We suffered a minor setback over the weekend. Our hosting service had a catastrophic disk failure on our server (the nerve!) and to add insult to injury, the latest backup they had was from September 9. Most of the site is intact, but we’ve lost a slew of small changes. It will take a few days to recontruct it.

Dear Valued Customer!

Thank you for your interest in our services and for the word to support. We regretfully inform you that there occurred the hard disc failure on the server and the only latest backup is dated September, 9th. Naturally, we’ve taken steps to ensure that such a situation will not repeat itself. High quality hardware has been purchased and several servers are already setup. This will help avoiding such incidents in the first place, and if they do happen again, it will help us restore services much faster in the future. Once again, we’d like to apologize for the inconvenience. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us 24×7 online in the Live chat or via our email system.

I’ll make sure to keep a full back-up locally from now on.

Rod

It is not surprising that peope who care about nature and the environment are also interested in bringing about positive change through direct involvment in municipal politics. This year, four five RHN club members are running for election (or re-election) to Richmond Hill Town Council: Elio Di Iorio, Sandra Di Iorio, Lynn Foster, Natalie Helferty and Carrie Hoffelner. We’ve provided links to each candidate’s election home page as well as a link to the Richmond Hill Ward Map. Regardless of your choice of candidate, help make municipal politics work by voting on election night!

• Carrie Hoffelner, Ward 1 Candidate
• Natalie Helferty, Ward 3 Candidate
• Lynn Foster, Ward 4 Incumbant (acclaimed)
• Elio Di Iorio, Ward 5 Incumbant
• Sandra Di Iorio, Ward 6 Candidate

Additional information on the November 13th election can be found on the Town of Richmond Hill Election Homepage.

Global issues such as Climate Change and Global Peak Oil and their effects on local development are shaping the future of Richmond Hill. These issues call for new ways of thinking about planning and development. Natalie Helferty, Past President of the Richmond Hill Naturalists, is passionate about meeting these issues head on by creating Richmond Hill as a self-sustaining community. Ms. Helferty’s work over the past ten years has helped form many of the current ideas and policies which are now taking shape to protect Ontario’s natural environment and to plan better communities. Her work with the NOAH Project (Niagara Escarpment-Oak Ridges Moraine-Algonquin to Adirondack Heritage system) has influenced the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, the Greenbelt and Natural Spaces in Ontario and the Rouge Watershed Strategy in York Region.

Now hear how ‘Acting Locally’ will move Richmond Hill toward a sustainable future with The ROSE Project!

Date: Thursday, September 21st, 2006 at 7:30 PM

Location: Presbyterian Church – 10066 Yonge St.; Wallace Hall – Richmond Hill (1/2 block north of Major Mackenzie Dr., west side of Yonge St.)