CWIA Update - 4 July 2006 Happy Canada Day (3 days ago!)! Did you celebrate? Were you working this long weekend? The weather in Vancouver was terrrrrific! And I'm only bragging because usually our Canada Day weather is the worst! Since I was having so much fun outside this weekend, here's a quicky email to remind you of a few meetings coming up this month. Not sure if there's a meeting in your area? Go to www.cwia.ca and click on the webpage for the chapter nearest you. There's contact info there for each chapter, and you can email them directly to find out what's not listed here! FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR JOBS Thanks to Kathryn McMahon for passing this info along in late June: 'You may want to speak to Bill Zoochkan at the Perimeter Flight School. Four instructors have just given notice to go to Bearskin and one other company. I'm sure he is going to be looking to hire. K.' Never know! Couldn't hurt! MEMBER UPDATES Vanessa Colombo is back in Vancouver! Fresh from her fun-filled (and exhausting!) job in Club Med in the Carribbean, she's got lots of stories to tell, and will be remaining in Canada for a while. Guess who's flying for Harmony?! Arctic Annie! Annie Lagueux, whose career has taken her from the Maldives to the far reaches of northern Canada, on floats, Skis and even on rides when everyone onboard jumped out of the plane (luckily they always wore parachutes!), is now as we speak training on B757s with Harmony Airways based in Vancouver! Congrats Annie - have a great time with it! CHAPTER NEWS WINNIPEG Winnipeg Chapter - Northern Spirit meets on the first Wednesday of each month. GOLF! DATE: Wednesday July 5 TIME: 7:00 pm The Players Golf Course, 2695 Inkster Blvd (1/4 mile west of Route 90, just north of YWG), 697-4976 What does golf and flying have in common? We don't know either, but does it really matter? By popular request we're going to the driving range for our July meeting! Come on out to Players Golf Course Wednesday July 5th with your bug spray and clubs in hand and work on your swing or just hit a bucket of balls for fun. Don't worry if you've never golfed before, Kristin's just learning too, or head over to the club house ahead of the crowd for an ice-cold beverage. Golf clubs are available for rent for only $1.50 if you don't have any of your own - who knew? For more information contact cwiaywg@hotmail.com VANCOUVER Vancouver TOWER Tour, and tour of Airport Operations Ops Centre DATE: Thursday July 6th, 2006 PARKING: We have free parking located at the west end of the North Service Road, in the gravel lot on the left. NOT the employee lot, but past, last place to park on the left side. That road runs parallel to the main road into YVR (Grant McConachie way). We've parked there before a while ago, and if you need more directions, contact Teara at tearafraser@hotmail.com TIME: Starting around 6pm, both the tour of the Ops Centre (very cool plasma screens, Smart Board, and modern equipment!) and the ATC Tower will be in shifts, and Teara is co-ordinating, so please email her. She'll email the details of where to meet, when. And when you're in the Ops Centre, ask about the Bat Phone! TORONTO Aviation Day DATE: Saturday August 12 TIME: from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at Waterloo Airport The Toronto chapter will be participating at Aviation day with a booth for Women in Aviation. Come stop by and say hi. Volunteers will be staffing our booth to provide information about our organization and recruit new members. The event will also include sightseeing flights, helicopter rides, charity barbeque and many aircraft on static display. See you there! QUOTE for you, to think about this summer: 'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.' ~ Anonymous What have you done lately, that's really taken your breath away? What would you like to do? What's stopping you? Happy Summer! Your Chapter (and prospective chapter) Presidents, Teara Fraser in Vancouver (#14156) Katie Childerhose in Winnipeg (#9160) Michelle Bentzen in Calgary (#6037) Lisa Graham in Toronto (#8030) Lianne Boileau in Ottawa-Gatineau (#10827) as well as Newly Forming Prospective Chapters: Rosella Bjornson in Edmonton (#4771) Toni Duguay (#14386) in Montreal ~ If you ever wish to not receive these emails again, please let us know and we can take you off the list no problemo! ~ What's your chapter up to? Find out at www.cwia.ca ~ Haven't joined WAI yet? Do so online at www.wai.org and mention your chapter and your chapter president's name and number above.