The SOSA clubhouse makeover challenge is at the home stretch and a good initial reaction from the residents is emerging. Here are the Burany clan ready to move in. After two days of enthusiastic work weekend April 8th and 9th effort we have finally put the furniture back in the lounge, cleaned the windows, put up some light fixtures and generally cleaned up. Phew! The plumbing, Lou tells me, will be completed by next weekend for the formal "welcome mat" move in. Wow.
Over the past week or so there has been a rush to the finish line with Sergei Morozov completing all the Safety Board requirements for the changeover to a 200 amp service, Eric Zoebelin doing a critical job of the washroom partitions and with Eric’s help, Angelo Socci installing the kitchen. A whole host of members were also involved in the never ending final phases of
floor finishing,
light fixtures and receptacles
door staining,
fridge moving,
plumbing installation
cleanup (where did all that old garbage come from?)
blinds hanging,
ceiling tile repairs and replacement,
furniture moving
Many thanks to Virginia Thompson who has tirelessly advised on design and re-design, paint colour, kitchen and all manner of support on the committee
SOSA members should also heartily thank Angelo Savoia, who put a huge amount of time in since the January 14th starting gun. His firm Dagmar relinquished up to 3 employees to work on our project. As usual we required the flexibility of design and scope and the project took longer than anticipated. Thanks Angelo and Dagmar.
Lastly but certainly not least to appreciate is the Trillium Fund award of $75,000. One of the SOSA grant conditions from Trillium is that membership is increased by 10% this year and our application made a special emphasis on women. So we now have our objectives and we have a nice clubhouse as a foundation for the appeal for new members. Thanks to all of the volunteer efforts of SOSA members.
