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June Bash – May 5, 2023 – RSVPing order

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Yes: 82

No: 29

NameEmail AddressRSVP StatusNote
Lee Watchorn CLFW@rogers.com No
Jan Getson Yes
Gary Getson ggetson@rogers.com Yes
Paul Warrington marpaul@sympatico.ca No
Cheri Warren Yes
David Warren warrendavi@gmail.com Yes
Evelyn Moorhead Yes
Steven Moorhead Steve.moorhead@icloud.com Yes My wife Evelyn Moorhead will also attend
Bev Turney Yes
Christopher Turney christurney49@gmail.com Yes
John Hackett ehackettis@rogers.com Yes Elizabeth (LIZ) Hackett
David Cameron dic@nexicom.net No
George Hayhurst wilsonpalmer@hotmail.com No
Peter Douglas Thedouglases2@gmail.com No
Wendy Brown Yes
Ian Brown ian-brown@rogers.com Yes Wendy has a food allergy to nightshades, e.g., tomatoes, eggplant, vegetable peppers.
Elizabeth Hackett Yes
Bill McNaughton wjmcn1@gmail.com Yes
Betsy McNaughton Yes
Bob Morrison Robert851@sympatico.ca Yes
Toni Ashton Yes Guest of Bob Morrison
Heidi Leverty Yes
Tom Leverty tleverty@rogers.com Yes
Martha Tamblyn Yes
Gordon Tamblyn gordon@countryroadsvillas.com Yes
Dawn Jamieson Yes
Tom Jamieson tomjamiesonqc@gmail.com Yes
Bill Barnett wmebarnett@hotmail.com Yes
Karen Barnett Yes
Michael Butler michaelbutler4520@gmail.com No
Roger Clarkson r.clarkson@rogers.com Yes
Trish Simmie Yes
Peter Simmie petersimmie@yahoo.ca Yes
Bob Blair rblair1409@gmail.com No Unfortunately, I have an unavoidable conflicting commitment. See you next year.
Douglas McWhirter dougmcw@sympatico.ca No
Mike Innes mike.innes@sympatico.ca Yes
Michael Willson michael@willowprint.com No
Andrew Clark asclark@sympatico.ca Yes
John Wildman jwildman2020@gmail.com Yes
Tim Kennish tkennish@rogers.com No
Cornelia (Nelly) Jeffries Yes
Dale Jeffries dale@jeffries.cc Yes
Roxy Cairncross Yes
Jim Cairncross jimcairncross2001@rogers.com Yes Please note garlic intolerance for Roxy Cairncross
Lesley Sanderson ThomasSanderson3111@gmail.com Yes
John Fraser jfraser@mediacouncil.ca No
Lorna McKay Yes
Stuart McKay stuartmckay43@gmail.com Yes
Katherine Seybold Yes
Peter Seybold pseybold41@gmail.com Yes
Richard White RWhite@mackieresearch.com No
Francoise White Yes
Ted White ted.francoise@sympatico.ca Yes
Douglas Davis douglasacdavis@gmail.com Yes
Paul Potvin potvinpaul@gmail.com No I’m afraid Kathryn and I have a conflict.
Fran Woodrooffe Yes
Rob Woodrooffe robwoodrooffe@rogers.com Yes
Patricia Hope Yes
Willem (Wim) Kwant wokwant@gmail.com Yes
Ingrid Bahen Yes
Ken Bahen kcbahen@gmail.com Yes
Barbara Charles Yes
Michael Charles michael.charles@rogers.com Yes
Robert Adams robert.e.adams@rogers.com No
Chris Twigge-Molecey Christwigge14@gmail.com Yes
Anne Twigge-Molecey Yes
Liz Pelletier Yes
Dave Pelletier dave@davep.ca Yes
Norman Hardie norman.hardie@hardieassociates.com No
Janet Major Yes
Jean-Luc Major jean-luc.major@hotmail.com Yes
Henry Borden hmacb@sympatico.ca Yes
Charlotte Carter Yes
Brian Carter carterwbc@hotmail.com Yes
Bev Moir Yes
Ron Foreman ron.foreman@gmail.com Yes
Don Johnson don.johnson@bmo.com No
Cathie Hyland Yes
Robert Hyland roberthhyland@gmail.com Yes
Graeme Clark graeme@clarkone.com No
Clifford Lax clifflax@gmail.com No
Burt Retter bretter@eurovac.com No
Eugene Harrigan eharrigan@rogers.com No
Joan Hewitt Yes
William Hewitt wehew@sympatico.ca Yes
John Gardner johngardnertoronto@gmail.com No I am sorry I will miss the June dinner, but I will be in Spain at the time. I hope the weather at both ends is perfect. John Gardner
John Paterson, Sr. jpatersonsr@gmail.com Yes
Janet Paterson Yes
David Glue glue.dr@gmail.com No
Mike Mackey mwmackey@bell.net No
Nancy Baines Yes
Peter Baines petermbaines@gmail.com Yes
Gil Lamothe Gil.Lamothe@cwbwealth.com Yes
Catherine Lamothe Yes
Tom Fischer thomas.fischer@sympatico.ca No
Charles MacRae charles.macrae@gmail.com Yes
Beth MacRAE Yes
George Denier gwdenier@gmail.com Yes My wife Leslie will also attend and is gluten and lactose intolerant. Butter is ok but no other dairy.
Leslie Denier Yes
Brian Westlake briancwestlake@gmail.com Yes
Joyce Westlake Yes
Peter Goring peter@goring.com No
David Murray murray_david@rogers.com No
William Kinnear amobat@gmail.com Yes
Barbara Kinnear Yes
Robert Milnes robert.milnes@sympatico.ca No
Ken Powell kenpowell30@gmail.com Yes
Penny Rush Yes
David Ross djrblackburn@yahoo.ca No Thank you for the invitation, but I will not be attending. Further, I note that living in Ottawa makes my participation in weekday in-person events impractical. Although I have very much enjoyed the excellent suite of Whiff virtual speakers, and was pleased to have been asked to talk about the situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region, it's time to remove my name from the distribution list. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to participate, and I wish the Whiff every success in its endeavours. David Ross
Tom Sanderson ThomasSanderson3111@gmail.com Yes
Chris Portner cportner2@gmail.com No
Andrew Kirsch ashoomkirsch@yahoo.com No Response
Aubrey Baillie abaillie@newportprivatewealth.ca No Response
Warren Finlay wwhfin@gmail.com No Response
Trevor Jones tgjont@rogers.com No Response
Robin Barstow rbarstow@caldwellsecurities.com No Response
Germán Morales moralesgerman@hotmail.com No Response
Norair Yeretsian capitalmoves@gmail.com No Response
Mike Miller Mmillerz@outlook.com No Response
Jon Allen jon.allen@utoronto.ca No Response
Don Comish doncomish@rogers.com No Response
Garnet Watchorn gwatchorn@graywoodgroup.com No Response
Albert Steenburgh bert@stonefortress.ca No Response

June Bash – June 5, 2023 – Who’s Attending?

Yes: 82

No: 29

NameRSVP Status
Jan Getson Yes
Cheri Warren Yes
Evelyn Moorhead Yes
Elizabeth Hackett Yes
Wendy Brown Yes
Cathie Hyland Yes
Charlotte Carter Yes
Janet Major Yes
Andrew Clark Yes
Bill Barnett Yes
Bill McNaughton Yes
Bob Morrison Yes
Brian Westlake Yes
Brian Carter Yes
Charles MacRae Yes
Chris Twigge-Molecey Yes
Cornelia (Nelly) Jeffries Yes
Roxy Cairncross Yes
Lorna McKay Yes
Katherine Seybold Yes
Francoise White Yes
Barbara Charles Yes
Anne Twigge-Molecey Yes
Jim Cairncross Yes
John Paterson, Sr. Yes
Janet Paterson Yes
Ted White Yes
Roger Clarkson Yes
Peter Seybold Yes
Peter Baines Yes
Michael Charles Yes
Bev Turney Yes
Christopher Turney Yes
Liz Pelletier Yes
Joan Hewitt Yes
Betsy McNaughton Yes
Toni Ashton Yes
Heidi Leverty Yes
Martha Tamblyn Yes
Dawn Jamieson Yes
Karen Barnett Yes
Trish Simmie Yes
Lesley Sanderson Yes
Fran Woodrooffe Yes
Patricia Hope Yes
Ingrid Bahen Yes
Henry Borden Yes
Gordon Tamblyn Yes
Gil Lamothe Yes
George Denier Yes
Dale Jeffries Yes
Dave Pelletier Yes
Nancy Baines Yes
Catherine Lamothe Yes
Joyce Westlake Yes
Leslie Denier Yes
Bev Moir Yes
William Hewitt Yes
William Kinnear Yes
Willem (Wim) Kwant Yes
Tom Leverty Yes
Rob Woodrooffe Yes
Peter Simmie Yes
Ken Powell Yes
Ken Bahen Yes
John Hackett Yes
Barbara Kinnear Yes
Penny Rush Yes
Jean-Luc Major Yes
Ian Brown Yes
Gary Getson Yes
David Warren Yes
Douglas Davis Yes
Tom Sanderson Yes
Tom Jamieson Yes
Stuart McKay Yes
Steven Moorhead Yes
Ron Foreman Yes
Robert Hyland Yes
Beth MacRAE Yes
Mike Innes Yes
John Wildman Yes
David Murray No
Bob Blair No
Burt Retter No
Chris Portner No
Robert Milnes No
Richard White No
Mike Mackey No
Michael Willson No
Michael Butler No
Eugene Harrigan No
David Glue No
Tim Kennish No
Tom Fischer No
Robert Adams No
Peter Douglas No
Norman Hardie No
Paul Potvin No
John Fraser No
John Gardner No
David Ross No
Don Johnson No
Douglas McWhirter No
Peter Goring No
Paul Warrington No
Lee Watchorn No
Graeme Clark No
George Hayhurst No
David Cameron No
Clifford Lax No
Andrew Kirsch No Response
Aubrey Baillie No Response
Warren Finlay No Response
Trevor Jones No Response
Robin Barstow No Response
Germán Morales No Response
Norair Yeretsian No Response
Mike Miller No Response
Jon Allen No Response
Don Comish No Response
Garnet Watchorn No Response
Albert Steenburgh No Response

Thank you for RSVPing for the Whiff@RCMI dinner

Thank you for RSVPing that you
will be attending in-person
at the next Toronto Whiff@RCMI meeting
which starts at 6:00 PM, Tuesday, Feb 28th, 2023

To complete your RSVP:
You must now make a $110 Interac Payment
to treasurer@whiff-of-grape.ca 
before Wednesday Feb 22nd.

[A PDF “cheat sheet” on how to make Interac e-Transfers
to the Whiff may be downloaded from here.]

Once payment has been received,
you will be sent a final confirmation
along with details regarding the RCYC and meeting protocols.
Cancel before Feb 23rd as per cancellation policy.

Need to change any of your RSVP response?
Click
here.

Thank you for RSVPing for the Whiff@RCYC dinner

Thank you for RSVPing that you
will be attending in-person
at the next Toronto Whiff@RCYC meeting
which starts at 6:00 PM, Tuesday, Apr 25th, 2023

To complete your RSVP:
You must now make a $110 Interac Payment
to treasurer@whiff-of-grape.ca 
before Noon, Thursday April 20th.

[A PDF “cheat sheet” on how to make Interac e-Transfers
to the Whiff may be downloaded from here.]

Once payment has been received, 
you will be sent a final confirmation
along with details regarding the RCYC and meeting protocols.
Cancel before Apr 20th as per cancellation policy.

Need to change any of your RSVP response?
Click
here.

Thank you for RSVPing for Whiff@Home


Thank you for RSVPing that you
will be attending virtually
for the next Toronto Whiff@Home meeting.

The Zoom session will open at 7:30pm
for social chat with fellow Whiff@Home guests.

We anticipate that the Speakers’ presentations
will commence at ~8:15pm.
 
The details for joining the Zoom meeting have been emailed to you and will be resent on the day of the meeting.

Need to change any of your January RSVP response?
Click
here.

Dinner Reservation and Cancellation Policy

As of January 2023, the Whiff of Grape Club is compelled, by our new contract with our host clubs, to implement the following revised Dinner Reservation and Cancellation Policy:

The Whiff must commit to a firm number of dinners by five business days ahead of each dinner meeting, aka, the Cut-off Date. That number is then the minimum for which the Whiff will be invoiced. After that date there’s also very little flexibility available for an upward revision.

To be confident of a dinner reservation, you must reply “Yes” to the e-invitation – and make full payment – before noon on the Cut-off date, e.g., Wednesday, the week before a regular Tuesday meeting. If payment isn’t received by that time, your reservation cannot be guaranteed.

Post Cut-off date dinner reservation requests or payments:
The Whiff has no choice but to treat  your reservation as tentative . All tentative reservations will be considered, but unhappily there will be times the Whiff simply won’t be able to accommodate some latecomers. Please only attend the dinner after receiving a Confirmed Reservation email from RSVP@Whiff-of-Grape.ca

Late Cancellations
Once the Cut-off deadline has passed, should there be a need to cancel an already paid reservation, please notify the Whiff by email to rsvp@whiff-of-grape.ca so that food will not be wasted. Since the Whiff has had to guarantee payment to the host club for the committed dinner count, refunds to confirmed members and guests will not be issued in the case of cancellation or non-attendance.

2021.07.05 Summer Communiqué to Members

July 5, 2021

Before we break for the Summer, we wanted to let you know that your Junta is excited about the 2021/22 Campaign and is busy planning for the year ahead. Details are in the Junta’s Summer 2021 Communiqué downloadable from here (PDF-85kb)

Watch for our next Communiqué around the end of August. In the meantime, your Junta wishes you a safe and healthy Summer. We look forward to seeing all of you, virtually, in the Fall. 
 
Mac Borden
Chair of the Toronto Chapter of The Whiff of Grape on behalf of your Junta: 
 
Peter Baines, Ian Brown, Mac Borden, Jim Cairncross, Ron Foreman, Charles MacRae, Stuart McKay, John Paterson and Brian Westlake. 

The Toronto Whiff of Grape

The Tigray Conflict – David Ross (Ottawa) – October 26, 2021

David Ross has just returned to Canada from northern Ethiopia where he worked from March until September as an access and civil-military coordination officer. Contracted by RedR Australia to the United Nations  Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), David facilitated humanitarian access in Tigray Region, an area severely disrupted by conflict since November 2020. The emergency is vast, complex, and often dangerous. Moreover, the pressures caused by the several hundred thousand people who have flooded into cities and internally displaced person camps, continue to be immense. David  worked alongside many hard-working, innovative and committed humanitarians who made the tour of duty all the more fulfilling. Continue reading The Tigray Conflict – David Ross (Ottawa) – October 26, 2021