Old News...(Archived News Items from March 2000 to December 2002)09 December 2002 re: Calgary North Helping Hands CPC Calgary North presents "Helping Hands" -- a seasonal program benefiting both the Calgary Drop In-Centre and The Salvation Army. Local radio station The Breeze 103.1 is offering its support by listing the Helping Hands event on its website. The radio announcements are giving the event and Progress great coverage! The toys for kids drive for the Salvation Army continues until December 20th. At that time, the announcements will include the drive for the Calgary Drop-in Centre and run through until January 5th. Drop-off bins are located at all ten Marks Work Wearhouse stores in Calgary, with three posters per bin, each prominently featuring the Canadian Progress Club logo. For more information visit www.thebreeze1031.com/community.shtml. 01 December 2002 re: Keeping up with Christina Anyone interested in keeping track of bobsleigh pilot Christina Smith can visit her website at www.addperformance.com/teamsmith. 19 November 2002 re: St. Albert News CPC St. Albert reports its "Hallowfest" was a great success. The event occurred on October 26th, 2002 at the Italian Cultural Center in Edmonton and included a dinner, live auction, cigar room and dance. The generosity of a near sell-out crowd of 425 participants netted proceeds of $18,000. Kudos to the committee members for organizing this very successful event: Ian R. Thompson, Dave Williams, Ian M. Thompson, Barry Boyd, Cliff Hodgins, Don Andrews and Don Tougas. 18 November 2002 re: SaskEnergy Festival of Trees Regina Wascana is once again proud to present the SaskEnergy Festival of Trees which runs from November 21st to 24th at the Doris Knight Hall, Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts, Regina. For more information download the Festival's PowerPoint slide presentation (.ppt 1305KB) or call the Festival Information Line at (306) 721-8733 / 721-TREE. Ticket order forms are available here. 14 November 2002 re: Progression On-line See the November issue of the Progression On-line. This month's newsletter is a special Convention edition. 25 October 2002 re: Convention Photo Album It's finally here -- the first installment of the 2002 Convention Photo Album. Take a pictorial trip back to Canmore. Many thanks to photo contributors Denise Blakely, Janet Roach, Lucy Tougas, Janice Rathgaber and Terry Clarke. Roving candid photographer Denise Blakely has prepared a CD containing more than 600 pictures commemorating Convention from start to finish. Priced at only $10, this CD makes a terrific keepsake. If you are interested in purchasing a CD or would like more information, please contact dblakely@telusplanet.net. Photos of the 2002 National Award winners are still to come. Please check back. 07 October 2002 re: Post-Convention Convention 2002 is gone but not forgotten! Reports and pictures keep trickling in and a special Convention issue of the Progression is in the works. Stay tuned! 30 September 2002 re: Congratulations Congratulations to all the National Awards winners. Special mention to National Club of the Year: CPC Halifax and National Progressian of the Year: Drew Hooke (CPC Edmonton Downtown). A list of all award winners will appear in a Convention update early in October. 12 September 2002 re: Progression On-line It's back to Progress ... welcome to the fall session! Check out Progression On-line for a look at the September issue of the National bulletin. 10 September 2002 re: Email Address for National Office Leigh Ann Allen can now be reached via email at lallen@progressclub.ca. Please note the change of address for your records. Messages sent to mtrussler@progressclub.ca will continue to be forwarded to Leigh Ann for the time being. 01 September 2002 re: New National Club Administrator Welcome Leigh Ann Allen as the Canadian Progress Club National Club Administrator. Leigh Ann is taking over from Molly Trussler who is making a move to the West Coast. Although Molly is leaving the directorship, she is not leaving Progress. Best of luck Molly and thank you for your years of dedication and service. Contact for the National Office remains unchanged. Leigh Ann can be reached at 1-800-246-9908 or (416) 446-1830 or fax (416) 446-6857. Until her email account has been set up, please continue to email mtrussler@progressclub.ca. 08 August 2002 re: Call to Convention Please visit the Member Services section for a description of Board positions and nomination forms for Directors and Executive. 28 June 2002 re: Progression On-line It's here! Check out the June issue of Progression On-line! 27 June 2002 re: Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines... Deadline for Convention 2002 registrations is June 30th, 2002. Registrations will still be accepted after this date, but will be subject to late-registration fees. See this site's Convention Update for details, or go to Bow River's Convention 2002 website at http://www.cpcbowriver.com/Convention_2002/index.htm. Deadline for National Awards submissions is June 30th, 2002. Please see the Awards section of Member Services for details. 11 June 2002 re: Public Relations A new Public Relations page has been added to the Member Services section of this website. Public Relations Chair Donna Peake is actively developing the page in order to provide members with helpful information relating to PR and Progress. Please visit the new PR page under Member Services to read "An Introduction to Public Relations". 19 April 2002 re: Progression On-line The April issue of the National bulletin has hit the virtual newsstand! See Progression On-line for all the latest news from coast to coast! 17 April 2002 re: 2002 National Awards It's time for National Awards submissions. Please see Member Services for this year's instructions and guidelines for both individual and club awards. Also located under Member Services is National Awards Chairman Jean Scott's address to the membership regarding this year's awards. Please take a moment to read her letter. Note, the deadline for awards submissions is June 30th, 2002. 14 February 2002 re: Progression On-line It's here! The February issue of the National bulletin is now available for printing or reading on-line. See Progression On-line. 13 February 2002 re: Western Region Convention May 24-26 "Celebrating Us!" The 2002 Western Region Convention will be held from May 24th to 26th at the Red Deer Lodge in Red Deer, Alberta. The convention will once again be hosted by CPC Calgary City Centre. For more information on the convention, please visit the Western Region website at http://www.cpcwest.org/region_convention.htm. 08 February 2002 re: Calgary Eves Fund-Raiser on March 9th CPC Calgary Eves announce their annual Laughing Leprechaun Pub Night, a fund-raiser in support of the Calgary Homeless Foundation. The event goes March 9th, 2002. For more information please visit the South Zone Events page of the Western Region website at http://www.cpcwest.org/south_events.htm. 20 January 2002 re: Messages from National President & President-Elect President Al Gordon and President-Elect CJ MacMullin have updated the "President's Message" section of the web's Home page. Visit Home/President's Message for an inspirational read. 15 January 2002 re: National Board Meeting The meeting of the National Board will take place from 8:00 a.m. Saturday, February 2nd through to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 3rd, in Calgary at the Radisson Hotel, Airport. The agenda has been posted on the National Board page of the Member Services section. (If you do not have access to Member Services, please contact Molly Trussler.) 12 December 2001 re: Progression On-Line It's official -- the National Bulletin has gone on-line! To download your copy of Progression Editor Brenda McBain's first edition, or to read our web version on-line, go to Progression On-Line. 02 December 2001 re: Convention 2002 Early Bird Winner Congratulations to National Vice President (Great Plains Region) Orpha Campbell who was the winner of the Convention 2002 Early Bird draw for 40,000 air miles. Orpha's entry was among those who registered for the 2002 National Convention before the qualifying deadline of December 1st, 2001. Way to go, Orpha! We'll see you in Canmore in 2002! 24 November 2001 re: Convention 2002 Early Registration Deadline There's only one week left to get your Convention 2002 registration in by the Early Bird deadline of December 1st, 2001. All early registrants will be entered into a draw for 40,000 air miles. To register, please visit the Registration page of the Bow River website at http://www.cpcbowriver.com/Convention_2002/registration_01.htm. 15 November 2001 re: Invitation from Regina Wascana Donna Peake of CPC Regina Wascana extends an invitation to everyone to participate in the SaskEnergy Festival of Trees. The event runs from November 15th to 18th at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts.
10 November 2001 re: New Charter Welcome to the newest members of Progress! CPC Pictou County was chartered on November 9th, sponsored by Halifax-Cornwallis. 15 October 2001 re: Congratulations! Best wishes are extended to 2001 National Club of the Year, CPC Halifax, and accolades to both CPC Halifax and CPC Halifax-Cornwallis for hosting a splendid National Convention. Congratulations, also, to 2001 National Progressian of the Year, Janey Davies. Convention highlights and photos are starting to trickle in and will be posted here soon. 04 October 2001 re: Toronto Trillium Fundraiser on October 27th Toronto Trillium is having a Halloween Bowl-a-Thon on Saturday, October 27, 2001 at Parkway Bowlerama. It will start at 7:30 p.m. and features Bingo Bowling, Golf Bowling and High / Low scores. There will be prizes galore and tasty refreshments. Tickets are $35 per bowler, but if you can raise $70 in pledges, your $35 will be refunded! For further information, call Karen Mrkonjic at 416-391-3680 after 4:00 p.m. or e-mail kmrkonjic@debeerscanada.com . 25 September 2001 re: Message from the President CPC President Bill Sornberger has added some thoughtful and heartfelt words to the Progression Online submissions. Please see an updated Progression Online for Bill's message. 20 September 2001 re: Progression Online The National Bulletin, "The Progression" is venturing on-line. The final format, with consideration to layout, delivery and content is still in the approval stages. The on-line version is striving to be navigable and up-to-date, while still maintaining the best aspects of the hard-copy version. It may take a few dry-runs to achieve this goal, but we couldn't call ourselves Progressians if we weren't making progress! In the meantime, a temporary format has been published to accommodate the numerous articles that must be received by the membership before Convention. Please take a moment to review the 2001 Convention material that has been submitted to Progression Online. 14 September 2001 re: Call to Convention Please check the Convention page for National Convention 2001 updates. The Call to Convention is posted here, as well as motions, schedules and proxies. 30 August 2001 re: Convention Schedule Only 43 more days until the 2001 National Convention! Click here to see the events schedule. 29 August 2001 re: Members Update President Bill Sornberger offers a "Members Update". See Member Services for Bill's report. 21 June 2001 re: Eves Report In 1977, the Calgary Eves made history by being the first ever women's service club to be chartered in Canada. Still going strong, the Eves are now leaving a legacy to the community with their millennium project: The Canadian Progress Club Calgary Eves Scholarship Fund. To find out more about this worthy project, click here. 07 June 2001 re: National Awards 2001 The awards guidelines and format documents have been updated for 2001. They can be found in the Awards section of Member Services. The deadline for awards submissions is June 30, 2001. 06 June 2001 re: Regina Centre Regina Centre Club has added CPC's latest on-line presence! Visit them at http://www.reginaprogress.com . A link to their club's website as well as links to other clubs' sites can be found on the Contact Info/Regions & Clubs page. 15 May 2001 re: National Awards 2001 It's time for National Awards submissions. Awards information is available under Member Services. National Awards Chairman Jean Scott has published a letter for all club presidents regarding this year's awards. Please take a moment to read it. 20 March 2001 re: Promotion of Progress National Marketing and Communications Director, Donna Peake, has prepared an information package regarding the promotion of Progress. 2001 is the International Year of the Volunteer, providing a wonderful opportunity for the Canadian Progress Club to be promoted through initiatives that are being done by the media. For further details and to learn what individual clubs can do to increase the profile of Progress in the media, read Canadian Progress Club Promotion (.doc 26KB) by Donna Peake. 19 March 2001 re: Calgary Stampede (July 6th - 15th, 2001) Yeehaw! Planning a trip to Calgary during the 2001 Stampede (July 6 - 15)? Calgary Progressians would be delighted to include you among the participants of their annual Stampede events. Activities include:
30 January 2001 The next meeting of the National Board of Directors will occur at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, February 3, 2001 (with continuation on Sunday, February 4, 2001) at the Investors Group Building, 200 Yorkland Blvd. Toronto, ON. Board members are asked to look over the meeting agenda prepared by President Bill and to fill out the Board Self-Evaluation questionnaire prior to the meeting. If unable to attend the meeting, please forward the completed questionnaire to Molly by fax or email. The results of the questionnaire will be kept confidential.
28 November 2000 The Regina Centre club has established an incentive plan to grow membership in the Great Plains Region. All members of Progress are eligible to receive rewards for referrals to the Moose Jaw Thunder Creek and Winnipeg Gateway clubs. Details of the program are available on-line or by contacting Lindsay Shull by email at l.shull@sk.sympatico.ca or by phone at 306-347-7833. 05 November 2000 The national award results are in. Special congratulations to: Glenn Montgomery, who was inducted into the National Hall of Fame Terry Clarke, who received the National Progressian of the Year award, and Calgary Bow River, who received the National President's Award for club of the year. The full awards presentation is now available on-line or can be downloaded in PowerPoint format. 05 November 2000 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting are now available for download. 15 October 2000 Many thanks to the clubs in Collingwood for a very educational and productive National Convention 2000. See our new club development section for a sample of some of the seminar presentations and related links. 21 September 2000 CPC Calgary Bow River announces a new theme for the Thursday hospitality suite at this year's National Convention! Survivor CPC St. Albert becomes the 12th club to go on-line at www.cpcstalbert.com 14 September 2000 The National Website Project team has set up a web collaboration environment to facilitate content gathering from across the country. Members with an email address will be given access to the collaboration site on October 2nd. 08 September 2000 Convention 2000 in Collingwood is drawing near. The schedule of events is now available for your planning in HTML or in Word format.. 09 August 2000 Congratulations Tony and Pam Murray! ... the baby has arrived. Alex Murray was born on Monday, August 7, 2000 at 5:32am after 22 hours of interesting labour. 05 June 2000 The Canadian Progress - Western Region has pledged $2000 towards funding the National Web site project, and has issued the attached challenge to other Regions and clubs in Canada: Web Site Challenge A team is being assembled to define and develop an enhanced National website. Interested Progressians can contact the National webmaster. 01 June 2000 Halifax and Halifax Cornwallis websites go live ... Check it out! 04 May 2000 The Western Region website goes live ... Check it out! 30 April 2000 Moose Jaw Thunder Creek
On Sat. April 29, the usually quiet and relaxing Temple Garden Spa in downtown Moose Jaw was rock'n when the Wascana ladies lead by Darlene and Janey chartered our newest club into Progress. This is an excellent example of the potential for new clubs all across Canada, as our club is recognized as an exciting and young service club to join. National President Tony from the St. John's club in Newfoundland was on hand to do the inductions. Clubs from across Canada sent their best wishes and club members from Regina Wascana, Regina Assiniboine, Regina Centre, Saskatoon Meewasin, Saskatoon Downtown, Calgary Eves, and Calgary Bow River were in attendance to help welcome an excellent group of guys into Progress. I'm sure Thunder Creek will be heard in the future. 14 April 2000 The 2000 National Award Program has been updated and placed on the web for club use. Deadline for National Award submissions is June 30, 2000. 13 April 2000 THUNDER CREEK! Moose Jaw is set to host the next charter Canadian Progress Club, bringing to two the number of new clubs chartered in the last 12 months. See the attached announcement for details. 31 March 2000 Al Gordon announces his intention to run for the office of National President Elect!
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