MM unic AT i O n MMunicATiOn - Ontario Modern Language Teachers

Languages Rock! Les langues, ça rock!
A warm thank you to all the delegates, exhibitors, presenters and volunteers who helped make the conference a great success. We
were also pleased that Jean-Benoît Nadeau was able to attend as our keynote speaker. His address was well-received, and he had
the opportunity to speak to the largest crowd in his professional career.
We have received very supportive comments about the move towards the use of less paper and plastic. Our preliminary program
will once again be available on-line in 2009, and we are hopeful to be able to do on-line registration as well. Our ability to accept
Visa and Mastercard has helped to make this possible! We will keep you posted!
Please ensure that you maintain your membership in 2009! Your membership puts you on the mailing list for emails from the
association, thus “keeping you in the loop”!
Thank you also to the presenters who provided their handouts to us electronically. You may access these documents on our
website, www.omlta.org, in the “Conferences” section. Many teachers have already found this to be very convenient.
I extend an invitation to all of our delegates to consider offering a workshop, either at the Spring Conference, or at the Fall Conference (if you prefer a smaller venue
for an inaugural presentation). Teachers say, again and again, that they appreciate hearing from colleagues during workshops. We especially invite teachers of Spanish,
German and Italian to share their knowledge and expertise. Find a colleague, and give a workshop together, perhaps! Info is available on our website.
Lastly, I would like to extend my personal thanks to the Planning Committee (Wanda West-Gerber, Heather Henke, Antoinette Minutillo, Brenda Lessard and our
Administrative Assistant, Heidi Locher) for their diligence, generosity of time and effort, good counsel and collegiality. It is through the volunteer efforts of educators
and the Board of Directors that this conference becomes a reality each year. Thanks also to Sandy Smith, Maureen Smith and Christine Roberts for their help.
Susan Forrester, 2nd Vice-President of the OMLTA, will chair our conference in 2009. Please assist her and her team in making the 2009 conference a great success
too!
Linda Hendry
Chair, 2008 OMLTA/AOPLV Spring Conference
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