Saturday, March 12, 2011
A Big Week Ahead
On the agenda: conferences with DND to work out final terms for the release of Ojibwa and CAF to discuss finalization of the contribution agreement. Look for major news to begin flowing after these events . Corporate fundraising campaign is now rolling out and plans for a full day "Blues Fest" in Port Burwell May 14th are in the works. Stay tuned to this station for more details!!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
HAVE YOU JOINED THE SHIPS COMPANY YET?
I've convinced the executive that qualified submariners and members of SAOC who want to support the project deserve special consideration, so I'm happy to announce that membership fees will be held to $ 50 for those who qualify. We now have an upgraded website with a working registration form at
New Ship's Company Registration Form
Simply type "DOLPHIN DISCOUNT" into the message box. Membership is now approaching 100, help us get to our goal of 500 members by "Landing Day". We estimate that Ojibwa will be arriving in Port Burwell by Oct 31 if not sooner!
New Ship's Company Registration Form
Simply type "DOLPHIN DISCOUNT" into the message box. Membership is now approaching 100, help us get to our goal of 500 members by "Landing Day". We estimate that Ojibwa will be arriving in Port Burwell by Oct 31 if not sooner!
Release of the Submarine on the Horizon!
Word is that the project executive could be sitting down with the Navy very soon to begin working out final details for a formal release of the vessel to the Elgin Military Museum. Taking into account the advanced state of preparations and the attention to detail regarding the technical aspects of the planning, I can't see many issues standing in the way of a formal announcement in the coming weeks
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Another One Bites the Dust!
Feb 9,2011 A decision has been rendered on the Environmental Assessment for the Ojibwa Museum project...I quote
"after taking into consideration the screening report and taking into account the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, the authority is of the opinion that the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental affects" and "A follow-up program is not considered appropriate."
We've cleared another important hurdle!!!
"after taking into consideration the screening report and taking into account the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, the authority is of the opinion that the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental affects" and "A follow-up program is not considered appropriate."
We've cleared another important hurdle!!!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Breakthrough Day?
January was a quiet month as far as the blog goes......Waiting for something to report I guess. It's been quite a while since the CAF Funding was announced in June and we eventually erected the CAF sign in Port Burwell,. We optimistically believed that we would have Ojibwa here by spring, but reality eventually overtakes optimism and we discovered how complicated the funding process actually is....
Pictured here are Ron Bradfield of Bayham Township and Al Montgomery, Project Co-ordinator Mounting signage announcing CAF Funding at the Port Burwell site Dec 4/10
.....While we waited for action, we stayed busy here at Project HQ. We have been hard at work on marketing plans and working out the details for site preparation at Port Burwell. We sweated out a series of seemingly endless delays and continuous requests for more info from CAF, trying to figure out how much we could get accomplished before the spending deadline of March 31. "Use it or Lose IT" was the mantra and since we couldn't possibly move Ojibwa before the deadline it seemed as if the entire budget might get consumed in a winter construction project, where costs are forced up by a number of factors.
Well today a breakthrough! CAF has informed us that they are moving the paperwork forward as we speak.
Looks like this project may finally have wheels!!!
.....While we waited for action, we stayed busy here at Project HQ. We have been hard at work on marketing plans and working out the details for site preparation at Port Burwell. We sweated out a series of seemingly endless delays and continuous requests for more info from CAF, trying to figure out how much we could get accomplished before the spending deadline of March 31. "Use it or Lose IT" was the mantra and since we couldn't possibly move Ojibwa before the deadline it seemed as if the entire budget might get consumed in a winter construction project, where costs are forced up by a number of factors.
Well today a breakthrough! CAF has informed us that they are moving the paperwork forward as we speak.
Looks like this project may finally have wheels!!!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Project update
I've been busy digging out and recovering from a week of hard labour in Halifax so no posts for a few days.
Things are slowing down for the holidays, but back here at Project Ojibwa HQ there has been continuous activity.
A steady stream of membership applications are coming in and we are up to about 50 members to date. Only 49,950 to go and we will have the project paid for .....well we can hope anyway. I think 500 members is reasonable. Once the local community learns that the only way to get a peek inside the boat before the public opening (which could be more than a year away) will be through the membership route, things will pick up dramatically. In fairness we haven't really launched the membership program fully yet.
We have seen the quote for transiting the boat and it's looking as if the move by floating drydock is the most practical, and surprisingly not much more expensive than a traditional tow (much less risky as well). Soil testing will be done soon on the site and hopefully any questions about ground stability will be put to rest.
Thursday evening found us meeting with the town council of Bayham. Council passed a resolution to generate letters of support for the project to the political players in our little drama and to encourage neighboring municipalities to join in.
Everyone is very supportive and eager to get the wheels turning on the project. We're all asking the same question at the moment "WHERE'S THE BEEF?.....hoping that CAF/Candev is listening, because we've done all the T crossing and I dotting we've been asked to do and all that stands between us and a hard launch of the project is for the cash that was promised over a year ago to begin flowing... hopefully once the holidays are over, the bureaucrats will run out of excuses to delay and get this show on the road!
Things are slowing down for the holidays, but back here at Project Ojibwa HQ there has been continuous activity.
A steady stream of membership applications are coming in and we are up to about 50 members to date. Only 49,950 to go and we will have the project paid for .....well we can hope anyway. I think 500 members is reasonable. Once the local community learns that the only way to get a peek inside the boat before the public opening (which could be more than a year away) will be through the membership route, things will pick up dramatically. In fairness we haven't really launched the membership program fully yet.
We have seen the quote for transiting the boat and it's looking as if the move by floating drydock is the most practical, and surprisingly not much more expensive than a traditional tow (much less risky as well). Soil testing will be done soon on the site and hopefully any questions about ground stability will be put to rest.
Thursday evening found us meeting with the town council of Bayham. Council passed a resolution to generate letters of support for the project to the political players in our little drama and to encourage neighboring municipalities to join in.
Everyone is very supportive and eager to get the wheels turning on the project. We're all asking the same question at the moment "WHERE'S THE BEEF?.....hoping that CAF/Candev is listening, because we've done all the T crossing and I dotting we've been asked to do and all that stands between us and a hard launch of the project is for the cash that was promised over a year ago to begin flowing... hopefully once the holidays are over, the bureaucrats will run out of excuses to delay and get this show on the road!
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