Eleventh-hour schedule change: please note that the club’s Summer-BBQ-in-the-Park 2022, originally slated for this Saturday, July 9, has been postponed until Sunday, August 28!

As we inquire further, we are finding that our new, proposed locale, Parc Maisonneuve, is proving not to be quite what we’re looking for with respect to our traditional club BBQ. For example, charcoal barbecue units, like the club’s grill, are prohibited, and there seem to be rather few, if any, picnic tables available.

As such, we are regrouping to more thoroughly investigate the site, and to determine if we can modify our requirements without compromising too greatly our customary BBQ. We are also planning to reconnoiter our familiar Parc Angrignon location to ascertain if the washrooms there have seen a marked and much-needed improvement as regards cleanliness.

And, both Quebec and Ontario have now acknowledged that a seventh wave of COVID is upon us, driven by the latest variants of the highly contagious Omicron—this pandemic is most definitely not over! While a return to limitations on public gatherings and other restrictions are not foreseen at this time, citizens are encouraged to play it safe by masking and social-distancing where they feel it appropriate.

The COVID numbers in Quebec are reasonably stable, though slowly climbing. However, fully vaccinated folk—meaning at least three shots, and for those in higher risk groups, a fourth—are considered to be relatively safe from becoming seriously ill or landing in hospital, if not from infection. This seventh wave is not expected to last through the summer and will, hopefully, have dissipated by August 28.

We do have planned for this month, on Saturday, July 23, beginning at 1:00PM, an e-picnic on ZOOM, similar to those we hosted during the peak of the pandemic. Do join us for an afternoon of catching-up, conversation, snacks, light programming, and merriment!

Meanwhile, our August 13 meeting may, or may not be a physical, in-person get-together; we await word regarding the official opening of the meeting hall. If we don’t end up meeting face-to-face, the 13th will then unfold as one of our usual e-meetings, so either way, we are holding a club meeting in August.

Please take note of these revisions to the club’s events calendar. As always, event scheduling and programming are subject to change.