SEA Members Meeting

March 8th @ 6:30pm

#1 - 103 Wilson St

Tyee Housing Co-op - Detailed Directions Further Down

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Please check out the SEA website, now enhanced with a variety of new features:

Want to know what's going on in our community?
Have an upcoming event you wish to promote and share with members?
It's all in one place on our Calendar of Events

New on Website:

The Indigenous Solidarity Working Group aims to connect groups and individuals into a coalition of allies to support, facilitate and stand in solidarity with Indigenous initiatives. 
 

REMINDER: Tues. March 1st 6:30pm @ GVPL

Shawnigan Legal Update & Bioremediation Strategy
Please Invite your friends today

 
Interested in taking on a larger role in supporting Shawnigan Lake residents in their opposition to toxic dumping? We can use the help!   Shawnigan Organizing Google Group

For more in-depth analysis of the threat to farmland in BC and the Site C Dam fiasco, check out our videos at Future of Farmland and the ALR in BC.

Trying to figure out what to do help stop logging of ancient old growth forests? Have a look at Strategies to Save the Walbran Valley

Need to get in touch with SEA about something in particular? Use our Online Contact Form

Want to reduce your carbon footprint or need a ride to an upcoming event?
Check out our Carpooling Forum - (Note: registration as a website user is required)
  The Wilderness Committee have just announced their dates this spring and summer for trail building in both the Walbran Valley and Clayoquot Sound! This is an incredible opportunity to visit these threatened and critically important ecosystems while supporting the growth of eco-tourism as a strategy to halt the horrors of industrial resource extraction. Working under the direction of Friends of Carmanah Walbran and Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks staff over the course of a weekend, volunteer trail builders are ensured a safe and informed access to our precious rainforests and to what makes BC so special! For more info and sign-up, check out: https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/victoria/blog/come_trail_building_the_wilderness_committee   

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Proposed SEA Speaking Series. Interested in Speaking Up?

In recognition of the diversity and depth of insight SEA members possess and the few opportunities to come together to celebrate that, Ocean, SEA's new communications director is considering starting a SEA speaking series that will draw from this wellspring of knowledge and passion we have for our shared causes. The idea, as it stands at this point, would be to hold a small monthly event where at least four or five radical speakers discuss a range of important issues they are familiar with. The aim is to attract an eclectic variety of audience members mixing and learning in solidarity. If you are interested in stepping up to the mic as a speaker, please contact us. http://socialenvironmentalalliance.org/about-us/42-contact

Agenda - March 8th - 6:30pm

Our Members Meetings are open to all interested participants 

1. Announcements:  Bring a list of upcoming events to share.
    
2. Ongoing Campaign Updates:

• Shawnigan Toxic Opposition
  • Strategy Planning follow up from March 1st public discussion
• Walbran Strategy
• Farmland Protection Coalition,
• Indigenous Solidarity Working Group

Please help us continue to be able to provide financial resources when required so we are not putting the burden on individual members by paying your dues for the year.  Common costs include renting spaces, printing resources and provide some travel expenses for out of town speakers among other incidentals.  All of our spending is tightly monitored and scrutinized by the members and our diligent Treasurer so rest assured your funds are well spent.

If you would like to join the Social Environmental Alliance please visit our membership page to get all the details and print your own form to fill out and bring to a members meeting. Last month Larry was elected Membership Secretary.
Chair: Mic Recording Secretary: Emily Member Secretary: Larry Treasurer: Nicholas Communications: Ocean

Regular Meeting Dates

 
You’ve already got a great skill set! 
The space at the Tyee Co-op has been secured for regular member meetings through July 2016 so the second tuesday of each month is confirmed.  We may still hold other events at different venues that can accommodate larger audiences as needed.

  MARK YOUR CALENDARS March 8th -- April 12th
May 10th -- June 14th -- July 12th
Directions to the meeting location
The common room can be difficult to find so here is a map.
Best parking is on Tyee Rd.
Bus Routes
To get within 2 blocks of Tyee Rd you can take these bus routes; 10, 14, 15, 24, 25 

Carpooling
We are trying a forum to assist members with sharing rides to events or meetings, registration is required and we'll be seeing how popular it is before deciding whether to continue moderating.