President's Message

Linda Blair

RTAM President 2022 - 2023

RETIRED TEACHERS’

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA

As your new President, I am excited to participate in the ongoing development of RTAM. Together, with you, I will strive to build on the strong foundation developed by many dedicated forerunners.

In the early days of May, the new officers met as your new RTAM Board. We are focusing on formulating our Committee Chairs and Members. If you have not volunteered for a committee, please consider putting forth your name for a committee that you feel passionate about. Now with the use of Zoom, we can be located wherever in the world and still be an active participant in committee work.

You have a wealth of experience and skill. Now allow RTAM the privilege of those skills to better our organization. Short term projects with short term commitments are possibilities as well as longer term projects. Sean Seywright, our new Executive Director, is working diligently as he learns about RTAM. We are in daily contact to further these objectives in a timely manner.

On May 10, the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning, Wayne Ewasko, agreed to a short photo opportunity in which Sean and I were able to meet with him and his staff. I presented him with bags of goodies from our AGM as well as a letter introducing our new RTAM Board of Directors for 2022-2023. We encouraged Minister Ewasko to contact us in the fall to set up a date to meet with our new Executive.

RTAM is privileged to have a dedicated staff. With Sean, Denise, and Dianne in the office, we can rely on professional assistance in all our endeavors.

Define your skill set. Find a time frame that works best for you. Let’s build RTAM towards a bright future. Together we can make RTAM better known and stronger. What part will you play as we move forward in 2022-2023?

I’ll close off with a quote from Henry Ford, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Here’s to a great year ahead! n

Photo by Patsy Andrews-Vert RTAM Photo Contest Entry