Recap of the November Council Meeting

by emily layng, Secretary/Recorder

Our monthly meeting was held at CheckFree i-Solutions in Waterloo, once again, drawing sighs of envy from those less fortunate. We were a pretty small group, but hungry too. Kim and I have started running after work, so we pretty much attacked the pizza. Watch out guys, these teeth are sharp!

Networking Night

The networking night was held at the Duke of Wellington and we had 100 percent improvement. Christy was there and she said it was a lot of fun. If you can't make it, suggest the event to your co-workers—everyone is welcome.

Sarah-Beth is going to contact Café Aquarius as a venue for the networking night in January.

Council Meetings

We are planning on having the December meeting in a restaurant. Please feel free to join the council for a little holiday fun mixed with business.

General Meetings

The last general meeting was in Guelph and there were 30 people there. The February meeting is going to be on a Wednesday, don't forget!

Status Report

How are we doing?

• Well, we're all still standing, hehe.
• Marisa is looking after hospitality from now on
• Opal is going to ask Mark about spam reduction.

Education Seminar

Kim presented her plan for the Education seminar and we are all very impressed.

She has four speakers lined up, as well as budgets and seminar fees arranged.

The menu is still being looked at. We will add vegetarian options, but so far it looks pretty good. Kudos to Kim!

We also discussed the possibility of allowing vendors to set up booths at lunch as a way to fund further program additions for our chapter.

Kim is looking into nice gifts for the speakers; she expects to have this all finalized the first week of December.

Wine and Cheese

Peter gave an update on the progress of the Wine and Cheese party; it's still in progress. We're deciding about chairs or no chairs, one drink ticket or two, etcetera, etcetera. We'll keep you posted.

So that just about wrapped it up and we were on our merry way.

About emily layng

emily is currently working at ATS, in Cambridge, and has recently been promoted to Team Leader of Systems 1. As part of a busy group, long days and short weekends are the norm. She has been a technical writer since 1996, and has created documentation for both hardware and software companies. Outside of ATS, she is involved with a local Astrology group that is putting together correspondence courses for learning Astrology.