To: All members of the PMAC Montreal West Island District..
 



The Executive of the PMAC West Island District wishes our members the best of health, happiness and success in all endeavours for the year 2002. We look forward to serving and advancing the purpose and mission of the Association with the primary objective of meeting the needs of you, the membership. 
 
 

 
Please be reminded of the General Meeting to be held at the Dorval Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 commencing with cocktails at 1730hrs with the General Meeting and dinner at 1800hrs. Every effort will be made to conclude the evening's activities by 20:00.

As noted in the last newsletter, members will NOT be contacted to find out their intent to attend or not attend. Instead, members planning to attend are asked to advise Peter Prahalis by e-mail at peter.prahalis@mdsps.com .

The following are the scheduled meeting dates for this year. Please make a note of these dates and plan to attend. Attendance at these meetings will provide members with valuable networking opportunities in addition to contributing to the District's success.

WHEN	EVENT	WHERE	TIME
January 22, 2002	General Meeting	Dorval Hilton Hotel	(Evening)
February 28, 2002	Social Event (Thurs)	Golf Dome - Kirkland	(Evening)
March 26, 2002	Purchasing Month	Dorval Hilton Hotel	(Luncheon)
April 23, 2002	General Assembly	Dorval Hilton Hotel	(Evening)

The guest speaker at the January 22nd meeting will be a well known Montreal Gazette Columnist Jay Bryan who will discuss the topic: Outlook for the Quebec and Canadian Economy.

Mr Bryan has been a Business and Economics columnist and feature writer with the Montreal Gazette since 1976. He is also a regular commentator on economic and business issues on many local and national radio and television programs including Radio Noon, Morningside and CBC Newsworld. In addition, he was a correspondent for the New York Times for five years providing business and travel feature articles.

Mr. Bryan is a graduate of Harvard University and undertaken post-graduate work at the University of Western Ontario and McGill University. Since 1989, Mr. Bryan has been a business and economic reporting instructor at the Concordia University School of Journalism.

 

 
The accompanying file is a list of seminars being offered in Quebec during this session. Please keep a copy and plan to attend those seminars that will fit into your career and educational goals. You may also access the seminars being offered in other provincial districts at www.pmac.ca
 
 

To facilitate program planning, the Executive wishes to establish a pool of qualified, interesting speakers who could potentially be invited to speak at our monthly meetings. Members who are aware of persons who fill the role or have suggestions for topics please communicate this information to George Craigie at e-mail: gcraigie@medis.ca In addition, members who may have any ideas for Social Events are asked to also contact George with their suggestions.
 
 

The events of the evening will include a buffet dinner, golf clinic with qualified instructors, use of the video golf machines and game systems, use of the driving range, putting areas and other available offerings.

This event will be at no cost to the first 50 members (registered with activities included), who register to attend. After the first 50 there will be a fee of $35.00 to cover additional expenses caused by the higher numbers. The cost for district members registered with "activities out" will be $50. Members may invite guests to accompany them, at a cost of $50 per guest.

This event promises to be very interesting and rewarding for the avid or "wanna-be" golfer (like the editor) and good value. Registration forms will be at the January General Meeting and will be sent out electronically in a few weeks.