We have a new herd of volunteer Board Members, a full slate. Some still with us, some are returning in a different role, some are new to our Board, some are just plain new to the concept of a Board. I cannot say thank you loud or proud enough to these people putting it out there for us, for our Montgomery. But I will try … “Thank you!”
Our new President believes in learning, believes that shared knowledge is power. I hope that this magical species saving attitude filters throughout our current Board this session, and they set down a legacy statement, and an expectation for our next MCA Boards to want to better themselves too.
We are a part of an amazing organization, the Federation of Calgary Communities, and the Director of Education has agreed to take us under his team’s wing. We will be reviewing policies and protocols and missions and values and messaging, and, whew! And all of this work will be done by volunteers.
We are updating our website, the modules we rent the facility with, our Membership software, and some other tools. We are digging into the very concept and meaning of Membership in the MCA itself. We will continue to grow our relationship with our own Montgomery on the Bow BIA, and the business and community organizations of the various neighbourhoods that border Montgomery. This networking and alliance building is being done by volunteers.
We have some family-friendly events coming up the next few months where the wheels will move, and the parts will slide together seamlessly because of passionate volunteers.
Our fundraising Casino is July 16 and 17 this year, and a purely volunteer team comes together to ensure a clean inflow of half our Centre’s budget for the next two years.
If you would like to volunteer some hours with the MCA, it does not matter whether you don’t know how or what to do, or, you have a specific project or event you want to see come to fruition, please do reach out to us. Be an MCA volunteer. It matters. And it’s fun!
Spike
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