NATO Veterans Organization of Canada
Organisation canadienne des vétérans de l’OTAN
A Voice for today’s Veterans ~ Une voix pour les vétérans d’aujourd’hui
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Updated - July 06 2013
Presidents Status Report - September 2011
September 28, 2011
Well we are gearing up for Fall and time to bring you up to date on a few changes – hopefully all for the better!
We went through a pretty stressful Phase I after Tom Joordens died moving the NATO Veterans from Fredericton to Ottawa. The Ottawa Gatineau Exec responded and went up a "pay level " for the transfer - they worked really hard – NB and all regions understood and helped-alas we have lost a few Ottawa Exec members but have recruited some excellent people in Ottawa. Our Senior VP Cal Bellamy goes in for a second heart operation early April - our best wishes go with him.
Then the next Phase 2 was setting up a national organization and a headquarters unit to administer a national organization. Coupled with this setting up was the goal to be accepted as a bona fide veteran’s organization.
Setting up will continue to be Work in Process as we proceed into Phase 3 – advocating and working for Post Korean up to and including current day veterans. We realize we are not the only modern day veterans organization hence our banner on letterhead -A Voice for today’s Veterans ~ Une voix pour les vétérans d'aujourd'hui
NATO Veterans Organisation has been invited to Royal Receptions, to accompany a Veterans Affairs delegation to Europe, to speak to German Federal Ombudsman, to have a meeting with the new ADM in C'town -in other words – we have been accepted as a part of the family of Canadian veterans organizations.
We have done this a step at a time , we have had mentoring from other veterans organizations -one in particular. In the future as we grow we will become more decentralized - the regions more involved in the management and executive of the organization. We have already Bob Grant of BC with Regions - Gerry Bryan Cambridge ON helping Betty with Membership - hopefully soon more from regions in running this growing organization.
Announcements
- This is my last Pesidents Status Report- the next one will be from the Executive and will evolve into a NATO Vets Newsletter - with HQ and Regional input.
- Soon you will receive ballots for our election - the process is not perfect but we will fine tune for the next one. Please be patient. One of my major concerns is if -please- the Regional Directors can somehow get the ballots out to the Members At Large. We do not have the wherewithal to do this from HQ
- The mailing list will from now on be to not only the HQ Exec but to Regional Directors as well you will be receiving in next month the final
- Advocacy Report prepared by Tud Kaulbach and his Team. -we will - as NATO Veterans Organization -be focussing on one area - Long Term Care -for the Post Korean to present day veteran
“Away we go”
GordPresident
www.NATOVeterans.Org
gordjenkins@sympatico.ca
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