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Meet your BOARD OF DIRECTORS Our goal: To play an ACTIVE role in our community; to offer additional social venues for our members to promote interaction and community spirit. CAL CONFER President Following a career in advertising and marketing with Western Canada Lottery Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, among others, Cal retired with his wife Su in 2004 to Presquile Rd. In addition to gardening and walking locally, Cal & Su have been able to enjoy many fabulous hikes in far flung reaches including the Routeburn and Milford tracts in New Zealand, the West Highland Way in Scotland, part of the Camino de Santiago in Spain, the Tour de Mont Blanc in Europe, etc. They can also be seen attending Georgian Bay Symphony and occasionally at Summerfolk and events at the Roxy. While living in Alberta, Cal was elected (and re-elected) to Council in the Town of Stettler where he helped ensure the viability of a local steam train by securing funding for 20 miles of abandoned railway line. This may account for his interest in following Georgian Bluffs Council to ensure that local issues are addressed. BILL WILSON Director Bill was born in Toronto and raised in Georgetown. He had a varied career which finished with his retirement, in 1993, from KEITH ELLIOTT Treasurer Keith moved to Island View Drive in 2005 with his wife, Sarah, from Port Perry, Ontario. Keith is a retired veterinarian. His hobbies include woodworking, fishing and hunting. KEN SLY Director Born and raised in Woodstock, Ontario before moving away for postsecondary education in Computer Systems, Ken worked for 35 years in the Information Technology field before retiring in 2011. Ken, with his wife Marie, bought a house along Grey Rd 1 in 2008 and lived there parttime for a couple of years. Now retired, they are full-time residents and enjoying life along the shore. McDonnell Douglass Aircraft in Toronto where he worked in production control. Bill was involved with the Jaycees and the Lorne Scotts Militia in Georgetown in his earlier days. Bill is a past-President of IVDAARA. MARIE SIMPSON Secretary Originally from Owen Sound, Marie attended McMaster University and then moved to Toronto where she lived and worked for 34 years, the last 15 as the Occupational Health and Safety Officer with the Canadian Army. Marie, and her husband Ken, retired to Island View Drive in 2011. Marie loves to travel and has taken up painting again — an interest from her youth. In a volunteer capacity, Marie also Chairs the ‘Friends of Kemble Heritage Hills’, a group devoted to convincing Georgian Bluffs to re-open the seasonal roads Dodd’s (W) Hill and Suicide Hill. PAM WILSON Membership Pam was born and rais VB