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CESO Clubs

CESO Clubs typically meet several times a year to offer VAs a chance to network and share information, ideas, and experiences. On occasion, guest speakers are invited to attend. Many of the groups also host seasonal potlucks. For more information, call the contacts listed below, or check with your regional CESO office.

Vancouver Island CESO Club
Tom Robertson, Co-chairperson
(Victoria) 250-721-2673
tom.robertson@shaw.ca
Adrienne Kemble, Co-chairperson
(Nanaimo) 250-751-1337
akemble@telus.net

Previous Co-chairs: Bill Feyrer and Adrienne Kemble

Surrey/White Rock CESO Club
Michael Podolsky
mikepodolsy@shaw.ca

The Club meets at the White Rock Library (15342 Buena Vista Ave.) at 10:00 AM the third Tuesday of February to June and September to November. There is usually a barbecue in August and a Holiday Season Luncheon in January.

The Holiday Season Luncheon will take place Sunday, January 13, 2008.

Vancouver/North Shore CESO Club
Priidu Juurand, Co-Chair
604 872 6001
priiduj@shaw.ca

The Vancouver and North Shore CESO club meets on the second Tuesday of the month at the West Vancouver Library.

Southern Alberta CESO Club
Jack Heynen, President
403-243-1269
Fax: 403-243-3437
heynenj@telusplanet.net

Our luncheon-meetings will be held the first Monday of October, December, February, April and June.
The first two will be at the Danish Canadian Club, 727 – 11th Ave. S.W., Calgary. For additional information e-mail Jack Heynen.
The executive for 2007-08 is as follows: Jack Heynen, President; John Skelton, Vice-President; Tony Strickland, Secretary; and Bertha Davis, Treasurer. Directors are Francine Beland and Henry Murzyn. Past President is Eldon Loucks.

Northern Alberta CESO Club
Rick Boyd
rboyd@compusmart.ab.ca

For meeting information contact: the Edmonton CESO Office, phone 1-800-763-6372.

Saskatoon CESO Club 
Jim Orosz
saskatchewan@ceso-saco.com

Winnipeg CESO Club
Bill Barbaza
204 -489-7585
barbaza@mts.net

Ottawa CESO Club
Art Cauty
613-731-8648
tcauty@rogers.com 
Ottawa Office:
323 Chapel St., 2nd floor
Ottawa, ON, K1N7Z2
613-236-7763
Fax: 613-236-3582
Ottawa@ceso-saco.com

The Ottawa CESO-SACO Club meets monthly for a luncheon at the RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive. Seats should be reserved at least one week ahead by calling the CESO Office (613) 236-7763, voice-mail ext. 306.

Mid-Ontario
Soren Sondergaard
519-821-9296
odin@golden.net

The club is meeting for lunch at Sunset Villa Restaurant in Puslinch, ON, at 12 noon, on October 18, 2007. Our speaker is: Paul van der Wel, CESO President and CEO.

Our club meets twice a year, in the spring and fall.CESO VAs, especially in the Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Halton Hills, Oakville and Mississauga areas, are welcome to join the Club. Contact VA Soren Sondergaard for further information.

Niagara CESO Club
Helen Johnson
905-892-2937
helenj@vaxxine.com

The Niagara CESO Club meets for lunch four times a year on a Thursday at a St.Catharines restaurant.

The Niagara club has just completed another successful year, with four lunch time meetings, when we heard from Paul van der Wel, Pam Koch, Bob Dickson and Dorothy Nyambi, and we are currently in the planning stage for next year's meetings'.

Montreal CESO Club
CESO Quebec Region office
quebec@ceso-saco.com
1-800-561-0687

The Montreal CESO Club holds seven luncheons per season.

SACO Quebec CESO Club
Jean Morand, President
418-660-9640, ext. 286
jeanmorand@videotron.ca
Office: 3100, avenue du Bourg Royal, 2ième étage, Beauport, QC, G1C 5S7
E-mail: saco.estquebec@sympatico.ca
The office will be partially staffed each week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The Club board members, as of December 11, 2006, are as follows:

One position on the board is currently vacant.

 

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