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Volunteer trip leaders needed

Looking for 1 male and 1 female leader for separate groups on the Glebe Collegiate grade 10 outdoor education canoe trip May 8-12th in the Lac Poisson Blanc area.

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History of the Carlingwood Y Canoe Shed

  With the club moving out of the Carlingwood Y canoe shed at the end of the summer of 2012, it seems appropriate to reprint the below article by Ted Blake that appeared in the November 1998 YCCC Newsletter.  Some additional construction photos follow  the article.  

Shed Saga Solution

  The Club, at the AGM held on Friday October 23, 1998, passed a motion that directed the Executive to authorize the management of the Y to withdraw up to $15,000 from the Club’s saving account. This money will be used to pay for the Club’s share of the work that has to be done to “regularize the site plan at the Carlingwood Y”. This, hopefully, will be the last step in establishing a permanent site for the Club’s operations (i.e. The Shed), a process that started eighteen years ago.    In November 1980, Ted Blake, at the request of the Club Executive under Mike Bankier, wrote to Jack Bernhardt, our Y liaison officer, proposing that the Club build a storage building on the back lot of the Carlingwood Y. It would house the Club’s canoes and other equipment and also act as a focal point for the Club’s operations. The building would be constructed by the Club using volunteer labour and then be turned over to the Y for ownership and maintenance with the understanding that it was for the exclusive use of the Club.    The Y management accepted our proposal. In 1981 a “shed fund” was established, a budget of $8,000 was drawn up and preliminary planning was started. The plan was completed in 1982. All necessary permits were obtained from the City of Ottawa and work commenced in the spring of 1983.    The Club arranged to have the wall modules build by the construction class at the Ottawa Technical High School while arranging to have the concrete slab poured. The school trucked the wall components to the site and framed up the walls and then our happy band of volunteers took over.    It was a fun exercise. We worked mainly on Saturdays and some evenings but never on Sundays. We sheathed the walls with aspenite covered by a colour loc siding, put the roof trusses in place, sheathed the roof, applied the shingles and hung the two garage doors. The Y staff electrician did the wiring. In October 1983 Mary Hackett. the Chief Executive Officer of the Y wrote to the then President of the Club, Elizabeth Buckingham, thanking the Club for this “Addition to the Association’s overall facilities” and congratulated the Club on its excellent programs.    Over the next few years Club membership increased, the fleet was upgraded and enlarged, equipment was expanded and the shed was utilized to capacity. In 1990 the Y decided to expand the Carlingwood facility and this decision lead to the need for additional parking spaces.    In order to create additional parking spaces, the shed would have to be reduced by half or moved off the Carlingwood site altogether. A small group spent the next year trying to locate a new site but was not successful. During this search it became clear the Club would be best served by staying at Carlingwood and trying to work out a satisfactory arrangement with the Planning Committee of the City of Ottawa.    In the fall of 1992 the then President of the Club, Judy Patterson and Ted Blake met with Don Noble and Jack Bernhardt of the Y. In a series of 4 or 5 meetings they worked out an agreement that the Y would endeavour to satisfy the Planning Committee’s requirements while keeping the Shed at Carlingwood and the Club would pay any costs incurred as the result of that decision. Judy and her Executive proposed the creation of a savings account to collect money to pay for these shed costs and this approach was supported by the subsequent Executives and approved at successive AGMs. B 1996 the savings account had some $30,000 and it was decided not to make any further contributions and only apply any interest earned to the account.    During the 1991-1996 era, the Y staff had been involved in a huge development program that saw new Y facilities created at Merivale, Orleans. Kanata (the Palladium) and at the Met Life building downtown. This program left the Y staff little time to work on our 24’x36’ shed, but with the opening of the Palladium Centre, Ted Blake was able to extract a promise from Don Noble that the shed would be given some serious consideration. Don did open discussions with the Planning Committee and Ted Blake was able to advise the Executives at their February, 1998 meeting that he was “cautiously optimistic” that the future of the Shed could be settled this year.    Gordon Meil, the Facilities Manager at the Y held a series of meetings with the staff of the Planning Committee over the spring and summer and hired an architect to assist in the Y presentations. He was successful in negotiating a deal with staff of the Planning Committee that will provide the necessary 58 parking spaces and still leave the Club Shed in the present position. Our proposal was submitted to the Planning Committee and approved at their October meeting. We now have six months to put it into effect.    While the committee was reviewing the proposal, Gordon Meil obtained a series of cost estimates on the work to be done. Ted Blake met with Don Noble and Gordon and they jointly worked out a cost-sharing arrangement that had the Club paying a maximum of $15,000 for its share of the costs. This arrangement was approved at the recent Club AGM.    This arrangement leaves in excess of $15,000 in the savings account and with the approval of the Executive, Ted Blake has contacted a small group of active members who will study the Shed situation and make recommendations as to how the Shed can be improved. These recommendations will be developed and costed over the winter months with a view to having a program approved at the Spring Business Meeting and the work done early in the year, in time for the 1999 paddling season.    Let’s hope that our Shed will continue to be the focal point for many more happy paddling adventures!    Good paddling,    Ted Blake    [Editors Note: Ted Blake received a lifetime membership to the OYCCC at this past AGM in recognition for all of his work on the club's behalf. Thanks for all the hard work, Ted!]          Helmut Alexander (foreground) and Ted Blake were some of the many volunteers who helped build the canoe shed in 1983.     

Doug Doubt shingling with Deborah Watt.   The finished product, 1983.

Three 19th Century Boating Books

An interest in paddling is not a recent development as will be seen from these three books.

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Warm Welcome To All New and Returning Club Members

We currently have over 280 club members registered for the 2012 paddling season, including over 70 new members and several "ex-members" from years gone by that are returning to paddling this year.  Welcome all, to what we hope will be another great year of paddling adventures.

Thanks to an abnormally early thaw, the paddling season has already started BUT lets not forget that the water is still COLD.   If you no longer find yourself listed as a current (2012) year club member it is likely because all unrenewed 2011 memberships lapsed as of April 30 th., and, in accordance with the Club Constitution, have therefore been deleted. 

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