Vancouver Island Branch ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will take place TUESDAY JUNE 14 at 6PM in the Upper Lounge at the Naden Wardroom. Guests and spouses are invited for this final meeting and social event of the season. There will be food and of course the bar will be staffed.

The AGM will consist of Executive Committee Reports and the election of Executive Committee Officers for the 2011/2012 term.

MESSAGE FROM BRANCH CHAIRMAN MIKE WEAVER

"As Chairman of your Branch of the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering; I'd like to invite any interested members to join us on the Brach Executive Committee. We welcome new ideas and contacts to help keeping the Branch active and interesting for our membership."

WESTERN MARINER MAGAZINE - It will soon be time to renew subscriptions to Western Mariner. This past year there was a reduction in sponsorship so any shortfalls were made up by the branch. If you do not want to receive Western Mariner or are able to read a copy at work, please let me know.

MARINE PHOTO CONTEST - The Marine Photo Contest is returning for 2011. Please send your digital entries of photos with a marine theme to me. A slide show of the winning entries will be shown at the Christmas Social.

Phil Dauphinee
Victoria BC Canada