Parents Meeting This Monday

The (last) monthly Parents Meeting will be Monday, 5 June 2017 at 8 pm (2000) and will end in time for us to all attend the CO's Parade, the last official “parade” before the Annual Ceremonial Review on Monday, 12 June 2017.

This is our last Parents Meeting for the cadet year and is a very important meeting. Please attend.

The Parents Meeting will cover recent activities, up-coming activities, briefly discuss Summer Training Center questions, and, most importantly  Executive Committee Elections.  Next year is 220 Red River Squadrons’ 75th year (since 27 November 1942) and we have lots of ideas and special events we would like to see happen in celebration of this achievement. To make next year truly successful, we are going to need lots of help. We want to use a Team approach where parents volunteer to work on one or two events, perhaps even  spearhead one of them, and allow us to spread the work around. The adage the “many hands make light work” definitely describes our intent.

Please look over some of the ideas we have for 75th Anniversary events, and figure out what area will suit you (or your family) best. We’d definitely like to have a good head start on volunteers for the entire year.

We have one position on the Executive that will require more of a commitment. Our fantastic treasurer Julie Bonderlique is looking to hand over those duties to a new member. To simplify the process, we are looking to elect a “Co-Treasurer” to work alongside Julie during the next cadet year (2017-2018) so they could be ready to step into the full time treasurer position the following year (2018-2019)


Elections / Call for Volunteers

Squadron Sponsoring Committee

Executive positions

We have a requirement to add to the core Executive membership
Co-Treasurer (Review Chair person handbook)
We need to elect a Co-Treasurer who would work alongside the current treasurer during the next cadet year (2017-2018) so they could be ready to step into the full time treasurer position the following year (2018-2019)


Positions for Members at Large
For many of these items we are looking for a volunteer per item (IE 17 Wing RCAF Run) so we can spread the responsibility out and have an enjoyable (easy) 75th Anniversary year!

Canteen
Operate canteen Monday parade nights,
shop for supplies,  shop for FTX food, etc.
keep records of spending and sales receipts hand in to treasurer
Annual Ceremonial Review refreshments,
 (Help wherever needed)

Kit Shop
Operate Kit shop on Monday parade night,
shop for stock,
generate a catalogue of items available in Kit shop, and hand out to cadets and parents).
Maintain list for cadet name tags
keep records of spending and sales receipts hand in to treasurer
(Help wherever needed)

Public Relations Chair
take care of advertizing the cadet program ( React Sings for recruiting, )
news paper articles of 220 cadet activities, Xmas elves WAA,
Poppy champagne with St.James Legion WAA)
keep records of spending and sales receipts hand in to treasurer
(Help wherever needed)

Extra activities organizer Chair
Organizer subcommittee Effective Speaking, sign up cadets, schedule training classes, help them with speeches, Organize speakers, judges, Gifts for judges and quest


Organizer a subcommittee person/s to organize and make arrangements
Southport tour,
Ski day,
(Gimli gliding  overnight stay, book rooms and food ),
17 Wing Fall Fair,
17 Wing RCAF Run,
Organizers subcommittee person/s to make
Arrangement Introduction dinner
Arrangements for Wind Up,
organize other activities as required
keep records of spending and sales receipts hand in to treasurer
(Help wherever needed)


Fundraising Chair
Fundraising subcommittee
Tickets (person/s to take care of Ticket sales, Gray Cup, Super bowl, ACL raffle)
Tag Days ( person/s to take care of Tag Days 1 or 2 a year, getting permission from businesses to hold our tags.,
Assist with records ( person/s to plan other fundraising activities )
keep records of spending and sales receipts hand in to treasurer
(Help wherever needed)