Here is the agenda for the last workshop held by NSLPS in the fall of 2003. We will be posting information on upcoming workshops as it becomes available.

Keeping Our Lights Workshops 2003
Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
Lighthouse Logo November 8 and 9, 2003
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water Street Halifax, Nova Scotia

For information on attending
    call Dorothty MacLeod 902-423-8034

AGENDA

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8

Morning
8.30 AM Registration
9.00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks. Tony Thompson, Past-President, NSLPS
9.30 AM How Divestiture is Working
  • David Cooke (DFO Real Properties)
  • Jan Robar (Public Works and Government Services Canada)
    • 10:30 AM Nutrition Break
    10.45 AMPanel and Discussion “Group Transfers?”
  • Are they needed?
  • What parties will be involved?
  • How could it work?
  • Potential roles for the Province, Municipalities and Non-Profit Societies
    Moderator: Murray Brown, Economist Panel:
        David Cooke DFO,
        Trudy LeBlanc, Municipality of Yarmouth
        Kevin Harvey, former keeper, Cape Sharp Lighthouse
        Rick Welsford, Atlantic Lighthouse Council,
    • 12.00 noon Lunch at the Museum
    12:30 Interlude with Dan McKinnon, Folk Singer
    Nova Scotia for Sale, a lighthouse song for our time.
    Afternoon
    1:00 PM Insurance
  • What do you need as a non-profit society?
  • What do you need for your lighthouse?
  • How to get it affordably!
    Moderator, Dan Conlin     Jamie Reid, A.P.Reid Insurance     Rick Welsford, Atlantic Lighthouse Council
    • 2.00 PM Community updates and reports Moderator: Tony Thompson     An exchange and updates by community groups.
    2.45 PM Nutrition Break
    3.00 PM. Case Studies and Success Stories
  • Cape D’Or: Beth Boon,
  • Advocate District Development Association.
  • Five Islands: Gloria Lewis, Five Islands Lighthouse Society
    • 4.00 PM Lighting of two Fresnel lenses - A sight to behold
    5:00 PM Dinner On your own, or get together with other participants at McElvies Restaurant on Water Street, across from the Museum. Let Jeanne or George know you are coming by the end of the afternoon break, so we can make a reservation.

    SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9

    9.00 AM Grants and Applications for Funding Developing a business plan and a good grant application
    Becky Mason, Nova Scotia Community Volunteer Network
    10.00 AM Nutrition Break
    10.15 AM What can you do with a lighthouse?
    Brainstorming session
  • Museum?
  • B&B?
  • Visitor Info Centre?
  • What else? Introduction & Moderator: Kathy Brown Recorder: Dan Conlin
    • 11.15 AM Progressive Retail: Souvenirs and Crafts at Lighthouse Sites
  • Anne Langille, Fort Point Lighthouse Park
  • Christine Sykora, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
    • 12:00 PM Protecting the Heritage Character of Your Lighthouse: Standards and Guidelines.
    Dan Conlin, Historian, NSLPS
    12.30 PM Adjournment
    Behind-the-scenes tour of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Optional) Dan Conlin, Curator of Marine History, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

    NSLPS Website The website will be on show during breaks and lunch, including a chance to peek at draft pages for the new website.

    Brochure exchange

    A special thanks to our sponsors:

    Oceans & Coastal Management Division,
         Oceans & Environment Branch, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

    Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

    Jeanne Thomas and George Hebb