We’ve done it!

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We have a credible path to re-opening the clubhouse with a business license.

Last Wednesday, Rob Speidel and Cash Webster had a meeting with city officials to talk about the past licensing applications, the history of the club with the city and our path forward to having the clubhouse becoming compliant with city regulations and acquiring a business license for the Society to operate in the space occupied by the clubhouse at 11619 – 147 Street.

The outcome of that meeting indicates that we can and will be able to re-open in that space. What we have to do is follow the process laid out by the city, supply the required (and requested) materials in a timely manner, comply with the requirements and follow through to complete the process. We will follow the process to completion.

On this past Friday, this past Friday evening, the executive met with our landlord to go over options for moving the plan forward. We have come to an understanding and the landlord has agreed to supply a set of drawings at his expense. We are still negotiating as to how to deal with the rent on the clubhouse during the period between January 2026 and the club re-opening.

 I am calling for a General Meeting to be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at the Sherbrooke Pub at 7 pm to go over options for the Society. In this meeting we will present our findings and proposal(s) for keeping and re-opening the clubhouse or moving forward in the manner we presently are operating in at the Sherbrooke Pub.

I am confident that you will agree with our findings and will embrace our proposals. I think we have a credible path forward.

I am hoping you will all come to the meeting and help us make the decision that will decide what path we will take. I feel that in electing the present executive you have already cast a ballot in favour of at least exploring the Society keeping the present clubhouse and now you’ll have the opportunity to cement that idea by endorsing the plan options we will introduce at the meeting. We no longer have a concept of a plan. We have a plan.

There are still two Sundays to go between now and the meeting on the 16th, so I will be fleshing out the details of what we’re proposing in the regular Sunday emails so that you will be informed about our situation and what we’re proposing when you come to the meeting.

So once again, I’ll stress the importance of this meeting. We either go ahead with saving the clubhouse or not. It is your decision to make and the more of you that get together to make the decision, the better it is.

Make your voice heard.

If anyone would like to speak at the meeting, please let me know so we can make room for you on the meeting agenda. We will have time for people to speak at the end of the meeting, but if you have something to say about the proposals or wish to have your thoughts heard before we vote on the proposals, you’ll have to get onto the meeting agenda.

So next week we’ll be putting together the materials we’ll need to start the application process. We’ll also start formalizing our proposals and I hope to have some information ready for you for next Sunday’s WEMS Notes email.

On another note, our attendance at last Tuesday’s jam was underwhelming to the point that I shut the thing down early due to lack of participation. We’ll try it again this Tuesday with our friend Jerry de Lorenzia and his guys helping us out. So please come on down and check it out. The idea of these Tuesday’s jams are to invite the outside world to come and join with us in some musical fun and hopefully entice these folks and their friends to join our Society. So I hope you’ll all come down and join me in welcoming these strangers to our midst.

We are still updating the membership list, so if you know any members that are not receiving these emails, please let them know my email address and we’ll get them up to date.

I think that is it at this moment. We’ve a busy week ahead of us, but things are looking positive for us!

Thanks !

Bob Walker