Membership & Insurance Renewals are due in a few short weeks.

Now that the Holidays are almost over it's "back to business" and we'd like to take a moment to remind our members that their membership and insurance renewals are due by the end of January. Please allow a minimum of 2 weeks for your mail to reach us and 2-4 weeks for renewals to be processed.

We remind you that membership registrations are to be on the 2012 membership form. Older forms are no longer accepted. Please be sure to include your postal code.

Once your membership has been processed you will receive an email confirmation. Feel free to send a copy of that with your chapter's registrations for the Convention as proof that they are members. If everyone in your chapter sends their registrations together it will make it easier for the convention committee to process your chapter's registrations, not to mention faster!

Registration for the convention opens February 1st and you cannot register until your membership has been renewed.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to wish you all the very best in the New Year!

Changes and updates as we get set to enter a new year.

December Newsletter -The December newsletter was emailed this morning. A few days late this month so that we could hold off until after the Board of Directors meeting yesterday. It was felt that if there was anything to report, we'd prefer to share the news now rather than waiting until the next newsletter.

As a result, the Board voted to change the mailing date of our monthly newsletters to the 15th of each month so that information shared with members is not delayed several weeks. Beginning January 2012, newsletters will be emailed on the 15th.

Convention News -

You've all been waiting for this announcement! Registration information will be posted on the Convention website February 1st. No information will be released until then.

We ask that when you book with the hotel you supply the names of all who will be in your hotel room and that you only book one room. It's not fair to others who are trying to register when someone holds four rooms "just in case" and should this become apparent that someone has booked multiple rooms under just one name for all rooms, your surplus rooms may be cancelled.

Important - Membership Renewals - New forms

Your registration for the convention cannot be confirmed until your membership renewal has been processed and confirmed. Don't be disappointed, send your renewal now. Renewals must be submitted on the new 2012 membership form. We now have one form that includes membership, insurance and pin orders. Forms are available from your provincial representative.