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DECEMBER 2017 DESPATCHES

THIS ISSUE..

Season’s Greetings & Best Wishes

Triple A Career Expo

Organizational Changes

Ontario Volunteer Service Awards Nominations

National Courses

Effective Speaking

Debating

Deadline Reminders

AGM

New Board of Governors

New Life Members and Honorary Members

Updated Staff Contacts

Lottery Bonus Books Available

In Memorium

Key Dates and Deadlines

Air Cadet League of Canada Ontario Provincial Committee

OPC Holiday Hours The OPC Office will be closed from the end of the business day on Friday, December 22, 2017 for two weeks and will re-open Monday, January 8, 2018. Please do not arrange couriered packages to be delivered within this timeframe. The OPC office has arranged Canada Post mail hold service during this time for holding of regular mail only.

Triple ‘A’ Career Expo Aviation | Aerospace | Air Cadets

This is an APPROVED activity. FREE admission to all Air Cadets and Officers!

In partnership with our industry and education partners, the Air Cadet League

of Canada is pleased to announce the first of a planned series of Career Expo

events in support of our Air Cadets. This event will bring together employers, as-

sociations and educators involved in aviation and aerospace sectors to interact with

Air Cadets from Ontario and Quebec.

What: The Triple ‘AAA’ Career Expo will be supporting Air Cadets from

Squadrons across Ontario and Quebec to attend this unique event

and gain insights into the companies, occupations, educators and

career directions needed to pursue the quality job opportunities

available throughout Canada.

Where: Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa (1701 Woodroffe Ave.)

When: Sunday, April 15, 2018 from 10 AM to 5 PM

The National office will be assisting Squadrons with bus transportation and

will be coordinating routes through parts of Ontario and Quebec.

Information sheet on p.3...

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Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes

On behalf of the Board of Governors and staff of the Ontario Provincial Committee of the Air Cadet League of Canada we wish to thank all our OPC volunteers, Squadron Sponsoring Committee members, sponsors, ROC Chairs, Regional Team Leaders, and donors who do so much to make the Air Cadet movement the finest youth program in Canada. The countless hours put in by you our volunteers make it all happen and we are very grateful to you for the immense, sometimes unsung, effort you put in to the program. We would also thank the officers, non-commissioned officers, civilian instructors and civilian volunteers throughout the system who are so dedicated in delivering the air cadet program. You are an inspiration to us all.

As we enter the holiday season we wish the very best for you and your families.

Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays

and Happy New Year to you from us.

John Nolan CD Governor and Chair Air Cadet League of Canada Ontario Provincial Committee

Michael Hopkins Executive Director Ontario Provincial Committee Air Cadet League of Canada

Pictured above: 883 Markham RC(Air)CS (bottom left), 724 Midland RC(Air)CS (bottom right) and 351 Unionville RC(Air)CS Cadets (top) participating

Get Ready for the

Triple AAA Career Expo!

Aviation, Aerospace & Air Cadets!

I n partnership with our industry and education partners, the Air Cadet

League of Canada is pleased to announce the first of a planned series of Career Expo events in support of our Air Cadets.

Scheduled for Sunday, April 15, 2018at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa, this event will bring together employers, associations and educators involved in aviation and aerospace sectors to interact with Air Cadets from Ontario and Quebec.

The Triple ‘AAA’ Career Expo will be supporting Air Cadets from Squadrons across Ontario and Quebec to attend this unique event and gain insights into the companies, occupations, educators and career directions needed to pursue the quality job opportunities available throughout Canada.

We will be assisting Squadrons with bus transporta-tion and will be coordinating routes through parts of On-tario and Quebec.

STAY TUNED for full details in the new year!!

Be part of this exciting event that can help you build your career

path to the exciting jobs in aviation and aerospace!

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SPECIAL NEWS RELEASE PARTNERS

For Squadrons, SSCs & Air Cadets

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Sunday April 15, 2018

Nepean Sports Complex 1701 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This is an APPROVED activity. FREE admission to all Air Cadets and Officers!

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Changes Within the OPC

Four key organizational changes were announced to the membership by way of email on December 21, 2017.

Changes include:

Addition of 1 Regional Operations Committee (ROC)- bringing us from 13 to 14 ROCs - and the introduc-tion of Regional Effective Speaking (RES) groups

ROC meetings will be held less frequently and on an 'as-needed,' locally agreed basis and virtual meeting technology is available to be used

Title of Regional Team Leader (RTL) and ROC Chairperson will change to Squadron Director (SD) and Regional Director (RD), respectively, and additional focus on Director recruitment through an applica-tion process, not a nomination process

Squadron Operations Council (SOC) is being stood up for operation in Spring 2018.

For more information, please refer to the information package created and uploaded to the member-only content—announcements section - of our website titled, ‘Changes Within the OPC’ or click here.

Director and Volunteer Recruitment

In the beginning of November 2017, a Director and Volunteer Recruitment

Survey had been distributed to the membership. The OPC Board of

Governors would like to thank everyone who has participated in the sur-

vey—which has immensely assisted the facilitation of rebuilding the organi-

zational structure.

We encourage you to also consider others in your cadet experience

who you feel would be a good fit to become a Regional or Squadron

Director and supply us with their names to OPC Governor and

Organizational Renewal Committee Chairperson, Roberta Foisy at

RECRUITMENT@aircadetleague.on.ca. These roles would be a great

fit for anyone retiring or leaving the CIC as their experience would

also be an asset.

The goal is to build a team of Squadron Directors and Regional Directors that will support and mentor each

other and for all positions to be filled and in operation at full capacity in one year. To fill the vacant positions

a basic application process in involved. The Regional and Squadron Director application form is available

here and on the member-only content section of our website. The Regional Director Job Description may be

found here. The Squadron Director Job Description may be found here.

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2017-2018 Board of Governors Officers:

John P. Nolan, CD – Chairperson

Daniel M. Hutt – 1st Vice-Chairperson

W.(Mike) Boyle, CD—2nd Vice Chairperson

Stephen D. Moody, CD – Treasurer

G.R. (Greg) Merrill, CD – Immediate Past Chairperson

Members:

Roberta Foisy | Ferguson A. Mobbs, CD | David W. Ronson

Richard N. Akerlund | Sidney B. Thompson | Philip A. Haynes

Appointed as National Delegates:

W. (Mike) Boyle, CD | Stephen D. Moody, CD | Roberta Foisy

John P. Nolan, CD | Daniel M. Hutt | Richard A. Mortensen

Greg R. Merrill, CD | Todd A. Patterson | Edwina J. Thompson

This Year’s AGM Photos—Available on FlickR Air Cadet League, OPC

Newly Elected as HONORARY MEMBER David S. Brown, CD

Newly Elected as LIFE MEMBER William J. Cumming

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Debating

QUESTIONS?/COMMENTS?CONTACT:

Jackie Villanueva or George Hough

This year’s competition will be held on April 28, 2018 at

Mohawk College (Hamilton, ON). The ‘OPC Effective

Speaking Program Competition Guide 2018’ has been dis-

tributed to all Effective Speaking Coordinators in Decem-

ber. The above-noted guide and other valuable re-

sources are available on the front-end and member-only

sections of our website: ‘OPC Net’ & ‘Parent & Cadet Resources’.

We would like to encourage squadron staff and SSCs to engage more cadets in this awesome program, prov-

en to help cadets develop confidence, public speaking skills and leadership, amongst many others.

The table on the following page is the Squadron List for the Effective Speaking Program Regions with the

contact information of Regional Coordinators.

Effective Speaking Coordinators:

jackie.villanueva@aircadetleague.on.ca//647-284-0970

houghg@cogeco.ca//905-979-5661

Effective Speaking

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Ontario Provincial Air Cadet Debating Competition. Our province –

wide Air Cadet Debating Competition is once again set to take place at Mohawk College in Hamilton on Sunday,

April 29, 2018.

Top Cadet Interviews

Every squadron has a Top Cadet.

The Awards & Recognition

Committee wants to meet them!

Top Cadet Interviews were held on Saturday, Sep-

tember 30, 2017 at the OPC office in Markham, ON.

Meet the panel: Maj Lisa LaCombe, CD (left), David

D. Hayden, CD—former National President, Former

OPC Chairperson, and OPC Life Member (middle)

and Michelle Bourgeois, OPC Director (right).

The 2017 Ontario

Cadet-of-the-Year is

WO2 Louis Breithaupt.

Bravo Zulu!

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2018 Regional Effective Speaking Coordinators

RES Squadrons Geographic

Area Regional ES Coordinator Email Telephone

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110, 142, 166, 180, 188, 246, 330, 618, 631, 700, 818, 876

Core City of Toronto

John Evans john.evans@aircadetleague.on.ca 905-477-4411 ext. 227

2 132, 197, 242, 756, 758,

789, 800, 845, 892 Mississauga,

Peel Karen Foley k.foley197cv@gmail.com 905-699-1781

3 8, 94, 140, 283, 351, 659, 707, 778, 883

York Region,

Simcoe TBA

4 2, 151, 172, 173, 534, 598, 608, 704, 718, 851, 856

Pickering to Picton

Tehmina Peshimam tehmina@peshimam.com 905-903-1112

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58, 253, 325, 379, 585, 638, 653, 661, 870, 999

Kingston East Janelle Bucci jpbucci@gmail.com 613-929-2529

6 99, 102, 295, 714,

724, 734, 844 Barrie, Orillia,

Parry Sound

Tammy Hebner

Craig Hawkins dthebner@rogers.com

hawkinsfamily@rogers.com

705-549-0348

705-526-2194

7 85, 164, 167, 183, 340, 532, 543, 769, 812, 895

Huron, Grey Bruce

Deb Fletcher 812ssc@gmail.com 519-665-2423

8 80, 104, 121, 296,

530, 822 Cambridge, Kitchener

Sharmila Menon Nair

sharmilamenon@gmail.com 519-591-6716

9 150, 540, 713, 715,

735, 779, 820, 826 Halton,

Hamilton George Hough houghg@cogeco.ca 905-528-7908

10 023, 062, 079, 087,126,

128, 337, 611, 809

Niagara Region

Maj Dave Leonard leondave@sympatico.ca 905-945-2893

11 003, 019, 027, 153, 201,

599, 614,741, 862 London Region

Roberta Foisy foisyroberta@hotmail.com 519-630-8593

12 044, 291, 294, 364, 535

Sarnia,

Windsor

Dan McQuillan Sid Thompson

sid.b.thompson@hotmail.com dmcquilly@sympatico.ca

519-384-8135 519- 383-0882

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Northern Ontario

TBA

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900, 906, 908 North Western

Ontario Rick Mortensen ramjam14@shaw.ca 1 (807) 877-8056

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Ontario Volunteer Service Awards

Publicly Acknowledge Your SSC Members and Volunteer Staff Members!

These awards are presented by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, in order to recognize volunteers for providing committed and dedicated service to an organization. Over 300 OPC members &

Squadron volunteers have received the Award since 2007.

These Awards make a particularly good addition to the resumes of your younger volunteers!

Get the Volunteer Service Form from:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/honours-and-awards-volunteering

Submit your nomination online

Adults are recognized by the length of time they’ve volunteered with one or-ganization, ranging from five to 65 years of continuous service. Youth (24 years old and under) are recognized for two or more years of continuous service.

Who is eligible?

An organization can nominate up to nine volunteers, with a maximum of six

adults.

Your nominee must be:

a resident and volunteer in Ontario

an active member in an organization that has existed for at least five years

You cannot nominate someone:

who has been paid for their volunteer work

who volunteered the services as part of their regular work or

professional responsibilities

Selection process

The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration reviews all nominees and sends a

letter to the organization to confirm their nomination has been accepted.

Award presentation

The awards are presented at ceremonies across Ontario from March to June.

The recipients are given a stylized trillium service pin and a personalized certifi-

cate to acknowledge their years of service. Each recipient can bring one guest

and their organization can invite two representatives.

Deadline:

Thursday, January 25, 2018

If your nomination is received after the deadline, it will be considered for next year’s award.

Let us know!

Be sure to send the OPC Office a copy of your confirmation letter, so that we can add it to your volunteers’ profiles in the database!

Need help or advice?

If you need assistance with the forms, or wish to check whether or not your volunteers are eligible or have been previously recognized….

CONTACT

John Evans

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National Courses

The National Courses Handbooks for 2018 have been distributed to SSC

Chairpersons, OPC Directors, Squadron Commanding Officers and Zone

Training Officers at the end of November.

There are two National Courses Handbooks:

Available in the Member-Only Content section of our website ‘OPC Net’

National Courses Handbook 2018 - Sqn Staff and SSC Chairperson_V2 Dec 2.pdf (For Sqn Staff and SSC Chairpersons)

Available in the Member-Only Content section of our website ‘OPC Net’ & ‘Parent & Cadet Resources’ tab

National Courses Handbook 2018 - Cadets and Parents_V2 Dec 20.pdf (For Cadets and Parents)

Please share the National Courses Handbook for Cadets and Parents with any Cadet applying for a National

Course.

90|10 Rule

Again this year, OPC has decided to continue with the 90/10 rule. Basically, up to 10% of the PPS and GPS

billets available will be for any squadron who has not had a cadet attend a PPS or GPS Summer Training in the

past two years, and a cadet has qualified with a minimum overall score of 60% will be selected.

Home-schooled Cadets

Squadron COs/staff must advise Anne Kozich (anne.kozich@aircadetleague.on.ca) and Craig Hawkins

(hawkinsfamily1326@gmail.com) if a cadet is home-schooled as an educational assessment with an interview

is required.

INTERVIEW SCHEDULES & PRIMARY COORDINATOR

Anne Kozich

NARRATIVE & EDUCATION SCORING

Mike Rosenlund

RECRUITMENT OF COORDINATORS & VOLUNTEERS FOR INTERVIEW LOCATIONS

Jackie Villanueva

National Courses Volunteers Wanted!

Scoring of the educational transcripts/report cards, and for the narratives at the OPC office during regular business hours. If you are available and able to assist, please contact Mike Rosenlund at mike.rosenlund@aircadetleague.on.ca.

National Courses Interviews on February 10 or 11 (for NW-ON). If you are interested in participating at an interview location, please contact Jackie Villanueva at jackie.villanueva@aircadetleague.on.ca and advise which interview location you are interested in attending.

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We have a number of lottery books available at the OPC office that you qualify to sell as Bonus Books. For every bonus book sold, $35.00 will go back to the squadron. Please advise, John Evans, how many more books you would like to have and he will make sure that they are delivered via overnight courier.

As an added incentive, we will provide 2-sided, 4” x 6” postcard style lottery information cards with your bonus book order!

Bonus Books Are Still Available

Lottery

All interim sales proceeds and ticket stubs were to be submitted to the OPC office by December 1, 2017.

Final returns of sales proceeds, ticket stubs, unsold books, and payment for lost or unsold books, must be

received in the OPC Office by March 31, 2018.

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS? CONTACT:

John Evans

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Lottery Proceeds Fund:

Maintenance of our plane and glider fleet

Awards, bursaries, and scholarships

Band instruments, biathlon equipment

Support squadron activi-ties

Volunteer training and support

1st Grand Prize

Choice of 1 of 2 vehicles: One 2018 Jeep Wrangler, Unlimited Sport 4 x 4 @

$49,700 MSRP, all taxes included; OR One 2018 Jeep Cherokee Limited FWD

@ $49,700 MSRP, all taxes included.

Choice of 1 of 2 vehicles: One 2018 Jeep Renegade North 4 x 4 @ $38, 200

MSRP, all taxes included; OR One 2018 Jeep Compass North FWD @ $38,200

MSRP, all taxes included. 2nd

Grand Prize

3rd Grand Prize

5 prizes of $7,600 cash each!

18 prizes of $760 cash each!

Ontario Lottery License No. 8905

Draw Date: April 19, 2018

4th Prize

*prizes not exactly as shown

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OPC’s Podcast—Episode 2 is Now Available

Cleared for Take Off is the OPC’s podcast which is aimed at current, and former cadets, parents, staff and po-

tential donors! Navigate to our website (www.aircadetleague.on.ca) , select “Podcasts” under the “Parent &

Cadet Resources” menu item.

E-Learning Modules Now Available in OPC Net

Members that have access to the member-only content section of our website may now utilize the eLearning

module feature! Each module focuses on core operational parts of the Squadron Sponsoring Committee.

Also available in this section:

The Operational Guide for SSC

Chairpersons and Commanding

Officers

MoU Guide for Squadron Spon-

soring Committee

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS? CONTACT:

Silva Chan

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OPC Welcomes New Financial Services Coordinator

Air Cadet League of Canada, Ontario Provincial Committee is pleased to announce the addition of Jessie Nguyen to our team as the Financial Ser-vices Coordinator to further our endeavor of streamlining communica-tions with squadrons. Jessie will be working with Nicky’s guidance to provide the SSC’s with the

financial assistance required to maintain compliance with OPC

requirements. Jessie will initially review the ACC9’s, if you have balanc-

ing problems she will be on hand to resolve them for you as well as pro-

vide assistance with historical issues. Jessie will also be billing invoices to

squadrons, if you have any inquiries regarding amounts outstanding

please contact her.

Jessie will be in the OPC office from Monday to Friday from 8am until 4pm. Please do not hesitate to contact

her either by phone, 905-477-4411 or 1-800-513-0952 ext. 228 or by email,

jessie.nguyen@aircadetleague.on.ca.

Jessie comments “I’m here to help squadron SSC meet their financial compliance requirements and ac-counting duties with ease”.

New National Executive Director

MGen (ret’d) Pierre Forgues has been appointed to the position of

Executive Director for the National office and will be replacing Sarah

Matresky after seven years of service as Executive Director and 12

years with the League.

Pictured to the left is National President, Don Berrill (left) and MGen

(ret’d) Pierre Forgues (right).

“I am very honoured to have been selected to join the Air Cadet League of Canada

management team. I look forward to working with League members and our indus-

try and DND partners in the development, deployment, and conduct of a world class

youth development program.“

- said the new Executive Director.

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Michael Hopkins | Executive Director

ext. 223 | michael.hopkins@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact Michael for:

OPC BOG & EC , Board Committee Support

Insurance & Risk Management

Financial Management

Corporate Partners & Sponsorship

Provincial Operational Support

Silva Chan | Administrative Assistant

ext. 221 | silva.chan@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact Silva for:

Website Technical Support & Social Media Postings

Squadron & Member Information Changes

Registration & Screening Status Updates & Replace-

ment Card Requests

Despatches and Article Submissions

Nicky Grantham | Financial Services ext. 230 | nicky.grantham@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact Nicky for:

Expense Claim Status

Canada Revenue Agency Inquiries

OPC Assessment Fees

Accounting Principles, Procedures, & Best Practices

ACC9 Processing & Support

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Jessie Nguyen | Financial Services Coordinator

ext. 228 | jessie.nguyen@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact Jessie for:

Air Cadet Service Medal Requests

Tax Receipts & Donation Agreements

Accounts Receivables

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CONTACT YOUR PDO FOR:

SSC Mentoring, Training, &

Support

ROC Director Support

SSC Financial & Regulatory

Compliance

Volunteer Recruitment

Program Monitoring & Conflict

Resolution

ext. 227 | john.evans@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact John for:

Lottery Information

Awards & Recognition

Jackie Villanueva | Program Development Officer

647-284-0970 | jackie.villanueva@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact Jackie for:

Effective Speaking & Debating Competition Support

Graduation Parade and Annual Ceremonial Review

Coordination

Cadet Training Centre (CTC) Coordination

John Evans | Program Development Officer

23 St. Catharines

62 Grimsby

79 Port Colborne

87 Welland

110 Agincourt

126 Niagara Falls

128 Thorold

142 Mimico

166 Toronto

180 Toronto

188 Downsview

246 Toronto

330 Toronto

337 Fort Erie

540 Oakville

611 Dunnville

618 Toronto

631 Scarborough

700 Etobicoke

715 Burlington

789 Mississauga

800 Mississauga

809 Niagara on the Lake

818 Toronto

820 Milton

845 Mississauga

876 Scarborough

883 Markham

3 Strathroy

19 Stratford

27 London

44 Sarnia

80 Kitchener

104 Brantford

121 Guelph

150 Hamilton

153 Tillsonburg

201 Dorchester

253 Lancaster

291 Blenheim

294 Chatham

296 Cambridge

325 Cornwall

364 Windsor

379 Alexandria

530 Waterloo

535 Leamington

585 Smiths Falls

614 London

638 Pembroke

653 Renfrew

661 Prescott

713 Stoney Creek

735 Hamilton

741 St. Thomas

779 Mount Hope

822 Kitchener

826 Hamilton

862 Lambeth

870 Brockville

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ext. 225 | anne.kozich@aircadetleague.on.ca

Contact Anne for:

Registration & Screening policies & procedures

AGM Registration & meeting requirements

National Courses information

Halenda’s & Nevada fundraising

Anne Kozich | Program Development Officer

ext. 224 | mike.rosenlund@aircadetleague.on.ca

Provincial Training Development

OPC Office IT Support

Branding

AGM Cadet Workshop

Mike Rosenlund | Program Development Officer

8 Richmond Hill

85 Grand Valley

94 Newmarket

99 Orillia

102 Barrie

132 Brampton

140 Aurora

164 Shelburne

167 Owen Sound

183 Kincardine

197 Acton

242 Erin

283 Woodbridge

340 Port Elgin

351 Unionville

532 Goderich

543 Wingham

659 Pefferlaw

707 Stouffville

714 Wasaga Beach

724 Midland

734 Alliston

756 Georgetown

758 Brampton

769 Listowel

778 Richmond Hill

812 Hanover

892 Cheltenham

895 Mount Forest

2 Whitby

10 Timmins

58 Kingston

70 Thunder Bay

151 Oshawa

155 Sault Ste Marie

172 Bowmanville

173 Trenton

200 Sudbury

227 Geraldton

270 Sioux Lookout

288 Kirkland Lake

295 Parry Sound

355 Englehart

534 Peterborough

547 North Bay

598 Cobourg

600 Atikokan

608 Belleville

645 Kenora

696 Blind River

704 Trenton

718 Port Hope

792 Iroquois Falls

844 Huntsville

851 Picton

856 Pickering

900 Marathon

906 Vermillion Bay

908 Fort Frances

999 Amherstview

CONTACT YOUR PDO FOR:

SSC Mentoring, Training, &

Support

ROC Director Support

SSC Financial & Regulatory

Compliance

Volunteer Recruitment

Program Monitoring & Conflict

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In Memorium

Frederick E. Coleman: on January 4. A long-time staff member of 62 and

150 Squadrons in Hamilton, First Officer RCAF 1942-1945 with 514 Squadron RAF. Reactivated in 1961

with 62 and 150 Hamilton Tiger Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets until retirement age in 1985.

Member at large of RCAFA, Bomber Command Association of Canada and Supporter of Canadian War-

plane Heritage Museum, Lancaster VRA and the RCAF Memorial Museum.

Shane Mobbs : on March 1. Adult son of a member of the OPC Board of Governors, LCol (Ret’d)

Ferguson Mobbs. The Mobbs family are well-known throughout the Air Cadet community, both in On-

tario and nationally.

Connie Silva : on March 18. Vice-Chair for the Sponsoring Committee of 700 David Hornell VC Squadron, in Etobicoke. Recipient

of an Ontario Volunteer Service Award in 2014 and OPC Certificate of Merit at the 2016 OPC Annual General Meeting and confer-

ence.

John Cox : on April 13. A long-time member and Chairperson of the Sponsoring Committee for 779 Black Knight Squadron in

Mount Hope, as well as of the Squadron’s Sponsor: 447 (City of Hamilton) Wing, RCAF Association. He was SSC Chair on three occa-

sions when 779 was recognized with the Ed Christensen Trophy as the Top SSC in the Niagara, Hamilton & K-W Area. John person-

ally received a Board of Governors Certificate of Recognition in 2015, the Air Cadet League Volunteer Service Medal with Bar, and

an Ontario Volunteer Service Award (25-year) in 2016.

Doug Vincent: on August 31. Member of 246 Squadron Sponsoring Committee in the late 1970’s. Elected Provincial Treasurer

for two terms (1985 – 1992 and 1996 – 2000). In between those two terms he was elected Chairperson of the Ontario Provincial

Committee. Doug was presented the National Certificate of Honour in 1997 and voted a Life Member of the OPC in 2001. In 2007

he received from the Ontario Provincial Government a Volunteer Service Award for 25 years. Doug was the recipient of the Ontario

Provincial Committee Volunteer Service Medal in 2010.

Captain Ann Johnson: on July 17. In 1991, Ann and her husband, the late Douglas Clifford (Cliff) Johnson, were the driving

force behind the formation of 85 Grand valley RC(Air)CS. Ann was the Commanding Officer at 85 Grand Valley from 1993 - 1996

and continued to be a strong supporter of the program.

Sethuraman “Seth” Sundar: on September 10. 845 RC(Air)CS SSC Committee Member and former Chairperson, OCdt Sethu-

raman (Seth) Sundar. Seth had volunteered for many years as a member and Chairperson of the Sponsoring Committee for 845

Avro Arrow Squadron in Mississauga and had recently been sworn into the Officer Corps of the Canadian Forces, before his passing.

He is remembered by many as a great friend and an energetic & dedicated supporter of 845 RC(Air)CS.

Captain Christian George “Chris” Luxemburger: on September 16. Former Commanding Officer for 800 Black Forest Squad-

ron in Mississauga from 2001-2004. Instructor at CFB Borden prior to serving as Commanding Officer with 164 Shelburne.

Charles Beatty: on October 9. Former Commanding Officer of 19 Stratford Squadron.

Captain (ret’d) Colin Arthur Middleton Cousens: on October 22. Initial involvement with the Air Cadet Movement began in

1960 at 295 RC(Air)CS as a Civilian Drill Instructor. Eight years thereafter, Colin assisted with the formation of 756 RC(Air)CS along

with Royal Canadian Legion Branch 120 and Rod MacDonald. During 1971 - 1975, Colin has served as Commanding Officer for 756

RC(Air)CS and immediately after, elected Chairperson of 756's Sponsoring Committee until 1979. From 1996 - 1999, he had re-

joined 756's Sponsoring Committee as a Committee Member and began his role as OPC Director in 1999 to assist not only 197 and

756 RC(Air)CS, but also the OPC as the first Registration and Screening Coordinator. Colin was one of the Air Cadet League recipi-

ents of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2002, recipient of the Bob McMeekin Award in 2006 and elected as Life member of

the OPC in 2013.

Captain (ret’d) James “Dick” Thomas: on November 1. Former Commanding Officer with 27 Air Cadet Squadron (London), Commanding Officer for 741 Air Cadet Squadron and also for Army Cadet Corps 2414, both of St. Thomas.

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OPC Staff emails and extensions are listed on the ‘OPC Staff Contacts’ section of this newsletter.

Thank you to all of our devoted volunteers!

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Oct 31 ACC9. Submitted to OPC Financial Services Coordinator by SSC

Dec 01 Squadron Assessment Fee. 1st 40% payment of Squadron Assessment Fee by SSC to OPC

Dec 01 Lottery Payment and Lottery Stubs. Minimum payment is for amount sold & returned books to OPC

Dec 15 Annual Commitment Report. Submit both the ACR and Declaration page to your PDO

Jan 08 National Courses Applications. Due at RCSU Area Office by Sqn CO

Jan 13 Flying Qualifying Exam. For PPS & GPS for Air Cadet applicants

Jan 15 National Courses Entries. Completed in FORTRESS via Sqn CO.

Mid-Jan LSA Claim Receipts & Cheques. SSC to provide for LSA claim—submitted by Sqn CO to RCSU contact.

Jan 31 National Courses & IACE Interview Schedules. Released by OPC, except those involved with NOA &

Regional biathlon.

Feb 2 National Courses & IACE Interview Schedules. Released by OPC, for NOA & Regional biathlon.

Feb 10 Regional Effective Speaking Competition. For North-Western Ontario Air Cadets and audience.

Feb 10 National Courses & IACE Interviews. For Air Cadets with interviewers (SSC/Directors/DND) Except

North-Western Ontario)

Feb 11 National Courses & IACE Interviews. For North-Western Ontario Air Cadets with interviewers

(SSC/Directors/DND)

Feb 28 CRA T3010. Documents submitted by the SSC to CRA Charities Directorate.

Submit GST66, RC7066 if a registered charitable organization using the figures from the approved

ACC9.

Late Mar Liability Insurance Certificates. Apply online for new fiscal year starting April 1.

Apr-May Spring Tagging. SSCs submit Tagging Coordination form to OPC & RCSU Area Office prior to event.

Apr 19 Lottery Draw. At the OPC office, promptly at 10:00 a.m., open to the public.

Apr 28 Provincial Effective Speaking Competition. For Air Cadets and audience at Mohawk College.

Apr 29 Provincial Debating Competition. For Air Cadets and audience at Mohawk College.

Apr 30 Squadron Assessment Fee. 60 % final payment or balance by the SSC submitted to the OPC.

Key Dates and Deadlines