In This Issue
(Executive Committee - removed from online version:
contact the
secretary for your copy)
Of Special Interest
Manitoba Region
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Lunches & meetings on the 2nd Thursday of every month at St. James Legion, noon – accessible
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Ladies Tea & Tidbits Dec 12, 2009, 1-3 p.m
BC Region
Wreath laying at the Victoria Cenotaph at the Legislative Buildings at 2 PM on Sunday, December 20th, 2009.
ON Region
December 15th, we are participating in the Durham District School Board’s “Highlights of History” workshop.
Other Items
Please let us know of your moves so that we can keep you informed with the newsletter.
*** Ron Parker has moved his father’s website to www.battleofhongkong.com and Phil Doddridge's has also moved to www.memoriesunivited.com ***.
(view more details on our online calendar and add your local HKVCA events by emailing details to Jim Trick).
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Online Update hkvca.ca
If you haven't visited our various web sites in awhile, you're going to find some changes.
- New look to our main page, allowing you to get a quick picture of our site contents by category, then have one-click access.
- HKVCA Forum - New format - no advertising! Designed to allow our community to interact and help each other. You can read the discussions without joining, but joining is easy and allows you to participate. Thinking about visiting Hong Kong? Check out Mike Babin's forum as he makes plans for a guided trip in Dec 2010. Don't forget to let him know if you want to be added to the email list.
- Gallery Updates - We are continually adding images and scans that our member community share. Check out the scans of news and pictorial coverage in the Winnipeg Free Press during and after the battle.
- Diaries and Personal Accounts - we've added Alfred Babin's personal account and Edward Terry's diary, amongst others.
- Better searching - we're annotating as much content as we can so that our site search service will work better for you
Visit our home page at http://www.hkvca.ca often, and view the latest changes in the right sidebar.
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Membership
Membership Statistics as of December '09
|
Region |
R |
V |
W |
Total |
|
Al/Sask |
57 |
13 |
13 |
83 |
|
Atl |
48 |
4 |
7 |
59 |
|
BC |
98 |
12 |
39 |
149 |
|
MB |
189 |
14 |
57 |
260 |
|
ON |
153 |
17 |
55 |
226 |
|
QC |
55 |
17 |
57 |
129 |
|
Total |
600 |
77 |
228 |
906 |
V: Veteran
W: Widow
R: Regular