Co-op Events

Windshare 2009 Annual General Meeting

WindShare AGM 2009

1 - WindShare AGM
Tuesday March 10, 2009
Walmer Road Baptist Church
(Location: http://walmer.ca/Pages/AboutUs/Directions.html)
7:00pm

Join us for our Fiscal 2008 AGM
Learn how your board has been working towards new developments and improving turbine performance. Also hear about how we can get a new “Green Energy Act.”
To make this a successful event we need volunteers to help make it all happen. For more information on volunteering contact Dave Bedard (david.a.bedard@sympatico.ca) or Richard Lawrence (Rich@trec.on.ca). More information to come.

2- Board Elections
Once again we will have elections for board members at our upcoming AGM. The next couple of years will be very exciting for our board as we move towards more wind turbine developments. Contributing to the board can be a very rewarding and enriching experience. For more information on becoming a board member and standing for election at the upcoming AGM please contact Stewart Russell (scruss@scruss.com).

3 - December Production best ever!
After some challenging technical times in recent years we are proud to announce that the month of December 2008 broke all of our previous production and revenue records. The turbine produced 172,323 kwh- greater than any month since the turbine started spinning in 2003. This was a result of a significant amount of work to improve availability of the turbine and of course some very good wind. We look forward to continued high turbine availability in the future ('availability' refers to the turbine being ready to convert wind into energy at a given point in time. It is the most significant parameter that we can influence. However, availability can only be converted into energy when the wind is blowing.)

4 - From one Dave to Another - Outgoing and incoming Treasurer
After years of dedication to the financials at WindShare, Dave Robertson has stepped down as our Treasurer. Dave has been involved with WindShare since its inception and has put a remarkable amount of work into the books for us over the years. He also was very active in the Lakewind Project, developing our recent feasibility study on building more turbines at ExPlace and will continue his work on the TREC board. While he will be missed, what he doesn't realize is that we know where to find him.
As one Dave leaves us another arrives - WindShare member Dave Bedard C.A. has joined the WindShare board as of October 3rd 2008 and has assumed the position of treasurer. Both Dave's worked through a transition of the books and the year end financials for our fiscal 2008. Dave (Bedard that is) will be presenting our year end financials at the AGM this year.

Power In Your Hands at MEC

WindShare has postponed Power In Your Hands day at MEC, which was scheduled for November 25th. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It has been moved to early 2007; check back soon for more info.

WindShare was on site at the inaugural Green Toronto Festival

Held at Nathan Phillips Square on Friday September 30th, staff members Simon Gill (shown), Rebecca Black and Jenn Gaudette were on hand to answer questions about wind power, the Ex Place turbine, and WindShare's upcoming Lakewind Power Project. Visitors to the booth were encouraged to enter WindShare's ongoing ballot box contest, to receive more information about community power and to win fabulous prizes.

Prizes for WindShare's ballot box contest this fall include: