Commercial Drive Next Organizing Meeting

Commercial Drive

Want to Volunteer?! contact: volunteers: drive.volunteers@gmail.com

Next organizers’ meeting:
Wed May 19 at 7 PM
1707 Charles St. (enter through wooden side gate)
Info: drivefest@carfreevancouver.org

other up coming meetings*:

• Thur June 3 at 7 PM
• Wed June 16 at 7 PM

* all meetings will be held at 1707 Charles Street

Main Street Festival Meetings – SUNDAY MAY 2, (2-3PM); SUNDAY MAY 16 (2-3PM)

Both our next two meetings will be held at the Mt. Pleasant Community Centre, #1 Kingsway (rm #1). We’ve got some exciting things happening but still need more people to join the fun! Hope to see you there.

Main St. Car Free Fest NEXT MEETING – SUNDAY APRIL 18, 2-3:30PM; #1 Kingsway

Everyone is welcome to the next Main Street Car Free meeting being held at the brand new Mt. Pleasant Community Centre, #1 Kingsway in the Library, Room #1 – Sunday April 18th from 2pm till 3:30pm. Bring your friends and family!

Car-Free Commercial Drive! meeting on Wednesday

Hello all, it’s time to reclaim our streets! Just a reminder that the Car Free Commercial Crew will be meeting this Wednesday  Feb 17.

We’ll be contacting you soon down the road for day-of volunteer opportunities, and things like vending and performing…sit tight. This is primarily a meeting to bring new organizers into the mix. So if you are interested and think you might like to step up to an organizing position in some capacity, come meet us and see what you think.

This evolving movement thrives on experimentation and fun. We’d love to meet you and share ideas.

Callout for Organizers

Hello to all Car-Free superstars!

Car Free Vancouver Day 2010 will once again envelop our town in forward-looking fun, on Sunday June 20th – Father’s Day.

Now is your chance to get involved, get creative, meet some awesome folks, and help co-create the city of your dreams. If you love Car Free Day, please consider stepping up to take a creative leadership role in this amazing event.

Last year’s Car Free Day brought over 150,000 people out to play in the streets, and to change how they see their city. This year we hope to add more nodes and open more space for more people. This is a 100% volunteer organized event, with over 300 volunteers – and we need your help to make this magic happen.

Car-Free superstars, please step up now! You can contribute in whatever way turns you on, to whatever extent you feel able.

Some cool organizing opportunities (Pods) at each Fest may include:

• core organizing
• day-of logistics (barricades, eco-pod, setup, etc.)
• volunteer coordination
• volunteer support
• community business liaison
• street performers
• vendors
• non-profit organizations
• street art
• kids activities
• donation collection
• stage management
• communications
• graphics, promotion and merchanise
• community outreach

AND MORE…join a Pod, head one up, or invent your own.

We have confirmed CFVD 2010 Fests on Commercial Drive, Main Street, the West End, and Kits. We’re open to more Fest nodes, so if you are
interested in sparking one up in your area, get in touch – we have lots of experience, materials, and contacts to support you.

ORGANIZER MEETINGS ARE STARTING SOON – see below for info, or to send an email rsvp. We would love to make merry mischief with you.

West End Car Free Mtg
Tuesday February 2nd from 7pm-9pm.
Gordon Neighbourhood House, 1019 Broughton St.
Info: westend@carfreevancouver.org

Commercial Drive Car Free Mtg
Wednesday February 17th – 7pm-9pm
1707 Charles St. (enter through wooden side gate)
Info: drivefest@carfreevancouver.org

Main Street Car Free Mtg
Sunday March 7th from 2pm-3pm
#1 Kingsway (new Library): Room TBA
Info: mainstreet@carfreevancouver.org

Kitsilano
Kits will be doing a mosaic of block parties – for info or to get involved
contact John Calimente: kitsilano@carfreevancouver.org

Questions?
info@carfreevancouver.org

2009 Car Free Vancouver AGM – September 22nd

Call out for CAR FREE VANCOUVER Annual General Meeting

Tuesday September 22 – 6 pm
(International Car-Free Day)

Location :
The Junction (the park at 15th and Fraser)
The Toast Collective (648 Kingsway)

You are cordially and with a great deal of enthusiasm invited to :::

CAR FREE VANCOUVER’S AGM

We will begin with a social potluck picnic in the park (please label your food)
Followed by the business meeting in the Toast Collective (see the agenda below)
The evening will end with films, music, and socializing …

This is your opportunity to celebrate, activate and actualize the vision that has successfully brought the city on side with the CAR FREE meme.

It is our opportunity to get down to business and keep strengthening the infrastructure needed for this kind of work ::

-By attending you will automatically become a member of the Society… how wonderful!!
-You will be able to vote in new Directors for the Society, to join the team rising up to the car-free, DIY ethos. (FYI: The ‘board’ is the small group of folks who help weave all the ideas, festivals and actions into a tangible presence, which can be used to lobby government and affect systemic change.)

AGENDA
6:00 PM ****PRE MEETING POTLUCK (please bring your own plate and cutlery !)
7:00PM – Member Registration
7:15PM – Introductions and Opening Remarks
7:30PM – Report from the Board and Treasurer`s Report
7:45PM – Board Candidate Speeches followed by Membership Open Floor
8:15PM – Secret Ballot Vote by Membership
8:30PM – Vote Results and Closing Remarks

Please come…! Please come!!

Tuesday September 22

Location :
6pm – The green island with the stand of flags and the big beautiful tree at the Junction of 15th/Fraser/Kingsway
7pm – The Toast Collective 648 Kingsway

Open Streets – Commercial Drive

CAR FREE VANCOUVER

The street is being made available to the community. The community is invited to enjoy the street responsibly.

All activity must be clear of the street by 7PM and the streets must be left clean.

Open Streets will be much smaller in scale than the Car Free Festival – a small fraction of the number of participants is expected. Very few pre-programmed activities are planned.

Merchants are invited to expand their shops onto the street, however no third party vending will be permitted.

Community Participation Guidelines
-This is public space for the neighbourhood to enjoy.
-The community is invited to use the space responsibly for non-commercial activities.
-Play hockey, bocce, checkers, giant board games – draw on the street: a picture, a path, the center of the universe, roll out a living room, set up a free store, create some street theatre, dance, sing, write, play, ride a crazy bike, juggle, skip rope, build a street garden…
-Pre-registration is not required to use the space, however, if the activity you plan will be amplified or will have a large impact please inform Amy Weeks, our Community Liaison, of your plans prior to the event at openstreets@carfreevancouver.org.

Performance Guidelines
-Performance for donations is permitted.
-Preference will be given to local performers.
-Unamplified performance is preferred.
-Pre-registration is not required, however, if more than three performers/groups wish to use the same block, free time-limited permits will be issued for use of the space on the day of the event. Permits will be issued by the block captains assigned to each block.
-No more than one amplified performance will be permitted per block.
-All performance must maintain a small and responsible acoustic footprint.

Non-Profit Organization Guidelines
-Non-profit organizations are invited to participate.
-Local organizations will be given priority.
-Creative activism/promotion is encouraged.
-No equipment will be provided by Car Free Vancouver.
-Any commercial activity must be a minimal part of the participation.
-Pre-registration is not required, however, if more than three organizations wish to use the same block, free permits will be issued for use of the space. Permits will be issued by the block captains assigned to each block.
-If the activity you plan will be amplified or will have a large impact please inform Amy Weeks, our Community Liaison, of your plans prior to the event at openstreets@carfreevancouver.org.

Merchant Participation Guidelines
-Merchants are encouraged to expand their shops onto the street.
-Car Free Vancouver holds the Special Event Market Permit to allow merchants to sell on the street, however, preparing or storing food or serving alcohol on the street will require a merchant to obtain further permits from the relevant authorities.
-No corporate branding or promotional activities will be permitted – this is a local event.
-As this is an opportunity for merchants to engage with the community at no cost, Car Free Vancouver asks that merchants assist the event by providing infrastructure in kind – please allow participants the use of your washrooms, whether or not they have made a purchase, no portable washrooms will be provided on the street. Also, please ensure that you provide garbage and recycling capacity on the street which exceeds the needs of your operation.
-The space in front of a merchant may only be used by the merchant, no third party vending will be permitted.
-All activity must be clear of the street by 7PM and the streets must be left clean.
-Performance in front of your shop is welcome, however, if the performance will be amplified or is likely to have a large impact, please inform Michelle Barile at the Commercial Drive Business Society (info@thedrive.ca) prior to the event.
-All performance must maintain a small and responsible acoustic footprint.

The Olympic Resistance Network will be at Car-Free Day at the Drive

Come out to the neighbourhood Car-Free festival on Commercial Drive this Sunday, learn more about the Olympics’ impacts on our communities, and connect with other folks about your concerns. The Olympic Resistance Network will be at Napier and Commercial throughout the day (11 am – 7pm) and offering workshops on your legal rights and basic medical care for activists.

LEGAL and MEDICAL WORKSHOPS
1pm, 3pm, 5pm: Legal workshops – Intro to your rights as the Olympic police structure comes to town. With a $1 billion ’security’ budget, expanded police powers, and events all over town – all Vancouverites will be affected.

1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm: Medical workshops – Street medic skills for addressing the aggressive tactics which accompany the Olympic Games and the Vancouver police.

Enjoy Car-Free Day on the Drive and visit the Olympic Resistance Network at the mock 2010 police security barricade on Sunday, June 14!

Knittervention!

Hey all you knitters out there! Grab your needles and come down to Carfree Day on Commercial Drive to be part of a knittervention. It’s a knit-in, it’s an intervention, it’s traffic-stopping fun. Sunday June 14th. Craftivists of other stripes and the knitter-curious welcome. The revolution will be knitterized. For more info visit www.knittervention.com/vancouver/carfreeday.

Main Street Notices!! Please read full blog entry…

Neighbourhood/ resident notice: Saturday, May 30th will be a great event
to meet the neighbours. Basically, this is the way we let the residents
know about the Party in their hood! I have informational notices to hand
out to everyone within a 2-3 block radius of our footprint, 12th -25th.
(Shannon is lead organizer)
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Poster Making Workshop: *HEY MAIN ST HIP HOPPIN VOLUNTEERS -FOR ALL YOU
CRAFTIE CRAFTERS ARTISTS AND THE LIKE WE’RE HAVING A POSTER MAKING
WORKSHOP! COME OUT WITH POSTERBOARD CARDBOARD SHEETS OF FABRIC, PAINT OR
WHAT EVER CRAFT SUPPLIES YOU CAN MUSTER UP AND JOIN US SUNDAY AFTERNOON 2
TO 4 PM at 4450 SOPHIA ST (Marigold is lead organizer)

SUPPLIES, TEA AND TASTIES SUPPLIED!! COME ONE COME ALL – WE’LL SEE YOU
SUNDAY!!!
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Next Meeting: Thursday, June 4th This will be an opportunity to talk about
the last details that are needed. Where we stand on volunteers, vendors
and performers. If you have not been able to get your stuff together yet
this year and want to add something to the table – this is your LAST
CHANCE!!
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Event Volunteer Info Session #1: Saturday, June 6th Event volunteers will
be provided specific details of volunteer tasks: where, what, how, who,
and why will all be answered. This is a quick and dirty information
session (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for all volunteers!!)
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Event Volunteer Info Session #2: Wednesday, June 10th If you couldn’t make
it to Event Volunteer Info Session #1 then here is your last chance to get
all the nitty-gritty details.
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Last Meeting: Thursday, June 11th This will be the final meeting to make
sure our head’s are all in line and we are all ready to open up the
streets safely and in great Main Street style!!