[BCMA] (Fwd) Petition to Reinstate All Charitable Gaming Grants inBC

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Thanks, Ed.

> Hi Jim- I'm not comfortable signing the petition with its current wording. I
> would definitely sign one encouraging the Government to restore gaming
> funding but this petition goes beyond doing just that and accuses the
> government of reneging on an agreement. That may well be the case (although
> I would have to do some research to confirm it) but even if that's the case
> I don't agree with poking someone in the eye or insulting them just before
> you ask them to do something.  A straight respectful request that they
> reconsider their decision would work better for me.
> 
>  
> 
> Ed Poli
> 
> Gallery Manager
> 
> Nanaimo Art Gallery
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> edp at nanaimogallery.ca
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> 250-754-1750
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> From: bcma-bounces at lists.vvv.com [mailto:bcma-bounces at lists.vvv.com] On
> Behalf Of Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.
> Sent: February 4, 2010 3:30 PM
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> Subject: [BCMA] (Fwd) Petition to Reinstate All Charitable Gaming Grants
> inBC
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> Members & Subscribers; 
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> Please review and support this new initiative regarding the reinstatement of
> Charitable Gaming Grants in BC. The BCMA has worked with the British
> Columbia Association for Charitable Gaming to restore eligibility. 
> 
> Thank you, 
> 
> --Jim 
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> 
> ------- Forwarded message follows ------- 
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> From:                         "Executive Director "
> <manager at harbourcitybingo.com> 
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> To:                            <gml at shaw.ca> 
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> Subject:                     FW: Petition to Reinstate All Charitable Gaming
> Grants in British Columbia - Pass it on 
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> Date sent:                  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:14:41 -0800 
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> Does your group receive Gaming Grants?  
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> Allow me to introduce myself. I am Geraldine Foster and President of the 
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> "Valley Charitable Bingo Society" in the Comox Valley. I am also the 
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> Secretary for the Bingo Council of British Columbia and a member of the 
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> British Columbia Association for Charitable Gaming. Both these organizations
> are Province wide and represent charity interests in British Columbia. Their
> goal is to keep gaming revenues flowing to their rightful owners, the "Non
> Profit Organizations". 
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> Hopefully, they and you, will  help us in our quest to have Gaming Grants 
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> (Direct Access &/or Affiliation Grants) reinstated to the levels that they 
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> were.  Our not-for-profit organizations  have been hit hard, as have our 
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> schools.  In fact, for some,  funding has been totally  eliminated.  We do 
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> not feel this is right.  
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> We have started an online petition and would like to be sure it gets 
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> circulated throughtout your contacts as well.   The Petition went online 
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> Friday, January 22nd in the afternoon and we are trying to get it out to as 
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> many goups as possible.  This petition is being circulated province wide, to
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> all Associations, their members and supporting parties.  With 6800 groups in
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> BC receiving grants we need as many signatures as possible. Every little bit
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> helps.  6800 Charities................ thousands of contacts to be made.  
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> We have tackled the Government on many occasions and now due to the 
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> Provincial Cuts to Charitable Gaming Grants for 2009-2010 we must again take
> up the fight. We need to be prepared when the "Budget" is table on March
> 2nd, 2010, that we again, do not suffer the same unconscionable cuts to our
> funding. 
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> With that we ask you to join us by signing the online petition and
> forwarding it to as many contacts as you can. Below is the information that
> can and should be forwarded to your contacts. 
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> To All Residents of British Columbia : 
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> Petition to Reinstate All Charitable Gaming Grants in British Columbia 
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> Petition Summary and Background 
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> Provincial Cuts to Charitable Gaming Grants for 2009-2010 
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> To Premier Gordon Campbell, Minister Rich Coleman and 
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> the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: 
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> We the undersigned are deeply concerned with the cuts to Gaming Grants in 
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> the province of British Columbia and how it will affect our Communities. 
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> This is part of the preamble to an online petition that has been instituted 
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> on behalf of all Organizations affected by the budget cuts to the gaming 
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> grants of 2009 - 2010.  Direct Access Grants and Affiliation Grans.  It is 
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> our hope that when the budget is tabled in March after the Olympics we will 
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> not be targeted again. 
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> We ask that each Association forwards the petition link to each of its 
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> members with a request that they also forward the link to their members and 
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> supporters as well.  
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> Please follow the link below to review the complete petition and to add your
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> support. 
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>  <http://www.petitiononline.com/VCBS2010/petition.html>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/VCBS2010/petition.html 
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> Thank you, 
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> Geraldine Foster, Secretary 
> 
> Bingo Council of British Columbia 
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> President,  Valley Charitable Bingo Society                    
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> Ph:  250.334.3072 (O) 250.338.8557 (H) 
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> Fax: 250.334.3084 (O) 
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> E-mail: vcbsociety at telus.net    (O) 
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>               gml at shaw.ca  (H) 
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> ------- End of forwarded message ------- 
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> _______________________________ 
> 
> Jim Harding, ED 
> 
> BC Museums Association 
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> (250) 356-5694 
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Jim Harding, ED
BC Museums Association
(250) 356-5694