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PSA: First meeting of Vancouver Society for Promotion of Outdoor Pools May 7

April 24th, 2011 · 8 Comments

From the group that tried valiantly to save the Mount Pleasant pool:

The first Annual General Meeting of the Vancouver Society for Promotion of Outdoor Pools is scheduled for Saturday, May 7th , from 2PM – 4PM.
Meeting location: Mount Pleasant Community Centre, #1 Kingsway, Multipurpose Room 3 on the second Floor.
Everyone is welcome, membership not required. People can become members at the door. Annual membership is $5 individual, $10 family, and $25 organization.
Agenda:
1. Introduction to Society
2. Election of directors
3. Financial Statements
4. Status of Mount Pleasant Park and Pool
5. Outdoor Aquatic Study – Park Board staff report to Planning and Environment Committee of Park Board May 12th at the Park Board Office
6. Capital Plan Process
7. Strategies for acquisition of new outdoor pool in upcoming Capital Plan
8. Strategies for building our society membership
9. Next Meeting: TBA
Please bring others to this meeting who are interested in the preservation and promotion of outdoor pools and aquatics in Vancouver.
Society website: http://vancouveroutdoorpools.org
To become a member, please contact Anita Romaniuk, Treasurer, at or 604-720-7647
Facebook: Vancouver Society for Promotion of Outdoor Pools
Volunteers needed for registration, setup, counting election ballots, and distribution of information. Please contact the pool society through our website for information.
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  • Michael Geller

    Without wanting to comment on the merits of this group’s ambitions, why would any group wanting to promote outdoor swimming pools chose a name with the acronym POOP?

  • AnnetteF

    I think that this city needs a society dedicated to promoting swimming in general. With all of the growth in population and density in the city we have still not added a new indoor swimming location since 1979. Not to mention the closing of several outdoor pools.
    Meanwhile BC saw an increase in drownings last year, with non-Canadian born residents significantly more likely to die of drowning than those of us who were born here.
    We are a city surrounded by water. People need to know how to swim.

  • Bill McCreery

    Annette, the new Hillcrest CC has a lovely pool which doubles an an indoor and outdoor pool. It opened last year. However, the adjacent Percy Norman is slated to be demolished, so it’s tit for tat.

  • AnnetteF

    Yes Bill, I don’t really count Hillcrest as a new location as it is really only replacing Percy Norman (though it does add capacity).
    My beef is more with the fact that we are adding residential density all over the city, but not adding a corresponding density of swimming pools.
    The VAC is now so crowded that I gave up on swimming there a few years ago. I got tired of getting kicked in the ribs in crowded lanes.

  • Anita Romaniuk

    The acronym is VSPOP (Vancouver Society for Promotion of Outdoor Pools

  • rf

    Thank you, Anita.
    Can someone email Anita a sense of humor?

  • Margery

    On June 2nd, 2011 at 630PM, Park Board staff will present a report on a new Aquatic Study that focuses on Outdoor Pools. After years of working with Park Board to replace the outdoor pool in Mount Pleasant, Friends of Mount Pleasant Pool and the Vancouver Society for the Promotion of Outdoor Pools urge you to come out to hear the report and support outdoor pools. Please register to speak to the Planning and Environment Committee on this agenda item on June 2nd.

  • Margery

    http://vancouver.ca/parks/board/2011/pe110602/PoolAssessmentStudyUpdatforJune2P&E.pdf

    Register to speak to thsi report on June 2nd at the Park Baord Office 604-257-8453 or https://app.vancouver.ca/ParksMeetingDelegation_net/default.aspx to register online