PROVINCIAL EVENTS
Outlook 2014 – Regional Meetings announced
March 6 @ 10 :00 a.m. in New Glasgow – Museum of Industry
April 10 in Metro – NSCC – Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth
April 17 in Cape Breton – Royal CB Yacht Club in Sydney
April 24 in West Nova – Ste. Anne du Ruisseau Social Club
All meetings begin at 10:00 a.m. with registration at 9:30 a.m.
October 29-30 2010 Leadership Convention, Cunard Centre, Halifax
REGIONAL EVENTS OF INTEREST
Sunday, March 7 @ 2:00 pm- Argyle AGM @ RCL Wedgeport – Guest Speaker: Jamie Baillie
Monday, March 8 @ 7:00 pm- Kings North AGM @ Centreville Community Hall - Guest Speaker: Mark Parent
Saturday, March 13 @ 11:00 a.m. - Cumberland North AGM @ Christ Church Hall - Speaker: Senator Michael Duffy
Thursday, March 25 @ 7:30 pm- Cole Harbour – Eastern Passage AGM @ Lion’s Club - Speaker: Hon. Karen Casey
Monday, March 29 @ 7:00 pm- CB South AGM @ Royal CB Yacht Club, The Esplanade - Speaker: Hon. Karen Casey
Wednesday, March 31 @ 7:00 pm- Annapolis AGM @ Bridgetown Legion – Guest Speaker: Hon. Karen Casey
Saturday, April 10 @ Evening – South Shore - St. Margaret’s EDA AGM @ a location to be announced
Wednesday, April 21 @ 7:00 p.m. – Sackville - Cobequid AGM @ K.O.C Hall, Cobequid Rd – Speaker: Rob Batherson
Saturday, April 24 @ 5:00 pm - Guysborough – Sheet Harbour AGM &Ron Chisholm “Appreciation Night” @ St. Mary’s Lion’s Club, Sherbrooke - Guest Speaker: Hon. Peter MacKay - Tickets are $25 - Contact: Neil – 533-3629; Audrey – 533-2955; or Tom - 885-2645
Saturday, April 24 @ 6:30 pm- Kings West Dinner @ Berwick District Fire Hall – Tickets: $20 538-7192 – Speaker: Hon. Karen Casey
Wednesday, May 12 @ 7:00 pm – Sackville Cobequid Spring Dinner @ Sackville Lion’s Hall – Tickets: $20 - Speaker: Hon. Karen Casey
Saturday, June 5 @ 500 pm- Cumberland South Lobster/Steak Dinner @ Parrsboro Legion – Info: Doug@597-3464
Thursday, June 10 @ 12:45 pm- Colchester North Annual Golf Tournament @ Mountain Golf Club
Friday, June 18 @ 8th Annual Annapolis Valley P.C. Golf Tournament @ Berwick Heights - $100 per golfer. Info: Tom at 678-2157 tmacewan@mtdc.ns.ca or David – 681-9335 david-morse@hotmail.com
Of Note:
Annual Meetings: The Antigonish AGM was held on March 2nd. Duncan MacDonald was returned as president. Walter proctor is the new secretary; In Bedford – Birch Cove, Joan Christie is the acting president taking over from Andrea MacDonald; On February 24 at the Dartmouth South – Portland Valley AGM new president David Losey takes over from Bill MacLeod, Lynn MacKay is the new secretary and Lionel Conrod returns as treasurer.
Sympathy Note: To Tom Rissesco (Dartmouth East) on the passing of his brother Jerry Rissesco (Hants West) on February 28. We are saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Lauchie Currie (Hants East) in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario recently. Lauchie and his sisters Sandra & Dawn were PC Youth members in the 1990’s.
New members on Provincial Executive in 2010: Joining the Provincial Executive as new district vice presidents are the following: District 1 – Blaise Abbass; District 3 – John Greene; District 5 – David Mosley; District 9 – Adrian Zinck; District 12 – Tom MacEwan. Members-at-large include James Kerr (Glace Bay; Betty Thomas (Dartmouth North) and Marlene Smith (Shelburne). New committee chairs include Ted Larsen & Sharon Oliver (Communications); Taayo Simmonds (Membership); Dianne Kelderman (Operations). Chuck Porter and Alfie MacLeod have been named Caucus representatives.
Congratulations: Delegates at AGM 2010 contributed over $300 to Haiti relief in a drive sponsored by the Halifax constituencies in their hospitality suite. The donation will be made to the Red Cross Relief Fund.
Fellow Progressive Conservatives:
Participate in Outlook 2014 by visiting our blog on the party’s website that I invite you to visit (http://pcparty.ns.ca/outlook2014). The blog will be one of the communications tools that we use to promote key messages about Outlook 2014. I hope you’ll visit regularly.
Sincerely,
Andrew Black, Vice President, Policy
Chair, Outlook 2014
