St. James-Assiniboia Chapter Annual Report 2022 – 23

Respectfully submittedby Lynn Land, Chapter President

Officers 2022 - 2023

Chairperson: Lynn Land

Vice Chair: Alison Logan

Treasurer: Corinne Barrett DeWiele

Secretary: Rudy Peters

Membership/Communications: Dorothy Young

Members at Large: Marj Bilous, Shelley Hebert, Will Peters, Linda Scott

The main objective of the St. James Assiniboia Chapter of RTAM is to promote the economic interests of its members and to support the Provincial RTAM Board in its endeavors to that end. The Chapter shares information with its members all across Canada. In turn, members share the information with friends, family, and also colleagues still actively teaching in Manitoba. Membership is 358 and includes retired teachers/ administrators/superintendents and a few spouses of deceased members.

The St. James-Assiniboia Chapter of RTAM held its AGM on September 22, 2022, in the afternoon, in the basement meeting area of St. Paul the Apostle Church. Members enjoyed the event and really appreciated being able to meet in person, get caught up with one another after being unable to get out due to the pandemic. One of our members was able to connect with her former mathematics teachers! Chairperson, Lynn Land, chaired the meeting and RTAM Past President, Bill Cann, brought greetings to his home Chapter’s AGM.

At the conclusion of the meeting, we enjoyed listening to entertainment put on by our own members, Peter Mingo and George Bush. Toes were tapping, hands were clapping, and a great time was had by all. 50/50 tickets were sold, and the lucky

IRTA’s Report

On Thursday, April 20, over 20 members gathered at the Viscount Gort Hotel in Winnipeg for IRTA’S Annual General Meeting. The members were informed of IRTA’S activities for the previous year and a slate of Directors was approved for the upcoming year. Following the meeting, a delicious buffet was enjoyed by everyone.

winner was Rudy Peters. We devoured homemade apple crisp made by our own Marj and Fred Bilous, and served with ice cream by members Marj Bilous, Linda Scott, and Anne Williams.

We thank Provincial RTAM for the Chapter Grant which helped to support this event. It helped to make our event very successful. It was so nice to get reacquainted in person with former colleagues. We thank Lynn, Marj, Fred, Rudy, and Shelley for organizing this event, and Dorothy for getting out the notice to our members.

We are proud of these members of our Chapter who were elected to the RTAM Board for 2022-23: Bill Cann, Past President, Paul Harland, Anne Williams, and Rex Virtue.

We are pleased that the following members of our Chapter have served on Committees this year: Lynn Land and Alison Logan.

We congratulate those members of our Chapter who have put their names forward for election to the 2023-24 RTAM Board of Directors.

2022-23 has been an interesting year for all of us. Hopefully by the time you read this report things will have settled down in our world.

In the last year we have shared information on the following St. James-Assiniboia colleagues who have departed this life:

Gladys Bodnarus, Joyce Brook, Jack Carnegie, Patricia Elliott, Lloyd Franklin, Bunny (Brenda) Grabys, Paul Harland, Brian Kells, Jane Maclean, Don Milne, Bill Moore, Roy Rudachek, Bill Stevenson, Jane Talnicoff , Russell Tymos, James White, and Leonard Wiebe.

We look forward to 2023-24 being a good year for all of us.

IRTA is off to the races on Wednesday, June 21. All members and guests are invited to attend an evening at Assiniboia Downs Racetrack. At 6:00 p.m., a delicious Prime Rib Buffet will be served, and races will commence at 7:30 p.m. IRTA has a reserved table overlooking the racetrack. Members are encouraged to check their email for details.