Meet your 2009 Executive committee
(Front Row Left to Right)
Melodie Murray A.Sc.T., Theresa Roy, Kevin Lima Associate
(Back Row Left to Right)
Arthur Choga C.Tech, Paul Douglas C.E.T., Julia Evers A.Sc.T., Steve Conway C.E.T., Kelly Robinson C.E.T., Clint Ehgoetz A.Sc.T., Doug Patterson C.E.T., Mike Laurie A.Sc.T., Dudley Jayatillake C.E.T., Roger Kelian C.Tech.
A message from the Chair
This year the Grand Valley Chapter has taken on the challenge to promote Technology week at a local Public School in Kitchener. This is the first time that the Grand Valley Chapter has developed a program based toward children between the grades 1 through 6. Our sub committee has meet with the principal and faculty and they are all very excited about the commitment and events were are planning to have at their school. Our theme this year is renewable energy. We have decided to discuss three major forms of renewable energy with the children. They are Wind power, Solar power and Water power. Our presentation will be base on these topics. We will engage the children and challenge them, based on their skill level to develop wind turbines, and where to locate them etc. Each grade level will have specific tasks to complete by the end of the week and present to their peers. This is a huge under taking and will be driven by GVC member volunteers. We are looking for more volunteers to assist in the preparation of this monumental event. Please contact Mike Laurie, A.Sc.T at mike.laurie@melloul.com if you can help out. We have set up a sub committee and have met several times already. We will be meeting however bi-weekly throughout the summer Starting July 1.
Have a great summer.
Events Calendar
March 2010:
Hockey Night (Kitchener @ Guelph) Sunday March 7 (details to follow)
April 2010:
OACETT Grand Valley Chapter 2010 Annual General Meeting
CONCORDIA CLUB
429 Ottawa St. South, Kitchener, ON – N2M 3P6
April 6 th, 2010
Dinner 6:00 P.M.
Start time of the meeting: 7:30 P.M.
Estimated End time to be: 9:00 P.M.
RSVP By March 30 Please – Location space is limited and requires reservations.
Cost: $10.00 (Includes Dinner)
For Reservations Please Contact:
Julia Evers A.Sc.T. : jevers@mallotcreek.com
In accordance with the Association’s By-law 18, Section 4.5, the Grand Valley Chapter executive elections will be held on Tuesday April 6th, 2010 at the Concordia Club, located at 429 Ottawa St. South, Kitchener.
Your chapter executive is made up of members who volunteer a few hours of their time in sharing their interest, enthusiasm and their expertise in building, directing and maintaining a strong association and local chapter. Fresh ideas are constantly needed to maintain the demands of an active chapter.
You as a member are urged to become actively involved in your professional organization and we ask that you give this opportunity serious consideration. Please read the brief summary of the Chapter Executive positions and responsibilities. We are losing our Chair, vice Chair, Regional Representative and Treasurer, so please, if you are at all interested in one or more of these positions or any other position please feel free to complete the Form and e-mail by March 30, 2010.
It is only with support and participation of you as an active member, that your Grand Valley Chapter will know what programs and events will be held. Any of the positions on the executive enable you to increase your networking potential as well as add professional development value for you and your employer.
Download the Form
May 2010:
Adopt a Road Campaign
The clean up will take place in Wellington County. (County Rd 124 to 32) The campaign will be run 3 times a year.
Training will happen at Gamsby in Guelph same day as the first clean up day. Three dates have been picked May 1, July 10 and Oct 23.
If you are interested please contact Mike Laurie, A.Sc.T.:
mike.laurie@melloul.com
The Grand Valley Chapter held the annual golf tournament on September 27, 2009 at the Victoria Park Golf Club West in Guelph. It was a great day for golf and all 30 golfers enjoyed a great steak dinner afterwards. It was a close run as the teams of Al McMillan, Barry Hinschberger, Tony and Carrie Smith tied the Gamsby and Mannerow team of Dave Brown, Glenn Anderson, Steve Conway and Paul Mclennan for the win. The putting contest also ended up tied forcing Dennis Zvanovec to win in a putt–off!
Longest Drive Gary Cockram.
Special thanks to Hanson Pipe and Product inc., J.G. Goetz Construction Limited and Capital Paving for donating the specialty hole prizes.
Thank You to the following companies who donated prizes to the prize table:
Gamsby and Mannerow Ltd, MTE , The Walter Fedy Partnership, Waterloo Honda, Hobden’s Small Engines, Active wellness physiotherapy , Hydromantis Inc. Meritech Engineering and Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc.
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Images from Technology week October 20-24, 2008.
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Download the presentation.
Conestoga College Display Case
The Grand Valley Chapter is excited to announce that we have changed and updated our display case at Conestoga College. more..
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Any company that buys 4 tickets or more for their employees to attend any of the OACETT GVC events will be given a years advertising on the Grand Valley website.
GVC - Golf Day
Another great day enjoyed by all. We had beautiful sunshine for the tournament on Saturday September 6th. There was a total of 38 golfers this year for golf and dinner. We had longest drive and closest to the hole for both the mens and ladies. We had a putting competition that saw some great putting to win, and a surprise door prize for a DVD player complete with a one year warranty.
Vic West put on another great dinner which included steak, veggies dessert and coffee. There were lots of great prizes this year thanks due to the generosity of the companies that donated prizes. Everyone left the event happy and full.
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Family Night in Elora
Over 20 people attended the Night at the Races at the the Grand River Raceway in Elora on Monday May 12, 2008. The weather held up and the evening was perfect for the races. Special thanks goes to Melodie Murray for organizing the event. We were able to have a race sponsored because of the size of the group that attended.
Below is
a picture of some of the members that attended with the winning horse and driver.
