PRESIdENT’S REPoRT Linda Blair

RTAM President, 2022-2023

The weather is warm. Grass is green. Trees are budding. Spring in Manitoba has arrived!

Our AGM has come and gone. We welcome back our returning Board Members: Shannon Culbertson, Dennis Kozak and Gabe Mercier. We also welcome our new Board Members: Jayesh Maniar, Kel Smith, and Dianne Snider. As I am drafting this report, the positions of Secretary and Treasurer have yet to be filled. Please encourage any members interested in serving on our Board to contact the office at info@rtam.mb.ca.

At the invitation of Minister Ewasko, the former Vice-President, Joan Zaretsky, and I attended the Excellence in Education Awards at the Legislature. We were delighted to hear about the experiences of the various award winners. I was especially pleased to learn that the recipient of the Premier’s Award for Excellence in Education was a former teacher from Portage la Prairie, Terri Grant. During the reception, I was able to learn that she and a colleague are especially appreciative of our PreRetirement Seminars. They have learned a lot about preparing for retirement from our sharing of pertinent information regarding retirement. I encouraged them to continue to attend these seminars as information does evolve.

A working group has been busy preparing information for you to use as you prepare to vote in the upcoming Provincial election. Please review the information