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
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
Toni Ashton toni.at.toronto@gmail.com Yes Guest of Bob Morrison
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.

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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?
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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?
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Iain Dobson, The Impact of Remote Work on Cities, September 26, 2023

Iain is an internationally recognized expert on developing cities and their transit systems; and advocates for fact-based planning decisions.

After a successful commercial real estate career, Iain co-founded the Strategic Regional Research Alliance. This research body partners with all levels of government and the private sector to provide a better understanding of the components and complexities of making informed infrastructure investment decisions.
Continue reading Iain Dobson, The Impact of Remote Work on Cities, September 26, 2023

Steve Paikin, October 31, 2023, Author of John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada’s 17th Prime Minister

Author of John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada’s 17th Prime Minister
“One of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history”

In this masterful and engaging biography, acclaimed journalist Steve Paikin brings to life John Turner (1929-2020), one of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history. Born in England and raised in BC, Turner was a champion sprinter and a Rhodes scholar who captured the national imagination as an escort for Princess Margaret on her 1959 Canadian tour.

Elected to Parliament in 1962, he served in Prime Minister Lester Pearson’s cabinet and as Pierre Trudeau’s attorney general, minister of justice, and finance minister. In 1984, he won a hotly-contested Liberal leadership contest and served a brief four months as Canada’s seventeenth prime minister before falling to Brian Mulroney in a Progressive Conservative landslide. In this surprisingly candid and personal book, Paikin draws on unprecedented access to Turner’s personal and public papers to show how he struggled to meet the towering expectations that came with his abundant gifts and keep his faith in Canadian democracy despite the challenges of his career.


Steven Hillel Paikin, OC OOnt (born June 9, 1960) is a Canadian journalist, author, and documentary producer. Paikin has primarily worked for TVOntario (TVO), Ontario’s public broadcaster, and is the anchor of TVO’s flagship current affairs program, The Agenda, with Steve Paikin.

Early life and education
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Paikin was born to Lawrence Sidney (Larry) Paikin, a manufacturer and owner of Ennis-Paikin Steel Ltd., and Marina Suzanne (Marnie) Sibulash. Marnie Paikin was invested a Member of the Order of Canada in 1999 for her education and health policy work. She was also chair of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and the Ontario Council on University Affairs.

Paikin graduated from Hillfield Strathallan College in 1978 and continued to university, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto (Victoria University, Toronto 1981). Later, Paikin received his master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. While pursuing his BA, he served as sports editor for the University of Toronto’s independent weekly, The Newspaper. He was the play-by-play voice of the Varsity Blues hockey and football teams on U of T Radio.

Career
Paikin was an anchor, Queen’s Park correspondent for CBC Television’s Toronto station CBLT-TV, and host of a daily news and current affairs program on CBC Newsworld. He also held reporting jobs in private radio and print media, including the Hamilton Spectator and Toronto radio station CHFI, where he was a Toronto City Hall reporter from 1982–85.

In 1992, Paikin began work at TVO, hosting the political series Between the Lines until 1994. He also co-created the Queen’s Park magazine Fourth Reading, which he hosted for 14 years. In 1994, Paikin began co-hosting duties (with Mary Hynes for two years and then Paula Todd) on Studio 2 until 2006. In 1998, he co-created and began hosting Diplomatic Immunity, a weekly foreign affairs commentary show.

In 2006, TVO cancelled Studio 2 and replaced it with a new program, The Agenda, with Steve Paikin. Paikin frequently is selected to be the moderator of election debates. He moderated federal leaders’ debates in 2006, 2008, and 2011; and Ontario provincial leaders’ debates in 2007, 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2022.

Aside from his hosting and journalistic endeavours, Paikin has produced several feature-length documentaries: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto; A Main Street Man; Balkan Madness; Teachers, Tories and Turmoil; and Chairman of the Board: The Life and Death of John Robarts. For 1993’s Return to the Warsaw Ghetto, Paikin won the “Silver Screen Award” at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival and received awards at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan and China Shanghai Film Festival.

In February 2012, Paikin was named the Queen’s Park journalist with the most Twitter influence in a study conducted by PR agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

He holds honorary doctorates from McMaster University, Victoria University, Laurentian University, and York University and honorary diplomas from Humber College, Centennial College, Mohawk College and Fanshawe College. He was later appointed chancellor of Laurentian University in Sudbury in October 2013, a position terminated following the university’s restructuring amidst financial difficulties in 2021. In December 2013, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and invested in the Order of Ontario.

Bob Medland, Newport to Bermuda Race, November 28, 2023

The Race
The very first Bermuda Race was an act of rebellion. In 1906, the Establishment believed it would be insane for amateur sailors to race offshore in boats under 80 feet. Thomas Fleming Day, the feisty editor of The Rudder magazine, vehemently disagreed, insisting, “The danger of the sea for generations has been preached by the ignorant.” Certain that an ocean race would be enjoyable and safe – and develop better sailors and boats – Day founded one on his own. The Brooklyn Yacht Club started the race in New York Bay, and down on the island paradise, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club finished it off at St. David’s Head.

Critics predicted disaster. It was rumoured that funeral wreaths were delivered to the three boats (all under 40 feet) so the sailors would be prepared to make a decent burial at sea. The smallest entry then (and in Bermuda Race history) was the 28-foot sloop, Gauntlet. She was notorious for her size and crew because it included a woman, 20-year-old Thora Lund Robinson.
Continue reading Bob Medland, Newport to Bermuda Race, November 28, 2023

June Bash, Monday, June 5, 2023

Finally, after a three-year Covid hiatus, your Junta is pleased to invite you and a guest to the 2023 June Bash on Monday, June 5th.  We are returning to the RCYC on the Island and hoping for a lovely early summer evening of celebration. [The event is on a Monday due to the Club’s Tuesday Night Racing.]

Each event ticket @ $125 per person includes a launch pass to the Island, a reception, hors d’oeuvres, and a fine dinner, including wine. The reception will begin at 6:00 pm. For those wishing to take part in a short tour of the RCYC’s Island facilities, Peter Baines has arranged a walkabout at 5:30pm to be conducted by RCYC Curator and Archivist Beverley Darville.

More information, including launch times, parking and tour details, will be sent to you in a ‘How to Attend’ email nearer the event date.

Please note – dinner reservations will close at midnight on Wednesday, May 31st.

Join fellow Whiffers on Monday, June 5th
The reception at the RCYC begins at 6:00 pm.

Please RSVP by midnight May 31st to attend.

Sorry, but the deadline to RSVP for this meeting has passed.

You may send an email to RSVP@Whiff-of-Grape.ca to see if any late reservation slots are still available. Please do NOT send a money transfer until directed to do so by the Treasurer.