PPCLI Association 100th Anniversary Projects

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PPCLI Association100th Anniversary Projects
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Purpose

• The purpose of this presentation is seek
  direction from the Association membership on
  what, if any, 100th Anniversary projects the
  Association should undertake.
• At the end of this presentation you will be asked
  to
• Approve the all or some of the proposed projects
• Prioritize the approved projects
• Indicate whether your Branch is prepared to
  become engaged as a lead or supporting
  Branch for a specific project

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Agenda

• Background
• Preconditions
• Projects
• Frezenberg Memorial
• Centennial Torch
• Memorial Element Hamilton Gault Memorial Park
• Association Benevolent Fund
• Fundraising
• Strategies
• Potential Sources
• Requirements
• Decisions

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Background (1/2)

• 59th AGM Calgary
• Project sub-committee formed (VP East and SW ON
  Branch)
• Agreed to consider raising 250 K for 100th
  Anniversary that includes 50-80 K for Frezenberg
  Memorial restoration and updating, 25 K for the
  Centennial Torch project and 45 K to add a
  memorial element to the Hamilton Gault Memorial
  Park in Edmonton
• Balance (100 K) available to be used for the
  Association 100th Anniversary project

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Background (2/2)

• 22 Feb 08
• VP (East) forward an info package of potential
  projects to Council members so that Branch
  Presidents could discuss with their members and
  provide feedback
• NO WRITTEN FEEDBACK RECEIVED!

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PRECONDITIONS

• Each Project Must
• Have a Branch agree to lead it
• Be approved by the AGM
• Have projected funding approved by the AGM
• Each Project Should
• Have one or more other Branches acting is support
  of the Lead Branch

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Proposed Projects

• Supporting 100th Anniversary Plan
• Frezenberg Memorial Restoration and Updating
• Add a Memorial Element to Hamilton Gault Memorial
  Park in Edmonton
• Centennial Torch
• Assn 100th Anniversary Project
• Association Benevolent Fund

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Project Descriptions
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Frezenberg Memorial
1 Oct 1957
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Frezenberg Memorial
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Frezenberg Memorial Project

• Purpose. To preserve and improve the regimental
  marker at Frezenberg, site of the Battle of
  Frezenberg in 1915.
• Background. The current marker is in a corner of
  several farm roads on Patricia Way. It consists
  of a round bench, accessed from the Way by a
  short walkway, in the middle of which in a
  circular centre was originally planted a Canadian
  Maple. The Maple outgrew the centre and died,
  and eventually a replacement was planted about 15
  yards to the North of the marker. The Maple now
  flourishes. There are two plaques there, one on
  the bench indicating the original battle outlines
  and one marking the activities there at the 50th
  anniversary. The site is maintained by the
  Commonwealth War Graves and the land immediately
  around the site is farmed, up close to the marker
  by local farmers who lease the land.

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Frezenberg Memorial Project

• Rationale. The 100th anniversary of the Battle
  of Frezenberg, 8 May 2015, will mark the end of
  the 100th Anniversary commemorations for PPCLI.
  A major effort to ensure that the Frezenberg site
  continues to honour the Originals and to
  connect current generations of Patricias with
  the oldest generation is a feature. Elements
  will of this will be to bring some of the
  Antecedents to Frezenberg, as well as the
  Centennial Torch, which will have been carried
  across Canada from the current Home Station to
  the first encampment at Lansdowne, through the
  generations of hands in front of the nation and
  thence to Frezenberg, where it will be lodged as
  the Memorial Torch for the 8 May commemoration.

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CURRENT MONUMENT OVERHEAD VIEW
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CURRENT MONUMENT FRONT PROFILE
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CONCEPTUAL UPDATED MONUMENT OVERHEAD VIEW
Stone Raised wall topped with a seating area
Raised element over existing hole
Stone/concrete curb
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CONCEPTUAL UPDATED MONUMENT FRONT PROFILE
Stone raised wall topped with a seating area
Raised element over existing hole
Stone/concrete curb
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Frezenberg Memorial Project

• Action Plan.
• Identify a Lead Branch and supporting
  Branch/Branches
• Develop a design option, that includes
  consideration of the Centennial Torch, an outline
  implementation plan and a budget for approval by
  the 61st AGM in 2009
• Identify a tendering system and have the agreed
  design executed in full coordination with all by
  1 August 2014.
• Develop a plan for handing over responsibility
  for the monument to Veterans Affairs Canada

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Frezenberg Memorial Project

• Lead Branch.
• Supporting Branch/Branches

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Centennial Torch
Athens
Beijing
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Centennial Torch

• Purpose. To design and produce a Centennial
  Torch to be used as part of the 100th Anniversary
  Celebrations
• Rationale. In the National Reunion, a Centennial
  Torch will be lighted and presented at the
  Dedication Service from the Association to a
  soldier of the Regiment, who will carry it to the
  National Parade of Rededication in Ottawa during
  the Ottawa Commemoration, where the torch will be
  passed and shared with the nation and with the
  Antecedents of the Originals. It will then be
  taken to Frezenberg, where it will be used in
  that ceremony. The Centennial Torch will then be
  returned to Edmonton and mounted somewhere in the
  Garrison.

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Centennial Torch Project

• Action Plan.
• Identify a Lead Branch and supporting
  Branch/Branches
• Develop a design option that includes
  consideration the Torchs employment for the
  Torch Relay, the Frezenberg Celebration and the
  Torchs final location in Edmonton, an outline
  implementation plan and proposed budget for
  approval by the 61st AGM in 2009
• Identify a tendering system and have the agreed
  design executed in full coordination with all by
  1 August 2014

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Centennial Torch Project

• Lead Branch.
• Supporting Branch/Branches

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Memorial ElementHamilton Gault Memorial Park
Edmonton Garrison
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Memorial Element

• Purpose. This will be a memorial element to
  recognize the sacrifices of those who have served
  on recent operations.
• Rationale. Recognition of individuals will
  continue to be accomplished in the Hall of Honour
  in the Regimental Museum. This memorial element
  will acknowledge the Regiments participation and
  losses that are not otherwise recognized on other
  memorial elements in the Hamilton Gault Memorial
  Park. The new memorial element is to be unveiled
  at the Dedication Service as part of the 100th
  Anniversary on Sunday, 10 August 2014.
• Concept. This memorial element could be a
  stand-alone item or an addition to an existing
  one. It has been suggested that a large stone
  limestone wall surmounted on the back of the
  current flag display, with appropriate campaign
  or operational names featured each to their own
  block, might be the basis for the memorial
  element.

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Memorial Element

• Action Plan.
• Identify a Lead Branch and supporting
  Branch/Branches
• Develop a design option and budget for approval
  by the 61st AGM in 2009
• Identify a tendering system and have the agreed
  design executed in full coordination with all by
  1 August 2014

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Memorial Element

• Lead Branch.
• Supporting Branch/Branches

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Association Benevolent Fund

• Proposed by the SW Ontario Branch at the 59th AGM

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Association Benevolent Fund

• Purpose. To create of a Benevolent Fund with
  broad terms of reference that provides continuing
  support for Association Good Works. The
  proposal envisages that a 100th Anniversary
  signature project be implemented from this fund.
• Rationale. The Association has limited
  flexibility with respect to the finds that it
  raises and that are held in the HGMF. Most have
  strings attached. This fund would be developed
  to provide more flexibility. Fundraising to
  perpetuate the fund would be an ongoing activity
  up to and after the 100th Anniversary.

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Association Benevolent Fund

• Funds Objects. To provide moral and material
  support to Association members and their
  families, to soldiers of the Regiment (with an
  emphasis on casualties), and to retired veterans
  of the Regiment and their families and to units
  of the Regiment on operations.

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Association Benevolent Fund

• Potential Signature Projects
• Donation to support recreational or medical
  facilities in rehab or veterans care hospitals.
• Donations to organizations providing family
  accommodations in or near rehab or veterans care
  hospitals.
• Donations to support the provision of counselling
  services not provided through another
  organization or agency.
• Grants to offset family travel costs to visit
  Association members, veterans and casualties in
  hospital.

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Association Benevolent Fund

• Lead Branch.
• SW Ontario?
• Supporting Branch/Branches

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Association Benevolent Fund

• Action Plan.
• Identify a Lead Branch and supporting
  Branch/Branches
• Develop a proposed constitution and by-laws for
  approval by the 61st AGM in 2009
• Identify a recommended signature project for
  the 100th Anniversary for approval by the 61st
  AGM in 2009

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Money!

• Anything that the Assn agrees to support will
  cost money and will require fundraising
• Basic Fundraising Principle
• Spend other peoples money first!
• Fundraising will require central coordination and
  the combined effort of all Branches

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Fundraising Strategies

• Participate with the Regular component in a
  Regimental Foundation framework with a 5
  million fundraising target by 2014
• Fundraise independently as the Association to
  meet the goal established by the combined
  estimate of agreed projects
• Fundraise by project
• Fundraise by Branch

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Fundraising Sources(not an exhaustive list)

• Engage government agencies to support specific
  projects (VAC for Frezenberg)
• Apply for grants from all levels of government
• Corporate sponsorship/donations
• Branch fundraising activities (charity
  bingos/casinos, etc)
• Individual donations (non-members)
• Personal donations (members)

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Funding Requirements(Illustrative only not a
plan!)
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Decisions Required