[SARA-Members] NEW Interim Provincial Training Coordinator

[Cindy Heselton]

I apologize if you receive this email more than once...I am trying to reach as many members as possible...feel free to forward to those in your groups...

Hi everyone, 
 
I'd like to wish Paul Olmstead all the best in the future as he moves on to his new home and role in emergency management for Nova Scotia.  Paul stepped down as Provincial Training Coordinator as of Nov 17.
 
Paul has dedicated much of his life to search and rescue in Alberta, ranging from serving as President of SAR Alberta, to the teaching and development of courses such as Civil Emergency Response, to serving for the past number of years as the Provincial Training Coordinator and working with all of the groups to meeting their training objectives with the assistance of the SAR training grants from EMA.  His efforts and dedication will be missed!
 
Discussion at the Nov 17, 2007 Fall General Membership meeting indicated that there should be a call for candidates (to provide others the opportunity to make their interests known) and consultation with the SAR Alberta Board on the appointment.  After subsequent discussion, one of the member groups put forth a motion to appoint me as the Interim Provincial Training Coordinator to facilitate this - so here I am - til Dec 20 at which time the SAR Alberta Executive will be appointing a new provincial training coordinator (details to follow in subsequent email).
 
For your information, the current provincial training committee consists of Rodney Dietrich (ex-officio), Cindy Heselton (Interim Coordinator), Michelle Maschke, Louise Allchurch, Lisa Martinuk, Spencer Manweiller, and Fred McFalI.  Please note that these people are working on behalf of ALL groups and are not necessarily representing any particular region. If you have any questions or concerns for the committee, you can email the committee at sara-train at castrov.cuug.ab.ca or send a note to me asking it to be forwarded to the committee.
 
I will be sending out some emails related to training that need to be addressed (one subject per email to facilitate replies) - more immediately - one being a call for candidates and the appointment of the Provincial Training Coordinator and the other being the resubmission of your training grant course requests. (Sorry - we are unable to get the info that was submitted previously - but you may have an opportunity to request courses that were not requested or covered previously).
 
Please be patient as we transition to a new provincial training coordinator and hopefully increased engagement of the training committee and member groups.
 
In the meantime, if you have any specific training questions or issues, in particular issues related to your current training grants, please contact me.

 
Cindy Heselton 
Interim Provincial Training Coordinator
Director, South Central Region 
Search and Rescue Alberta (SAR AB)
Day (403) 268-5561 | Eve (403) 295-6474
 www.saralberta.org
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