January 13, 7 p.m. Tanglewood FCA New Years Dessert Levy. All welcome. Bring your remaining New Year’s cookies, cake, chocolates. Special emphasis on community news networking and Open Mike — what’s working well, what could be improved, where are you getting sponsorships help — bring some show-off samples. Bring committee members, friends and curious observers. One result in addition to friendship-making for your community will be a report for the Mayor on The State of The Community in 2016.
February 4, 7 p.m. Glebe Community Centre Your community to celebrate with City and nation in 2017. Bring ideas! Interactive! Discuss how your community may want to celebrate your community and City 2017? Get ready to help your community delight the public, add real meaning, connect, build a community legacy! Add 2017 themes to your existing seasonal events! Special guests: from Ottawa 2017 “Community Outreach”. Guests will show off some of their draft working toolkit of images for the 2017. This General Meeting aims for conversation, not lecture. Extra funds coming! Learn when and how to make individual group or joint applications supported by FCA. Input to the FCA Clearing House as a helpful resource for your community events planning and sponsorships.