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16 April 2010

45th Annual General Assembly (AGA)
Member clubs are reminded that, in accordance with 2.4 of the Bylaws, any Member Club wishing to host the 45th AGA in 2012 should submit its intention by e-mail or on the Club's letterhead to the Secretary General by the end of April this year. All submissions will be published and distributed in due course and delegates at the 43rd AGA in October will decide a time and place accordingly.

Grand Venture Bonanza
2010 Prizes
A number of tickets for the 2010 Bonanza have already been sold ready for the first draw for the following generously donated prizes:
a cash prize of USD 50.00 donated by the Winnipeg Interline Club;
a cash prize of USD 100.00 donated by the Sydney Interline Club;
two cash prizes of USD 100.00 each are being donated by WACA;
a package for one person (based on double occupancy) at the 2010 Interline Celebration in Recife donated by the Interline Club of Portugal;
one package for two people to the Grill Party on Saturday, 28 August donated by the Interairline Club Zurich.
Can your Club also donate a prize to assist WACA raise some much needed revenues? All prizes big or small will be greatly appreciated.
First Draw
The first draw will be held at the end of April so don't delay - send in your tickets today to ensure they are in all the 2010 draws!
Note: interliners are reminded that package prizes are not transferable so, if the winner of a package is unable to use it, the prize will be drawn again.
Complete details about the 2010 Grand Venture Bonanza can be found of the WACA Web site in the News and Press Releases section: http://www.waca.org/waca/news.

Membership Dues
V.P. Finance and Treasurer, Judith Guevara, advises that she has e-mailed the membership dues invoices to all Member Clubs. If any Club, therefore, has not received its invoice via e-mail it should contact Judith for a replacement copy: judith_c_guevara@hotmail.com.

Events Calendar
Update
Details of the Passarola Golf Tournament in Peniche being hosted by the Interline Club of Portugal from 1-5 October has now been posted in the Event Calendar section of the WACA Web site: http://www.waca.org/waca/events.

April Newsletter
V.P. International Events and Special Projects, Elaine Miller, sends the following message for April.
Welcome to Spring! Here on the east coast of Canada we are feeling rejuvenated after not too bad a winter. It is always a great feeling to see the grass turn green and the tulips and daffodils and all the spring flowers arrive. Time to shed the winter clothes and welcome the warmer weather.
It has only been three weeks since our Executive Meeting in Amman, Jordan and time to get information to all our membership. Although this is April and many of the Regional Meetings are currently or soon to take place, it seems a timely opportunity to begin to remind everyone of the upcoming deadlines for registering for interline packages and especially the next Interline Celebration and AGA in Recife, Brazil.
We are currently receiving information from the Interline Club of Portugal (ICP) regarding obtaining visas for entry to Brazil. We will be required to have an invitation letter in order to get our visas and the ICP are arranging to help make this as easy as possible. Your individual RVP’s will have more information on how to go about doing this as groups as opposed to individuals. Hopefully, more information will be available at your Regional Meetings.
Our President, Maga, along with representatives from the ICP, Antonio and Rosemarie, were able to complete the pre-AGA visit to Recife and everything seems to be coming together for an exceptional Interline Celebration. We have been advised there will be free internet available at the hotel. Now is the time to get your plans finalised and to be able to still get a spot on the pre- and post-AGA tours being offered so as not to be disappointed.
We have also been advised that, in order to keep bank charges to a minimum, you can pay for the full package up front when you send your deposits. More information will be coming on a continuous basis from the ICP over the next months as we get closer to the deadlines.
We also want to promote all the upcoming interline packages being offered by our individual clubs and hope many of you will be able to include one or two of them in your plans. Be sure to check http://www.waca.org/waca/events for information and registration forms.
We are awaiting confirmation regarding what our charity will be for this year’s Interline Celebration and will advise as soon as we have this information. I realise that weight restrictions by the airlines may be cause for concern when bringing items for the charity donation so a monetary contribution would also be acceptable. I will advise what currency would work best later.
Regarding our annual fund raiser, the Tombola, we will do things a little differently this year. In a effort to cut down on the expenses of running the Tombola, this year we will use drinking straws instead of envelopes. These will be lighter for me to transport as well less expensive to purchase. The format will be the same only we will have the prize numbers inserted in the straw tubes. I am hoping to have the Tombola evening on a different night from the Regional Evenings, so as not to compete with another event. I would also request that, when planning what you will bring as a prize, you try to have a minimum value of $10.00. The better and more unique the prizes the more satisfied the winners. Remember, this is your way to help WACA.
Our Grand Venture Bonanza is still an ongoing event and a list of prizes is included in this All Clubs Message. The Recife package draw will take place between the last week of July or first week of August. Members of the Montreal Interline Club will arrange a time to have the draw with our Headquarters Manager, Keith. We need to sell those Bonanza tickets and get the receipts in for the draws. The odds are great to win a prize! So sell, sell those tickets at all your events and membership drives.
It goes without saying, this is an important year as this is an election year. It is time to get those nominees spoken to and a good list of candidates ready to put forward before the deadlines.
This year there will be several positions open as some of us will step down. New people with new ideas and energy will keep WACA energized for the next few years. If you or someone you know would like to take a turn at becoming involved, let someone know so their name can be put forward.
For those Clubs who have completed their invitational packages, please remember to complete the Event Form located on the WACA website and submit it to myself, the VP Finance and Headquarters. To those who have already done so, I say thank you for your promptness.
At this writing, we have heard via the media about the volcano eruption in Iceland and the fact that all flights in and out of London have been cancelled until it can be determined it is safe for aircraft to fly. This will no doubt impact on the European Regional Meeting being held in Brighton. We hope everything clears up and everyone will be able to safely attend.
We wish all our Regions well as they come together for their meetings and hope that you have constructive and fruitful meetings, as well as a great time with friends.

Obituary
The following message has been received at WACA Headquarters from the Regional V.P. Latin America and Caribbean Region, Jacquie Lyseight. It is with deep sadness that I advise you that the WACA family has lost one of its young, vibrant members, Ryan Godfrey of the Interline Club Bahamas. Ryan passed on Monday, 12 April after a short illness. This is indeed a sad time for all of us, and specifically the Bahamas and the Latin America and Caribbean Region, but as we continue to “Trust in the Lord with all our hearts, leaning not to our own understanding, but in all our ways acknowledge Him and He will take us through”. God Bless.

Yours in interlining,

Keith Miller
Manager, WACA Headquarters
World Airlines Clubs Association
Tel.: +1 514-874-0202 (ext. 3243)
Fax: +1 514-874-1753
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