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Mark your calendar
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| 10 November Meeting |
| Speaker: |
Commander William E. Macdonald, OMM, CD |
| Topic: |
NATO HQ during the Kosovo War |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon |
| Cost: |
$15 (pay at the door) |
| Biographical Sketch: |
| Cdr Bill Macdonald was born in St. Boniface,
Man. into a military family and home kept moving across Canada and Europe.
He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa. Commissioned a Lt in the
RCOC in 1969, he served in army logistics at CFB Esquimalt. After sea logistics
training in 1974, he joined HMCS PROTECTEUR and then HMCS SAGUENAY as supply
officer. After MARCOM as SSO Sea Logistics, he was promoted to LCdr in 1980
as supply officer HMCS PROTECTEUR. Following Command and Staff College, at
NDHQ in 1983, he had integrated logistics support positions including NATO
Frigate and Canadian Patrol Frigate programs. Tours at Esquimalt and MARPAC
followed. In 1996 he was posted to NATO HQ AFSOUTH in Naples, Italy. He had
NATO Joint Logistics operations in Bosnia and helped develop the Multinational
Joint Logistics Centre concept for NATO, using lessons learned from Bosnia.
He finished as the Chief of Logistics Plans AFSOUTH. Back in Esquimalt in
1999, he became Deputy Chief of Staff Materiel Acquisition and Support Information
System, retiring in 2003.
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| Sunday 12 December Meeting |
| Speaker: |
The RUSI-VI Executive will host the
annual Christmas cocktail party |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1400 to 1700 hrs |
| Cost: |
NO COST EVENT, Cash for other than wine
Hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served.
Cash Bar Available
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| 12 January Meeting |
| Speaker: |
Dale Mumford |
| Topic: |
The Influence of the Army and Navy on the
Development of Victoria 1914 - Present |
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This is the follow-on to the talk he gave last year on
the earlier period. |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon |
| Cost: |
$15 (pay at the door) |
| Biographical Sketch: |
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| 09 February Meeting |
| Speaker: |
BGen Stuart Beare,
Commander Land Force Western Area |
| Topic: |
TBD |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon |
| Cost: |
$15 (pay at the door) |
| Biographical Sketch: |
| Biographical
details available on the DND website. |
| 09 March Meeting |
| Speaker: |
LCol Brisebois, CO 442 Sqn |
| Topic: |
The Cormorant as a SAR Helicopter |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon |
| Cost: |
$15 (pay at the door) |
| Biographical Sketch: |
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| 13 April Meeting |
| Speaker: |
Professor Robert Bedeski |
| Topic: |
Security Considerations in China, Japan and
Korea |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon |
| Cost: |
$15 (pay at the door) |
| Biographical Sketch: |
| Prof Bedeski is currently Professor Emeritus of
Political Science at UVic. He has lived, studied, written and
taught about Northeast Asia– including China, Taiwan,
South Korea, Japan, and Mongolia. He received his MA in Asian
Studies and a PhD in Political Science from the University of
California (Berkeley). In the past decade, his research and
writing has focused on human security, Chinese international
migration, arms control and verification on the Korean Peninsula,
Mongolian foreign policy, and small arms proliferation in Asia.
Recently he taught courses on terrorism and revolution, government
and the politics of Northeast Asia. |
| 11 May Meeting |
| Speaker: |
Capt(N) David Kyle
Base Commander CFB
Esquimalt |
| Topic: |
The Changing Base |
| Place: |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
Officers' Mess, Room 314, Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay Street, Victoria, BC.
(South entrance on Field Street) |
| Time: |
1130 for 1200 hrs Luncheon |
| Cost: |
$15 (pay at the door) |
| Biographical Sketch: |
| Biography
available on the MARPAC website. |
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