Another chapter in the saga...
The scrabble game in Facebook, "Scrabulous" is having big issues and is unplayable. Have been trying to induce games to load most of the afternoon, and I should have given up sooner.
The chapter in the saga that I referred to is regarding the building/house that I had or HAVE my eye on. The "housing consultant" who made such a great presentation in McBride called me back on Saturday to say that she had given my vision and ideas some more thought. She is coming back to our town on Tuesday, and invited me to a meeting of government people and business people who want to achieve solutions in McBride, for our housing problems. Unfortunately, Tuesday is the ONE day this coming week that I can't attend a meeting in town, as I'm in Valemount for the morning. I sent some paperwork including the realtor's package over to a business advisor who works for the Provincial Government, so he can take those to the meeting.
Today I was talking to a lawyer (a friend) and shared what has occupied my thoughts. He has a great deal of experience in law, business and finance such as tax matters, and gave me a lot of information. He was very encouraging, and to make a long story short, he advised me to form a corporation to (potentially) partner with the Northern Health Authority. In other words, potentially, the Health Authority could lease my building AND pay me for services. Would that be "conflict of interest" ? I'm sure it's done all the time, but for such a good cause, I would hope nobody would mind. Officially and legally, it sounds like I'd be fine.
This all sounds too lofty and complicated for me... I just wanted to provide room and some kind of board to people who need it, for a price. If, at the meeting on Tuesday, some people with greater minds and significant postions in government think that mine are sound ideas, some doors might open. On the other hand, if the Northern Health Authority feels that my vision is seriously flawed, I'll be willing to scrap the whole thing.
So.. more to mull over and more waiting and, well, it doesn't seem so discouraging. I'll get back to you on this.
We had our regular breakfast out, and that was a nice break. I've really taken a break most of the rest of the day too!
~ Ann
The chapter in the saga that I referred to is regarding the building/house that I had or HAVE my eye on. The "housing consultant" who made such a great presentation in McBride called me back on Saturday to say that she had given my vision and ideas some more thought. She is coming back to our town on Tuesday, and invited me to a meeting of government people and business people who want to achieve solutions in McBride, for our housing problems. Unfortunately, Tuesday is the ONE day this coming week that I can't attend a meeting in town, as I'm in Valemount for the morning. I sent some paperwork including the realtor's package over to a business advisor who works for the Provincial Government, so he can take those to the meeting.
Today I was talking to a lawyer (a friend) and shared what has occupied my thoughts. He has a great deal of experience in law, business and finance such as tax matters, and gave me a lot of information. He was very encouraging, and to make a long story short, he advised me to form a corporation to (potentially) partner with the Northern Health Authority. In other words, potentially, the Health Authority could lease my building AND pay me for services. Would that be "conflict of interest" ? I'm sure it's done all the time, but for such a good cause, I would hope nobody would mind. Officially and legally, it sounds like I'd be fine.
This all sounds too lofty and complicated for me... I just wanted to provide room and some kind of board to people who need it, for a price. If, at the meeting on Tuesday, some people with greater minds and significant postions in government think that mine are sound ideas, some doors might open. On the other hand, if the Northern Health Authority feels that my vision is seriously flawed, I'll be willing to scrap the whole thing.
So.. more to mull over and more waiting and, well, it doesn't seem so discouraging. I'll get back to you on this.
We had our regular breakfast out, and that was a nice break. I've really taken a break most of the rest of the day too!
~ Ann
