Message from the Chair
Bonnie Patrick*
Hope all of you had a pleasant and prosperous summer. Your Executive is very excited to be back at "work" on Section activities, and we are all hopeful that you will find our endeavors this year worthwhile.
I commend to your attention all the articles included in this e-newsletter. We are sure that there is some tidbit of advice that each of you can take away from each article. If you have any suggestions/criticisms/comments with respect to the content of this newsletter or for future publications, please contact any one of the Executive and advise. We are a small Executive and look forward to advice from anyone. We would especially like to hear from you if you think we are doing a good job, but would be willing to read anything that comes our way. I guess we would just like to know that our e-newsletter is being "noticed".
For those of you interested in Continuing Legal Education and having an interest in Family Law, I refer you to this Section’s CLE program, "Everything that is New (and Old), Dangerous and Different in Family Law" which was conducted at the OBA offices on 20 Toronto Street, Toronto on September 20, 2004. The OBA now has the capability of getting this material into your office without your attendance at the event. There is an archived webcast as well as a CD of the day's program available. All papers are available in either environment. Three members of this Executive presented at this event: Dawn Melville, Dan Pinnington and Joe McCallum. We tried to ensure that the content is worthwhile and timely, and we heard "good things" from those persons who managed to attend the program in person.
For those of you who are "joiners" there is plenty of room on our Executive. Contact any one of the current Executive for information. We meet by teleconference, so your location does not matter.
Finally, for those of you who are "writers", send us an article and we will try to get it published for you.
All the best.
* Bonnie Patrick, Chair, Sole, Small Firm and General Practice Section.