1 of 164 Podium Program for Monday, November 12 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm AAMDC Registration & Partners’ Program Information Desk Hall D Foyer, Pedway Level, Shaw Conference Centre 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Reeves’/Mayors’ Meeting Salon 4, Meeting Level 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm Brandt Tractor Hospitality Suite Devonian Room, Westin 1 2 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 7:00 am – 8:15 am Breakfast Hall D, Pedway Level 6:30 am – 3:00 pm AAMDC Registration/Information Desk Hall D Foyer, Pedway Level 7:30 am Board Convention Briefing Breakfast Meeting Boardroom, Pedway Level All board members, Executive Director, Director of Advocacy and Communications and Executive Administration Coordinator are to attend. 8:00 am – 10:30 am AAMDC Partners’ Program Information Desk Lobby, Westin Hotel 8:00 am Processional Coordination SCC Boardroom, Pedway Level . President Barss to meet Lieutenant Governor & Vice Regal Party at his vehicle . Susan Valentine & Kim Heyman to coordinate processional . Vice President Kolebaba to meet Minister Griffiths . Director Whaley to meet Paul Lorieau 1 3 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 . Director Odegard to meet RCMP Chaplain Bob Harper . Director Burton to meet past presidents o Don Johnson o Jack Hayden o Gordon Miller(will be sitting at front tables not walking in) o Joe Smith . Director Jones to meet fraternal delegates o AMM –Russ Wyatt (Director) o AMM – Joe Masi (Executive Director) o AMM – Doug Dobrosolski (President) o FCM – Daniel Rubinstein (Research Officer) o ASVA – Beverly Anderson (Executive Director) . Director Kemmere to meet affiliate delegates o AFCA – Bill Purdy (Executive Director) o AMHSA – Jim Moroney (Executive Director) o ARMAA – Dennis Shigematsu (President) o LGAA – Michelle White (2nd Vice President) o SLGM – Al Harvey (Chair) o SLGM – Linda Davies (Executive Director) 2 4 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 8:00 am Processional Line Up SCC Boardroom, Pedway Level . All Board to gather for processional line-up. Line up as follows: PIPER / HONOUR GUARD: 1. Piper – Staff Sergeant Doug Stapleton 2. Drummer - 3. Sergeant Tom Kalis 4. Corporal Rod Carleton AAMDC PAST PRESIDENTS: 5. Joe Smith and his wife, Alva 6. Don Johnson 7. Jack Hayden FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION GUESTS: (If extras show up, organize alphabetically and then elected rep before the staff rep) 3 5 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 Association of Manitoba Municipalities 8. Doug Dobrosolski (President) 9. Joe Masi (Executive Director) 10. Russ Wyatt (Director) Association of Summer Villages of Alberta 11. Beverly Anderson (Executive Director) Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) 12. Daniel Rubinstein (Research Officer) AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION GUESTS: (If extras show up, organize alphabetically and then elected rep before the staff rep where applicable) Alberta Fire Chiefs’ Association 13. Bill Purdy, Executive Director Alberta Municipal Health & Safety Association 15. Jim Moroney, Executive Director Alberta Rural Municipal Administrators Association 4 6 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 16. Dennis Shigematsu, President Local Government Administration Association (LGAA) 17. Michelle White, 2nd Vice President Society of Local Government Managers (SLGM) 18. Al Harvey (Chair) 19. Linda Davies (Executive Director) HEAD TABLE PROCESSION LINE-UP: Note: Head table dignitaries are to enter stage on right side (facing stage) and proceed to the end of the table in this order to their assigned seating. 1. Chaplain Harper (RCMP) 2. Director Soren Odegard 3. Director Tom Burton 4. Director John Whaley 5. Leave space at Table for Lieutenant Governor 6. Leave space at Table for President Bob Barss PODIUM 7. Vice President Carolyn Kolebaba 8. Minister Doug Griffiths 9. Director Al Kemmere 5 7 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 10. Director Bob Jones 11. Executive Director Gerald Rhodes (already on stage) 12. President Bob Barss 13. Lieutenant Governor Donald S. Ethell Executive Director Rhodes to approach podium and announce… Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Before we kick off the convention, I would like to remind delegates of some important house rules: . If you have your cell phone with you, please turn it on silent during all sessions. Delegates may have noticed the clik-a-pads in your name-tags. Please remember to have these with you tomorrow and Thursday, as you will need them for electronic voting. These clik-a-pads are costly, so please keep track of them. The loss fee for unreturned clik-a- pads is $250. 6 8 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 . We have a message board set up for your convenience for the duration of the convention. It’s located near the registration/information desk in the foyer of Hall D. I hope that you used the shuttle bus provided between hotels this morning. The bussing is provided and sponsored by Red Arrow. You can find the scheduled times in the handbook and on the mobile app. For any municipalities with emergent resolutions, this is your reminder to submit a copy to the resolution chair, Al Kemmere, as soon as possible. If you don’t know Al or can’t track him down, please feel free to ask our staff. We have free wifi for our delegates to use. The username is aamdc and the password is convention2012. This is also available on page 44 in the handbook and will be displayed on the main screen throughout convention. For the first time at convention, the AAMDC has a mobile app for you to use on your smart phone or tablet. If you haven’t accessed it yet, open your internet browser and type in the address: app.aamdc.com. You can find the 7 9 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 address on page 22 in the handbook for future reference. For ease of use throughout the convention, you can save the page to your homescreen that will take you directly there. The method will be different based on your phone, but if you’re on the site and press menu, you may see an option such as ‘Create a shortcut to your homescreen’. If you need some assistance with this, our staff at the registration desk can help. You can find the agenda, workshop descriptions, announcements, all of the resolutions and more on the app. We think it’s a great resource, especially if you don’t have your handbook on you. We want to thank Stantec for sponsoring this App and making it possible for us to provide it to you. This year, along with our fraternal delegates, we welcome His Honour, Col. [KER-NEL] Retired, The Honourable Lieutenant [LEFT-TEN-ANT] Governor Donald S. Ethell to join us for our opening ceremonies. With the Lieutenant [LEFT-TEN-ANT] Governor’s attendance, there are a few matters of protocol that I need to go over with you. 8 10 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 First, I need everyone to come inside the room, as it is customary for the Lieutenant [LEFT-TEN-ANT] Governor to be the last person to enter the room, and also to be the first to leave. Because of this, we request that you remain in the room until His Honour exits the room. Also, once the head-table is in place up on stage, we will be playing the Vice-Regal Salute and we ask you to remain standing until it finishes playing. Even though it will sound familiar, don’t worry, there are no words to sing. Without further ado, will you all please rise and welcome our fraternal, affiliate delegates, head table dignitaries and His Honour, Col. [KER-NEL] Retired, The Honourable Lieutenant [LEFT-TEN-ANT] Governor Donald S. Ethell…. 8:15 am Start Processional to Stage Bagpiper commences and the procession takes place. 9 11 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 8:15 am Opening Ceremonies Hall D, Pedway Level After Processional, the head table remains standing and the Vice Regal Salute plays. Once the vice regal salute has finished, Executive Director Rhodes to take podium and say... I will now call upon President Bob Barss to pay the piper. The piper, back in the old days, was traditionally paid in the form of a captured sword obtained by a powerful member of his clan during a battle. It is often considered tradition when “piping in” a head table, for the piper is presented with a quaff of scotch (or apple juice) which is ceremoniously downed after the toast "Schlang ge va". President Barss to assume podium… Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 10 12 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 I’m Bob Barss, president of the AAMDC Board of Directors. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the AAMDC’s Fall 2012. To begin today’s proceedings; please help me welcome Paul Lorieau, who will lead us in O Canada. I ask that you continue to stand as he sings the national anthem. Note: All head table dignitaries to turn and face the Canadian flag behind the head table. After the national anthem…. Thank you. Please be seated. Let me introduce the head table. Starting on my right, at the far end, are: 1. Chaplain Bob Harper, RCMP Chaplain 2. Director Soren Odegard, District 5 (Edmonton-East) 3. Director Tom Burton, District 4 (Northern) 4. Director John Whaley, District 3 (Pembina) 11 13 of 164 Podium Program for Tuesday, November 13 5. His Honour, Col Ret’d, Honourable Lieutenant [LEFT- TEN-ANT] Governor Donald S. Ethell 6. (Reserved seat for Bob Barss, President) To my left are… 7. Vice President Carolyn Kolebaba 8. Minister of Municipal Affairs, Doug Griffiths 9. Director Al Kemmere, District 2 (Central) 10. Director Bob Jones, District 1 (Foothills-Little Bow) 11.