NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS AND MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA

    Conseil national de la presse et des medias ethniques du Canada

                                                  Canada’s Other Voices

Office of the President

March 09, 2009, 

                   To all members of the NEPMCC, call for a meeting AND

          ELECTIONS MARCH 2009- 2011

          Monday, March 09, 2009 Our Monthly Meeting.

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Brothers and Sisters in the Ethnic Press and Media:

Please be informed that Monday March 09, 2009 we are holding our Monthly meeting and elections according to our constitution.

Please be advised that during this meeting we are holding our general elections for the renewal of the board of directors. The new board will be consistent for the President and CEO, two senior Vice Presidents, 16 Vice Presidents and five Agents General, who will organize the industry in the Province of their jurisdiction.

Also you would be informed about the upcoming National Convention we are planning together with Ryerson University during the next few months, subject to your decision. This project is funded by Canadian Heritage, industry-building program, and we anticipate the participation of all our members, as we pay the traveling tickets for the participants.

Place Main Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Committee Room N# 2, main floor, west side, Queen’s Park, Toronto Ontario.

The meeting starts at 6:00 pm to 9.30 pm.

Please use the south basement entrance, (at the front of the building), to enter the building.

Also I received a requested from the NDD for a meeting with the Lieutenant-Commander Kent Penney, who is in charge of the Canadian Forces Combat Camera team, which supplied imagery over the years to the main news network in Canada. The meeting scheduled for Monday the 16^th of March, either 10 am or 3:00 pm, at the 4900 Yong Street, in North York. I strongly encouraged Radio’s and Televisions along with the press to participate in this very important for our sector meeting. Please inform me of your decision.

Taking this opportunity I want to inform you that during my recent meeting with the Hon. Moore, responsible for the Canadian Heritage, I learned that as of April 2010 our members would enjoy exactly the same benefits with the mainstream media as each publication of the ethnic press would have the ability to apply for financial support of up to 175.000 dollars per annum.

More details of the meeting and the agreement I will provide during the meeting.

Thank you,

Thomas S. Saras