Here I am again, reminding you about our upcoming regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 15th, at 7:30 PM.
Our last meeting, our Annual General Meeting, went really well. We had a great turnout, we heard reports from our various Executive members, though most of them were much shorter than usual, and Cheryl Butler led us through the election of our new Executive. The “Bring and Brag,” at the end of the meeting was terrific! There was a real variety of items presented, and their accompanying stories made them particularly interesting.
At our Executive meeting, a week ago, we were able to confirm the roles of our Executive for the coming year:
- President – Jim Vollmershausen
- Vice-President – Andrea Kulesh
- Treasurer – Laura McMullen
- Secretary – Vera Tachtaul
- Membership – Karen Dance
- Programming – Kevin dark
- Publicity – Marj Andre
- Social – Joan Lund
- Director-at-Large – Cameron Telch
- Representative to Heritage Richmond Hill – Marj Andre
- Representative to Heritage Centre Advisory Committee – Jim Vollmershausen
As you can imagine, our collective wish for the coming year is to find ourselves able to get together in the same Hall and start getting back to normal. I don’t really have any idea about just when that might happen, though I personally wouldn’t expect to see it before the fall. The most important thing, at the end of the day, is to respect all of the protocols and stay safe! Vaccines are coming, slower than I would like, but I really hope that the Government’s goal of having anyone vaccinated who wants to be by September is met.
In my last message, I talked about a few events that were underway or planned in Richmond Hill that could help us have some fun and get through the rest of the winter. I hope some of you were able to participate in the “Skillage in the Village Scavenger Hunt,” which ran until the end of January, and I know that there was a lot of interest in the annual Winter Festival, which happened, virtually, of course, over this past weekend. I would like you to keep an eye out for information on Councilor West’s annual Maple Syrup Festival, which is scheduled for Sunday, March 21st. I know that there are lots of virtual and on-line events and activities being planned, so more information should be available soon
I’m pleased to see that a few e-transfers have been used to pay for 2021 membership dues, and it certainly does make life easier for us. I would like to encourage you to use this method of payment. If you would like further information, please contact us at r.hillhistsoc at hotmail.ca. Also, please remember that if you wish to roll your 2020 dues that you’ve already paid over to 2021, please let us know.
Finally, back to the beginning. Please remember that our next regular meeting is this coming Monday, Feb. 15th, at 7:30 PM. The speaker will be – get ready for it – me. I’ve been asked to speak about my time in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland, from 1973 to 1975. I’ll be using my own old slides from that time, and my memory, to talk about that remarkable place – not only its beauty, but also a bit about the culture and the people that I found there.
For meeting Zoom meeting details, contact us at r.hillhistsoc at hotmail.ca.
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