Saturday, September 27, 2008

A Little Background on CGRC

This is just a summary of a post which we have published back in June 2008. Let's just recap and learn a bit more on the roles of CGRC (Canal Gardens Residents Committees) ahead of our planned CG AGM on 12th October 2008.

We, like you, are just the normal residents of Canal Gardens who gets irritated and frustrated with the security breaches. We constantly provide very vocal feedback to the service providers till the point where we believe we should consider changing them - once the existing Canal Gardens' outstanding issues are resolved. We believe the feeling is mutual.

From time to time, our CGRC members also organized community events through our very own funding, typically collected through ticket sales and/or collection from our Monthly Recycling Program. And NO - the CGRC members do not have privy to the "funds" details as these numero are under the control of our service providers. We too, just as you, would like to have access to all the details information on how each and every Ringgit and Sen is spent.

By the way, we need more volunteers ... care to join us? Email us at canalgardens@gmail.com. Thanks!

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Canal Gardens Residents Committees 2007-2009 comprises of volunteers who were elected at Kota Kemuning Canal Gardens Residents' Annual General Meeting (held on Sunday, 28th October 2007 at Centre Park's Basketball Court). These volunteers are normal residents of Canal Gardens, just like you and me or your neighbour buddy-buddy. We all have a day job (some even have two jobs) ... kita suma kena cari makan juga. We all go through daily traffic jam in the morning and evening. Some already left their homes by 6.30 am!!! We have our own families to look after - sending the kids to school, making sure they complete their homework, taking take of our elderly parents etc. We all, just like everybody else in Malaysia and Singapore, look forward to the weekends, public holidays and cuti-cuti sekolah.

But we all still try our very best to squeeze some time to plan and participate in CGRC activities which are mainly for benefits of the Canal Gardens residents - Recycling Day, Family Day, Golf Tournament and the Monthly Meeting. The CGRC members do not get any salary or allowance - not even discount for our own activities like Family Day and Golf Tournament. Some of the members spent their own money, sponsored gifts, and even made some personal sacrifices here and there for the overall well being of Canal Gardens. Some of our committees attend meetings held during office hours because the developer and other government agencies insist on doing it during "office hours". All in the name of helping to make Canal Gardens a better place for you, me and our families to live in, to play in.

The community is growing. New residents are moving in, more issues popping up like the continuos concern on security, some loose-cannons are driving recklessly, lalangs, canal aka longkang besar and dengue cases ... So come and join us. Pinjam tangan, pinjam kaki, Bersama-sama kita seiring sehati, Pastikan Canal Gardens satu contoh "GREAT" komuniti!

Interested - drop us a mail: CanalGardens@gmail.com. Terima kasih!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dear All Committess and Volunteers,

My family & myself would like to say, "Thank You" ! and salute to all of you.

Terima kasih !

From: FG.