OSBBC annual general meeting

PLEASE NOTE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGE - If you don’t set your clock forward one hour you’ll be an hour late to this event.

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.

No registration is required, just show up. However if you come to hear the talks we ask that you join as a member to help support our work and offset the cost of running the event.

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.

For directions to Camp Kawartha follow this link: http://www.campkawartha.ca/about/directions.htm

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.