ETA Chapter Report

ETA Chapter's third meeting was held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel on March 4th  2017, sponsored by Spacesaver Solutions Inc. The meeting was well attended with a presentation done by Amy Flynn from Spacesaver. Greg Farnham gave a brief introduction and history of the company.

Upcoming Constitutional changes were e-mailed to all ETA Chapter members, along with the introduction of the three updated polices (Conflict of Interest, Code of Conduct and Confidentiality Guidelines).The upcoming AGM is slated for May, 18th 2017(5 p.m.-7 p.m.) at both the Scarborough Birchmount and Sick Kids locations, where the actual discussions around the changes will take place. Voting on the agreed  upon changes will take place online a few days after the meeting.  All voting members are encouraged to take part. Please note that associate members are welcome for the discussions but will not be able to vote on constitutional matters.

ETA membership to date is 301, of which 107 are technicians and 19 are managers. This translates into a ratio of 5 1/2:1, which is excellent. The ETA Chapter has registered 82 students for the MDRAO course last October and 82 for the March course.

Once again, our gratitude to Michael and Lorna for their ongoing efforts in coordinating the courses. Our balance to date in the account is $712.10. A financial statement will be sent off the office at the end of April for a rebate from the provincial board of 20% of membership fees and 10% of the profits from the courses in the chapter. Most of the money in our chapter will be used for assistance for our members to in order to attend our MDRAO Conference in September 2017. Traditionally, members who have attended the chapter meetings most frequently will have an opportunity to register at no cost to them.

Membership numbers for ETA Chapter meetings are on the rise, and I would like to thank all our members for the continued support and also great appreciation to our executive members.

Regards,

Rohan Jagasar (ETA Chapter President)