The deal with Revera is terminated and a few month later a new buyer is found?! Under Covid conditions? Sounds like an inside job. The big question is $$$, how much did DK pay to rescue our hapless 'community leaders' from total loss of credibility?

This is wonderful news. To be moving forward. Kudos to those working on the initiative. I am always puzzled why some suggest that there must he something underhanded?!?

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DK....David Kalm ?
That would be cool.

Wonderful news to whom? The under 40s sold out the older generation who paid and enjoyed it, to now sit on a pile of money that came from old soviet war method of divide and conquer. Once you get older and smarter you will realize what you did and karma will come and bite those involved. Money is not the answer to a societies woes when selling out your own and still singing the Estonian Hymn..

So just to remind everyone....if the deal with Revera fell through - then that agreement that all the shareholders voted on is now null/void, meaning the 3 Org's and Silverbirch bank do not have authority to sell the Estonian House. This should be legally challenged.

Glad that there is finally a decision. The East york community centre has been sold! Get real, the ESTONIANS used that old schoolhouse only 9 hours a week and really...when was the last time you rented the Estonian House for your family events? My childhood home was sold too..but my family, my Estonian heritage and the memories will remain. Lets work together on the new project!

When a deal (or deals) are in progress, confidentiality is a must! If you want to be kept updated with all the nitty gritty I suppose the only way is to volunteer your time and sit on any of those boards. Cudos to those thankless volunteers who have listen to these unsubstantiated allogations. Be kind!

25 aprill 2017 Eesti Maja erakorraline peakoosolek.Kvoorum oli 3276 aktsiat,
resolutsioonide kinnitamisks oli vaja 2/3
poolt aktsijaid mis on 2184 poolt. koosolek andis vaid 2148 poolt. Teistkordset häälte lugemist ei toimunud.
Midagi ei klapi.

Shame on the Estonian House Board for not informing the shareholders
immediately of Revera's decision to not purchase the shareholder owned
EH property. As for the Estonian Foundation of Canada you just lost my
financial support. Instead I will support each org directly, then I know
where my donation $$ are going.

There was no shareholder mandate to sell to DK Acquisitions. The existing mandate became null & void when Revera ceased to be the purchaser. Allowing for the immediate closure of the" lasketiir" demonstrates zero regard for the continuity and importance of community and youth activities.

The Madison project is morally a generational theft from those who funded Eesti Maja, no matter how legalistically done. In the initial vote to sell, individuals against the sale were outvoted thanks to a bloc of votes that had been controversially given to the Estonian Credit Union that in turn did NOT consult its members' wishes on the fate of Eesti Maja. Undoubtedly there is strong overlap between founding public of both institutions, now betrayed by both boards.

Due to space and other practical constraints, the Madison project cannot and will not replace the ongoing activities, events or displays that the Broadview facility has supported. These will be scattered to the four winds, starting with the shooting gallery, suddenly chopped. It was a grandfathered prized rarity as such facilities are no longer allowed in Toronto.

The "meat and potatoes" of Estonian life went on at the rambling home on Broadview that could have been made glorious for less funds than are now being spent for a much more modest facility (e.g. see architect Tork's schematic). The building was clearly allowed to run down in preparation for the Grand Theft.

The justification for Madison as an "International Estonian Center" was always weak as all of Eesti and its multiple facilities are available as one big international center and an offshoot in Toronto can be run in a single room with a computer e.g. in VEMU if it ever gets built.

Another idea mooted that disaffected Estonians will appear out of the woodwork, attracted by a glass box in a downtown location known for drug problems is just silly. For every such theoretic addition, 20 or more Estonians who WERE active will be repelled by the parking and egress onto Bloor Street conundrum. Elderly Estonians, the ones making up the bulk of lecture audiences etc. find the TTC too challenging to use. They will not be driving where parking is a nightmare or costs city rates. Neither will they taxi or Uber as their parsimonious ways are what funded Estonian House in the beginning. Nor are they the only generation affected adversely. More than one young mother has said that she will not be taking her children to school at the new location because of the additional parking inconvenience.

Madison is a bright shiny bauble splitting an already worryingly small community. It is sacrificing what is real and what was working for an abstract notion that not enough people share. This has happened to other ethnic communities like the Greeks with far larger numbers that could afford the schism. If the Madison movers had "listened to the ground"/ kuulanud maad paremini instead of their own hubris, they would have realized the greater good of the greater part of our community would have been better served by a meat and potatoes approach instead of a skimpy smaller dish beautifully plated that does not fill the stomach nor heart.

Boards are elected to govern organizations. Shareholders have their say when they elect the Board. I hold the EH Board in high esteem. They have worked hard to make this happen. Those who actually frequent the EH can tell you of the smell of dead animals in the walls, etc. Others profess a great love for the building, but don't use it. It is time to move on. Our community is what is important. We will have a new home. I look forward to meeting with my community members there.

What I find is distressing is the making of all types of accusations. Not all will agree on any given subject. However for one side to accuse the other of dishonesty, etc is inappropriate. There are those volunteering considerable time for the community. The EH has been in bad financial shape for a number of years. I would quite frankly wonder how the EH can compete with other venues as to hall rentals, etc in it's current state of disrepair. There are no funds for other than emergency repairs. I am committed to the community and welcome a new facility. When visiting kodu eestlased say the EH reminds them of a Nõukogu vallamaja, i hang my head in shame. We can do better. Let's not denigrate others in our community.

Interesting to see how this Madison project has divided a strong Estonian community. It appears to me that the Estonian house proponents are trying to preserve the history, culture and traditions of the Estonian Toronto diaspora and at the same time honouring the work and volunteer efforts of the hundreds of parents and grandparents who built the Estonian House as a meeting place for all Estonians. The Madison project proponents seem to have little regard for preserving the past and instead are willing to sacrifice all the past for a new shiny Estonian International Centre for future business opportunities. It seems that the Estonian community (what's left of it) and its many organizations will be forced into this glass slipper of a business centre. It is also unfortunate, that whoever wins this struggle for survival, it will be a pyrrhic victory since you have lost 50% of the community.

Somebody mentioned that “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”
This is an arbitrary assertion and a restatement of the baseless moral theory known as utilitarianism, which asserts that each individual should act to serve the greatest good for the greatest number.
What logic actually dictates is that if human beings want to live and achieve happiness, they must identify and pursue the values that make that goal possible. As Ayn Rand points out, life makes values both possible and necessary. We need to eat—in order to live and prosper. We need to wear protective clothing and find shelter—in order to live and prosper. We need to pursue a productive career to gain goods and services—in order to live and prosper. The principle holds true in more-complex cases as well. We need to build friendships to gain a wide variety of intellectual, psychological, and material benefits—in order to live and prosper. We need to experience great art to see our values in concrete form—in order to live and prosper. The pattern holds for all our values. Logically, the only ultimate reason we need to pursue any value is in order to live and prosper.

Tulge Külla proposed a good design. Isn’t there a resemblance, with contemporary updates, to the preliminary drawings for Eesti Maja by celebrated architect M. Bach (except for the reflecting pool for racoons)? See and be seen! The rear, looking out onto and seen from the Don Valley, is a good upgrade for the Grand Hall or Suur Saal designed by Bach, and the café in front fits well with the old and the new directions for the neighbourhood... A legacy site and and landmark destination to be sure!

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See the visuals at the beginning and end of the articles.

WRONG..try again. Perhaps read the resolution first. Words mean things.