Reminder: Volunteer Recognition and AGM Tonight – May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017
Do you have your membership? Renewals Available!
May 26, 2017
Become a Member: (please note the membership year is not the calendar year, it runs from April 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018)
We invite you – and each of your neighbours – to join the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association by getting this year’s (2017/2018) residents membership FREE.
Your community association does many things for you and your neighbours. For example, we:
- Host community events such as the Stampede BBQ, Community Recycling Day and the Santa Claus Breakfast;
- Work with the City to comment on proposed developments and to address traffic issues;
- Keep you informed about your neighbourhood via a monthly newsletter, e-newsletter, Facebook and Twitter; and
- Maintain the Community Hall, which includes four rentable halls, basketball hoops and the hockey rink for your use.
Over the past couple of years your community association has also built the:
- Community Garden;
- 7th Street Playground;
- Two demonstration Rain Gardens;
- Centennial Garden;
- and we are currently working with the City to finish the Munro Park redevelopment.
There are many benefits to holding a membership in your Community Association:
- Discounts or free admission to community events or programs; and
- Finding out about, and having your voice heard on, issues affecting the neighbourhood.
For residents to join the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association (free for the 2017/2018 year) please complete this form.
For non-residents or businesses (associates members) to join the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association ($10 for the 2017/2018 year) please complete this form. (You will be redirected to PayPal upon submission).
Please Note:
If you DO NOT complete the paypal payment at the end of the form your information WILL NOT be processed and you will be required to RESUBMIT the form.
Also note the membership year is not the calendar year, it runs from April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017
Reminder: AGM Special Resolution: Bylaw Update – May 30, 2017
At the Annual General Meeting on May 30 at 7pm a Special Resolution to update the organization’s bylaws will be put forward to the membership of Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association.
The last update to our bylaws was made in May 2010 and over the past seven years Directors have, from time to time, recommended changes which this Special Resolution aims to address. These recommended edits are proposed in order to:
- Update Membership sections to reflect the current practice of Memberships being by household rather than by individual.
- Expand Associate Membership to include businesses and not just individuals who live outside the community.
- Allow a limited number of Associate Members to serve as Directors.
- Expand Conflict of Interest to include more than “tender or contract to be submitted to the Association.”
- Improve consistency of language throughout the document.
All members are encouraged to review the proposed changes in detail here and provide any comments or direct any questions to DJ Kelly at whmv@djkelly.ca prior to the meeting.
2016-2017 Draft Financial Statements for Review
Reminder: The Winston Heights-Mountview Refugee Response (WHMRR) Fundraiser
The Winston Heights-Mountview Refugee Response (WHMRR) invites you and your family to a fundraiser for the Syrian family supported by so many wonderful residents of the Winston Heights-Mountview community. All of the proceeds of the fundraiser will go to the family’s significant upcoming expenses. Please take this opportunity to meet our wonderful newcomer family!
The fundraiser will take place at the WHMCA Hall on May 26 2017 with a buffet style dinner of traditional Syrian food served from 5:30-8:30 pm. Tickets are $20, but children 12 and under can join and eat for free. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase at the event.
Tickets can be purchased through EventBrite by searching WHMRR, using this link, https://www.eventbrite.
Thank you to the community of Winston Heights-Mountview for your ongoing support for this worthwhile cause. We look forward to seeing you at the dinner!
– Winston Heights-Mountview Refugee Response
Very Happy Belated 101st Birthday to Jim Holiday
May 25, 2017
We wish you all the best Jim! Sorry we missed getting this post up yesterday, but we are wishing you all the best in 2017!
Bill Reinhardt: Long Service Volunteer Award
May 24, 2017
In a ceremony in his home, on Thursday May 18, a group of WHMCA past presidents and current board members presented the first Long Service Volunteer Award to Bill Reinhardt. This plaque will be hung in the foyer of the Community Association building, where Bill contributed thousands of hours of volunteer time over decades.