THE COMMUNICATOR Development Officers Association (ADOA) February 2017

Quick News Save the Date The 2017 ADOA Conference will be Catch a quick overview of some updates and important ADOA information. held in Westlock, AB.

Membership Fees Due The tentative conference dates are

th September 27-29, with the meet and A reminder that your Membership Fees are due February 28 . greet to be on the 26th. The ADOA needs to receive all payments by February 28th, this allows the board to allocate funds towards our grant program. More information to come. Members who do not renew their membership will be removed from the mailing list and Forum, and will need to re-apply. New Board Members

The ADOA would like to welcome our two new Board Members, Berni Kuntz and Feinan 2017 ADOA Conference: Westlock, AB Long. Berni has assumed the ADOA’s board position as Secretary, and Feinan has stepped into co-chairing Communications.

Congratulations Terry Topolnitsky on your new Presidential position.

We’d like to thank Cheryl Callihoo (former President – now Past President), Colleen Thome (former Secretary) and Katherine Currie (former Past President) for all the time, effort and care that you have put into the ADOA. 2016 Membership Review

In 2016 the ADOA gained 50 new members! Grants of 2016

In 2016 the ADOA distributed all of the grant money to applicants. This is the most amount of applicants we have received in recent years. Thank-you for your applications and congratulations to our successful applicants.

Fire Training Centre (2016 Conference): By Roxanne Shortt Contact Us 2017 Board of Directors

Board Member Role Municipality Contact President [email protected] Terry Topolnitsky Education Chair Town of Blackfalds (403) 885-6237 Bylaw and Policy (Co-Chair)

Vice President [email protected] Dallas Logan Membership (Co-Chair) (780) 685-3925

Past President [email protected] Cheryl Callihoo Town of Barrhead Bylaw and Policy Chair (780) 674-3301

[email protected] Berni Kuntz Secretary (780) 542-2667

Treasurer Chair [email protected] Diane Cloutier Conference Committee (780) 623-6732 Liaison

[email protected] Feinan Long Communication (Co-Chair) (780) 968-8888

[email protected] Jill Tapp Communications Chair M.D of Lesser Slave River (780) 849-4888

Membership Chair [email protected] Jordan Ruegg County Education (Co-Chair) (780) 656-3730

[email protected] Diane Burtnick Executive Assistant (780) 913 4214

Contact Us Send us an e-mail or give us a call for more information about our membership and our non -profit group Phone: (780) 913-4214 E-mail: [email protected]

ADOA Office Diane Burtnick Box 164 Sangudo, AB T0G 2A0 Visit us on the web at www.adoa.net