Hello all
PWAC members in the Prairies and the North Region!
Just
writing to let you all know I am off to the National Conference and AGM as part
of MagNet conference in Toronto next week (Canada’s Magazine
Conference Jun 5 – 8, 2012 Magnet.MagazinesCanada.ca)
Some of you
are also attending and I look forward to meeting with all our Regional
delegates.
Our Regional meeting is set for Thursday June 7th in the Courtyard Marriott host hotel in the Bay Room from 12:30 to 1:45.
I look forward to welcoming you all in attendance but also I would ask those who are not able to attend the PWAC@MagNet this year to feel free to send along any concerns or questions you wish to be raised during our Regional meeting at the conference. I will report back to everyone on the notes of that session. There was a request that perhaps those not attending be able to skype into the meeting – I am not promising that could work but we could try – so if you are wanting to do that please contact me with your skype details and perhaps a few of us there can make that happen!
Our Regional meeting is set for Thursday June 7th in the Courtyard Marriott host hotel in the Bay Room from 12:30 to 1:45.
I look forward to welcoming you all in attendance but also I would ask those who are not able to attend the PWAC@MagNet this year to feel free to send along any concerns or questions you wish to be raised during our Regional meeting at the conference. I will report back to everyone on the notes of that session. There was a request that perhaps those not attending be able to skype into the meeting – I am not promising that could work but we could try – so if you are wanting to do that please contact me with your skype details and perhaps a few of us there can make that happen!
The annual
regional Board reports, committee reports, budget and full annual report package
will be available and sent from head office shortly. I encourage you all to read
them and again please feel free to voice any concerns or comments to me to bring
to the AGM on your behalf. The AGM is set at the end of the MagNet conference on
Friday Jun 8, 2012 at 4 p.m. in the Courtyard Marriott host hotel. Again I will
follow up with a post conference and AGM report following the events.
For those
attending I look forward to meeting you all in person. For those not able to
make it consider planning to attend next year as PWAC@MagNet is a rewarding annual conference. If
Toronto seems to far and costly sets your sights on planning to attend the first
Regional conference coming in September hosted by the Saskatchewan Chapter in
Saskatoon – this will be a great event and more details from Chapter President
Bonnie Zink:
Presenters include Doreen Pendgracs (two-hour travel writing workshop) and Marie Powell-Mendenhall, a successful Saskatchewan professional members. Delegates include PWAC members, professionals working in the creative industries, members of other writing related organizations, and anyone who is interested in learning how to develop best practices and how to apply them to their own success.
Date: September 22, 2012With the support of PWAC National, this event has the potential to become a hallmark annual event that will encourage membership growth while developing stronger ties between chapters within our region as well as promote PWAC members as accomplished professional writers ready to put their expertise to work for potential clients from local communities and business sectors. Sponsors currently include PWAC National, Saskatchewan Tourism, and the Saskatoon Writers' Coop.
Location: The Refinery, 507 & 509 Dufferin Avenue, Saskatoon SK
Early Bird Fees (available until August 15, 2012): PWAC members $75; partnering organization members $100; general public $120
Thank you to all our Chapter President and members who help make our PWAC
Prairies and the North region a great place to be!
More news later this month when I return from Toronto, Board Meetings and
MagNet.
Happy summer just around the corner!
Michelle Greysen
Regional Director PWAC Prairies and the North
