[GSBN] Ontario Straw Bale Annual Meeting - March 8 2009

[Bohdan Dorniak]

Hi all 
On behalf of Ausbale good luck with your AGM - hope all goes well.
We would be interested in your proceedings and copies of any papers that may
be presented.
Cheers
Bohdan Dorniak
Architect
Past President AUSBALE

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On Behalf Of David Elfstrom
Sent: Wednesday, 18 February 2009 4:49 PM
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Subject: [GSBN] Ontario Straw Bale Annual Meeting - March 8 2009

Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition
Annual General Meeting
Sunday March 8, 2009 8:15 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
Camp Kawartha, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada Directions to Camp Kawartha:
http://www.campkawartha.ca/about/directions.htm

Meeting Notice
http://www.osbbc.ca/2009/02/15/annual-general-meeting-2009/

We hope that you'll be able to attend this year's AGM, being held at Camp
Kawartha, just north of Lakefield, on Sunday, March 8th. This is a great
opportunity to meet straw homeowners, professionals in the field, and
owner/builders. The OSBBC welcomes new members to the AGM, but they won't be
able to vote at this meeting.

If you decide to attend for the entire day, please bring your own lunch. 
Refreshments & snacks will be served at scheduled breaks, but no meals will
be provided. There aren't any restaurants nearby, so it is best to come
prepared.

Please note that the camp is a NUT FREE facility, and we have to abide
strictly by that policy.


Schedule for the day
======================
8:15 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
Coffee pot & muffins/Registration

9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Plastering & Remedial Work
Choices, types, and issues in our climate. Tina Therrien will do an 
initial overview of plaster types, and will be joined by Ben Polley to 
discuss plaster remediation. Nick Bronsema is a masters student with 
John Straube who has worked on moisture penetration studies of various 
real cement-lime and earthen plastered walls. Nick will discuss issues 
of water exposure on various earthen plaster and cement-lime plaster walls.

10:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Coffee break/Registration & Renewals.

10:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
The Latest in Straw Bale Wall Testing at Queen's University by Professor 
Colin MacDougall, P. Eng. who heads up research on straw bale buildings 
& plasters from Queen's University.

11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Open round table discussion of straw bale building in Ontario, lead by 
Tina Therrien & Chris Magwood, including straw bale building and the 
building code.

12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Lunch, informal discussions with members, time to share photo albums.

2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Annual General Meeting
A reminder that the AGM is the time for most people to renew 
memberships, professional members included. A cheque made out to the 
OSBBC, or cash are the only methods of payment we can accept.


-- 
David Elfstrom, P.Eng, LEEDR AP
President & Sustainability Engineer

Elfstrom Engineering Professional Corporation
#421-437 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M6R 3B9
mobile 647-235-8872
fax 647-436-7832
david at elfstromengineering.com
www.elfstromengineering.com

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