREAKING THE SPELL / 2nd floor common space
What exactly happened on the streets of seattle, way back in '99? This
hour-long documentary presents persepectives that have been systematically
removed from history, and a couple of wicked folk songs!
1800h Espace de Jeu sur le(s) Genre(s) et le(s) Sexe(s) / 3rd floor
Basically, I'll leave some cool texts and mind-blowing questionnaires
lying around, read them as you wish, and we'll get together, talk about it
and make phallic objects out of playdough. We want to be silly, but also
to create a safe space to talk about possibly more serious things like the
politics of pleasure, privilege, power... Bring a gender symbolic
object/accessory/clothing!
2000h JAM and Talent Show Tabar-WHAT!
Super-spectacular performances To Be Announced SOON!
--------------------------=-=-----------------------------
SUNDAY 28
1000h MEDITATION AND ACTION / 3rd floor (5.5 if it's too noisy...)
Looking at the relationship between our mind and our actions, as well as
the key components of motivation and dedication. Some basic meditation
techniques, how to be present and still as an active approach to bringing
change in ourselves and the world.
1130h ZEN / 3rd floor ( 5.5 if it's still too noisy...)
More meditation, different techniques...mmmm...meditation...
1300h LUNCH / 3rd floor kitchen
Let us eat, yes, and make merry together. Come early for cooking, bring
what you can, yum!
1400h MÉXICO REBELDE! / 3rd floor kitchen table
Join Erica and members of Ici La Sexta for a report back on the 13th
anniversary of the Zapatista uprising and the recent international
encuentro in Chiapas between the Zapatistas and the Peoples of the World,
along with a general discussion on La Otra Campana, the current struggle
and revolutionary programme of the EZLN.
1500h RADICAL RHYTHMS / 3rd floor common space
Carmen will help us make waste-harvested buckets and tin cans into weapons
of mass movenment. No experience necessary! We'll supply all the
necessary materials, but anything fun and funky could be thrown into the
mix. Once our instruments are put together, we be Jammin, what?!?
1700h CAKE and the POLITICS of LOCALITY?! / 3rd floor kitchen
Engross yourself into the meaning of community and participation whilst
preparing the dessert for the coming feast that will be held thither.
Chocolate-Banana flavour?
1800h FILM - LOOSE CHANGE / 3rd floor common space
Here's that famous documentary about how Bush knocked down the towers.
Come learn how evil fascists are organizing white supremacy and world
domination in the interests of capital and satan.
1930h SUPER-DUPER-GRAND-FINALE-POTLUCK-EXTRAVAGANZA!
More food Food FOOD! A time to eat Eat EAT and reflect on the weekend that
was the 2nd super-spectacular-csg-skillshare...and big THANKS to everyone
that helped make it happen!
+ a few words about the coop:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Coop Sur Genereux is a sixteen-person housing collective located near the intersection of Mont-Royal and Papineau in Montreal. We are a cooperative in the sense that we cooperate with each other, sharing space, food, activities, ideas and experiences. Although some of us are taking steps towards incorporating as a non-profit organization or as a housing cooperative, we are currently paying rent for two large loft spaces and a five and a half apartment. We have renovated these spaces ourselves to suit our needs. Skillshare Weekends are part of our on-going efforts to make the space open to all kinds of community events. If you have ideas, contact us!
phone: 514 524 3452
e-mail: coopsurgenereux(AT)gmail.com
mail: 4518 papineau / montreal, quebec / H2H 1V3
Minutes from January 24 meeting
-Plates club
The glasses have been ordered. It will cost 3.20 per glass. We will buy forks, knives and random cutlery from the Salvation Army. We received $250 from the Campus Life Fund (in addition to $200) from QPIRG. We might have to pay $150. We still need to fin some space to store the plates.
-Notebooks and Recto-Verso
We now sell them for $1.75 due to increased price of production. People in charge of boxes in libraries should email the staff to make sure they know what the boxes are for.
We are still giving post-consumer paper to department.
We received a lot of email about professors who waste paper. We will do class announcement in the classes of those professor. Michelle has a list of classes and need people to do them. She will provide a little text to say in front of the class
-Media launch for the Sustainability motion at the G.A.
January 25 2PM to 4:30PM.
Michelle is bringing markers and fabric squares. Saima will give a 5 minute speech for Greening McGill.
-GA (February 1st)
Tell everybody to come and vote for the sustainability motion.
We will make some publicity next week in Leacock. We will wear sandwich boards at strategic hours and give mini-flyers (Saima will make a template for the flyers).
We will store the boards on the black board in the big classroom.
Schedule
Monday: 11:20 Michelle, 12:20 Danielle, 13:20 Sophie, 14:20 Tim
Thursday: 12:50 Garielle, 14:20 Michelle, 15:50 Saima and/or Tim
-Lug-a-Mug, Bread give away (Friday)
In the basement of Redpath Library (next to Tim Horton)
9:30-10:30 Gabrielle and Tim, 10:30-11:30 Marianne, 11:30-12:30 Saima
-Kyoto Birthday (February 16)
Save Hockey Day!
It's happening on campuses across North America that day. We could use the hockey rink on lower field, borrow EUS hockey nets and invite people to bring their hockey sticks to play a game of hockey! People of all skill levels would be welcome. We could sing O Canada with climate change lyrics!! We could imitate Olympic games, have everybody lined up, with hands to their breasts and eyes to the sky! We could make a cardboard coffin (pretty easy, I made one for the Kyoto march in November) and put hockey insignias all over it, and hockey equipment inside, then walk around campus in a funeral procession to mourn the loss of our national sport due to climate change!
-Kyoto Birthday Parade (February 17)
We need some artist to make poster.
-QPIRG annual working group film festival
All screenings held at the Cultural Studies Screening room at 3475 Peel Street.
For more information contact: 514-398-7432 or qpirg@ssmu.mcgill.ca
Greening McGill documentary will be aired of Thursday Feb 1st, 6:30-8:30pm
Title: “Oil On Ice + In The Quiet” and “Still Air of Delightful Studies: A Study of Recycling At McGill University”
OTHER ACTIVITIES
-Raging against Chartwells high prices?
Interested in getting involved in setting up a sustainable, fair trade cafe near campus? The Yellow Door has been a cornerstone in the McGill Ghetto since its inception in 1904. With the success of the Rabbit Hole Cafe (Fridays at 1), it's looking to expand its operations and needs a few student volunteers to help get a weekly cafe operation off the ground.
Come out to the Shatner lounge this Monday January 29th at 5:30 to find out more. Or contact Nyssa ( nyssah@gmail.com) for more information.
-3647 Open House
Join your best friends, QPIRG McGill and CKUT for an evening of drinks, snacks, music, social justice and radio.
Wednesday January 31st, 5-7pm
3647 University, 1st-3rd Floor
-Skillshare weekend
-----!! SAT + SUN JANUARY 27 + 28 2007 !!-----
-----!!!!! at the coop sur genereux !!!!!-----
BRING PLASTIC CONTAINERS TO TAKE HOME FREE BISCOTTI
SATURDAY 27
1000h QI KUNG / 3rd floor
This one's all about breathing yo, be in your body, what?!? With some
basic movements, we can take time for ourselves, and reconnect through the
ancient ways of QI GUNG WHAT?!?
1100h VEGGIE-PÂTÉ and the ANARCHY OF THE FUTURE / 3rd floor kitchen
While boiling beans, chopping potatoes and mixing spices, we'll share our
different perspectives on what exactly anarchy means to us... This will
lead in to more focused discussions and activities later on in the day
1300h KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! / 3rd floor kitchen table
This workshop is an introduction to the rights that you never knew you
had! By going through some basic do's and don'ts of interacting with
police, we hope to empower one another to act smartly when confronted with
the law. Shout-outs to the Boston Anarchist Black Cross and Montreal's
Collective Opposed to Police Brutality.
1400h THEATRICAL IMPROV with Fadi / 3rd floor common space
Lights, crazy people, sparkles!! Naturally talented fool with no
theatrical experience looking to facilitate a motley platoon of
enthusiastic people through a slew of happy improve exercises with the
aspiration of preparing something nice for the talent show. Yeah!!!
1500h THE MAGIC OF MUSICAL IMPROV / 3rd floor common space
Open your ears and hearts! Anna Banana from experimental jazz band The
Pamplemousse Explosion will explore theories concerning musical
improvisation with inspiration from grand masters Sun Ra, John Zorn and
Mr. Bungle. In the spirit of do-ocracy, this workshop will include a
delightful jam, so bring your whistles, tongues, tambourines, and stomping
feet.
1630h ATELIER DE DANSE / 3rd floor common space
Impro, contact, 5 rythmes. La danse "libre" brise les modèles formels de
danse-avec-des-pas imposés par la discipline... un espace pour jouer avec
la musique, bouger, entrer en relation avec les autres, et surtout: un
atelier pour se défouler !!!
1700h FILM - BREAKING THE SPELL / 2nd floor common space
What exactly happened on the streets of seattle, way back in '99? This
hour-long documentary presents persepectives that have been systematically
removed from history, and a couple of wicked folk songs!
1800h Espace de Jeu sur le(s) Genre(s) et le(s) Sexe(s) / 3rd floor
Basically, I'll leave some cool texts and mind-blowing questionnaires
lying around, read them as you wish, and we'll get together, talk about it
and make phallic objects out of playdough. We want to be silly, but also
to create a safe space to talk about possibly more serious things like the
politics of pleasure, privilege, power... Bring a gender symbolic
object/accessory/clothing!
2000h JAM and Talent Show Tabar-WHAT!
Super-spectacular performances To Be Announced SOON!
--------------------------=-=-----------------------------
SUNDAY 28
1000h MEDITATION AND ACTION / 3rd floor (5.5 if it's too noisy...)
Looking at the relationship between our mind and our actions, as well as
the key components of motivation and dedication. Some basic meditation
techniques, how to be present and still as an active approach to bringing
change in ourselves and the world.
1130h ZEN / 3rd floor ( 5.5 if it's still too noisy...)
More meditation, different techniques...mmmm...meditation...
1300h LUNCH / 3rd floor kitchen
Let us eat, yes, and make merry together. Come early for cooking, bring
what you can, yum!
1400h MÉXICO REBELDE! / 3rd floor kitchen table
Join Erica and members of Ici La Sexta for a report back on the 13th
anniversary of the Zapatista uprising and the recent international
encuentro in Chiapas between the Zapatistas and the Peoples of the World,
along with a general discussion on La Otra Campana, the current struggle
and revolutionary programme of the EZLN.
1500h RADICAL RHYTHMS / 3rd floor common space
Carmen will help us make waste-harvested buckets and tin cans into weapons
of mass movenment. No experience necessary! We'll supply all the
necessary materials, but anything fun and funky could be thrown into the
mix. Once our instruments are put together, we be Jammin, what?!?
1700h CAKE and the POLITICS of LOCALITY?! / 3rd floor kitchen
Engross yourself into the meaning of community and participation whilst
preparing the dessert for the coming feast that will be held thither.
Chocolate-Banana flavour?
1800h FILM - LOOSE CHANGE / 3rd floor common space
Here's that famous documentary about how Bush knocked down the towers.
Come learn how evil fascists are organizing white supremacy and world
domination in the interests of capital and satan.
1930h SUPER-DUPER-GRAND-FINALE-POTLUCK-EXTRAVAGANZA!
More food Food FOOD! A time to eat Eat EAT and reflect on the weekend that
was the 2nd super-spectacular-csg-skillshare...and big THANKS to everyone
that helped make it happen!
+ a few words about the coop:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Coop Sur Genereux is a sixteen-person housing collective located near the intersection of Mont-Royal and Papineau in Montreal. We are a cooperative in the sense that we cooperate with each other, sharing space, food, activities, ideas and experiences. Although some of us are taking steps towards incorporating as a non-profit organization or as a housing cooperative, we are currently paying rent for two large loft spaces and a five and a half apartment. We have renovated these spaces ourselves to suit our needs. Skillshare Weekends are part of our on-going efforts to make the space open to all kinds of community events. If you have ideas, contact us!
phone: 514 524 3452
e-mail: coopsurgenereux(AT)gmail.com
mail: 4518 papineau / montreal, quebec / H2H 1V3
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