Fall has arrived and it’s time to review 2009. I was very proud to become the President of the LOMA Society of Waterloo in January 2009. I took over the role from a strong Past President and was assisted throughout the year by a very strong board. Everyone is committed to making the Waterloo Society a strong organization.

H1N1 is in full force as I write this message. I hope this finds everyone healthy. Please take all necessary precautions to avoid this illness.

I was very proud to represent our Society at the LOMA International Conference in Orlando in September. I met people from other societies and was able to find out how they run their societies. We won 4 Outstanding Society Awards at the conference – Education Achievement Award, Society and Membership Achievement Award, Communication and Public Relations Achievement Award and Community Service Achievement Award. I was very proud to accept the awards on behalf of our Society. You will be able to see them on our banner at our Dinner Meeting.

Our LOMA courses for LOMA 280 and LOMA 290 continued to be offered in 2009. We are finding that we need to review the courses we offer and expand the program, if possible. Updates to education will be posted on the website as they become available. We hope to have many of these students complete their FLMI designation and join us at future events.

We are open to any suggestions for other events that you may wish to participate in that could be offered by our Society. We are also happy to receive ideas for topics of interest that you may wish to have a guest speaker address at future meetings.

We look forward to a large attendance in November. The Board members welcome the opportunity to speak with you. All feedback is welcome. This is your Society and we want it to continue to be of value to our members.

I look forward to seeing and talking to you at our Annual Meeting in November


Regards,

Linda Winteringham, FLMI