Volunteers needed for Star Wars Fundraiser

At this time, we are looking for 13 volunteers who would be interested in assisting with this event.  Should you be interested, please reach out to me (t.baxter@dreamstakeflight.ca) with your availability between 4:00 pm and 9:30 pm on May 4th, 2023.  Selection of volunteers for this event will be based on the order in which e-mails are received providing a « yes, interested » response, along with hours of availability.  Closer to the event, I will provide a schedule for those selected.
In addition, our fundraising team is hard at work preparing gift baskets for the event.  Should anyone have items that could be donated to contribute to the building of these gift baskets, please reach out to Cloe Hunter at c.hunter@dreamstakeflight.ca
A big thanks to each and every one of you for your support of Dreams Take Flight Ottawa.  Looking forward to seeing you at “Chances R” on Star Wars Day, May the 4th, for an out of this world trivia night.

Chapter Elections 2023

The Executive would like to update everyone on the Ottawa Chapters 2023 Election. This year the 5 Executive positions were up for a vote and had a deadline of March 31, 2023 for all members to submit any interest in a position.
We would like to inform you all five positions had only one name put forward, therefore no vote is required.
    • President – Angela Guy
    • Vice President – Pat Bergeron
    • Vice President – Caroline Barnett
    • Secretary – Wendy Robblee
    • Treasurer – Annette Robert

We look forward to our virtual AGM on April 19th at 8pm. We will send out the agenda, our last meeting minutes and virtual invite on the 18th.

Annual General Meeting & Election

The Dreams Take Flight Ottawa Annual General Meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 19th at 8:00 pm.

Please note that 2023 is an election year for Dreams Take Flight Ottawa. The following positions are up for vote:

President  *note you must be an Air Canada employee or Retiree to hold this position
Vice President 1
Vice President 2
Secretary
Treasurer

In order to be able to vote, you must be a returning member in good standing. This means that you must have attended at least 50% of the members meetings held in the 2022 year, and paid your membership fee by the deadline (January 31, 2023).

In order to submit your name to the ballot for any of the above positions, you must be a member
in good standing. If you wish to submit your name for any of the above positions, you may do so
at any time by emailing your submission to all Executive Committee members:
– Angela         angela.guy@dreamstakeflight.ca
– Pat              p.bergeron@dreamstakeflight.ca
– Caroline      c.barnett@dreamstakeflight.ca
– Wendy        w.robblee@dreamstakeflight.ca
– Karine         k.stamour@dreamstakeflight.ca
Nominations will be accepted by email until Friday, March 31st, 2023. This is the only manner
in which applications will be accepted. Note that the term for any Executive Committee position
is 3 years. Should any positions only receive one name put forward, that person will win the seat
by acclamation.
Voting will take place by secret ballot, using an online voting system in which individual links
will be sent to eligible voting members. Voting will be open from Thursday, April 6th to
Thursday, April 13th, 2023. The results of the vote will be announced at the AGM on
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the Executive Committee
and we will be happy to provide any additional information.

New Calendar Page

The Calendar page  has been completely replaced with new code to provide a clear and easy to read listing of all upcoming events.

Should you have any events to be listed or corrections to be made please contact your DTFO director or Rob Scaife to get it posted.

Drive Now Linked from Volunteer Website

Users of our G Suite Drive for file sharing can now access it from the External Links section on the home page of the volunteer Website at www.dreamsottawa.ca.

Those who are logged into another Google account – i.e. a personal gmail account – will find that Drive opens on that account’s drive.

The easy way around that for Dreams email account holders is use a browser like Google Chrome that supports separate profiles.  Create a separate profile to log into your Dreams account, then use that when working on Dreams matters.  Log in at google.com with your Dreams account and you’ll you’ll find your Dreams email account ready to go at gmail.com and your Drive accessible at the link to the right in the External Links list. Any questions? Email me or text me and I’ll be happy to help.

New Operations Website Online

This new operations website has been launched to assist the Ottawa chapter of Dreams Take Flight in managing its internal operations.

You’ll be able to find messages from directors and information regarding the various operating areas such as Volunteers, Fundraising, Flight Day, etc.

Please note that this site is intended for the use of Dreams Take Flight Ottawa volunteers. Members of the general public looking for information should be directed to our public facing website at https://www.dreamstakeflight.ca/.