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Message from the PRESIDENT

AN UPDATE ON THE 2021 LBMAO

TRAINING PROGRAMS & EVENTS

david campbell s if 2020 was not bad enough for our training and to offer the classroom training in the fall provided the
LBMAO President Aevents, it would appear that, due to the restrictions restrictions are lifted.
placed upon us by the provincial government at the
beginning of 2021, we will be unable to provide most Golf Tournaments
of the training and social events that we usually We have set the dates and booked the courses
provide. I will recap below what is happening with our starting in May, however, we anticipate that the early
programs: summer tournaments will be restricted to number
of attendees and dinner facilities. We will provide
Snowmobile Day, March 3, 2021 updates as the year progresses so watch our eNews,
We have booked and set the date and the host fax blast and the Reporter magazine for updates.
facility “The Haliburton Forest” is
"Hopefully, with the accepting bookings so we will be Motorcycle and Cool Car Ride
We have not set a date for this popular activity
able to go. However, with provincial
anticipated easing restrictions on travel, we will have to however we usually go in early August. Hopefully,
make a decision a couple of weeks with the anticipated easing of government restrictions
of government before the date on whether we will on travel and social distancing, we will have the
restrictions on move forward. Also, the hotel we use opportunity to move forward by then. All indications
is restricting bookings and only offers are that the vaccine roll-out will have most of the
travel and social take out in their restaurant. population of Ontario vaccinated towards the end of
distancing, we will summer.
Estimating Courses
have the opportunity The early spring estimating courses So, it appears that moving into 2021 will have its
to move forward. All that we usually host in Mississauga challenges for the LBMAO. Unlike our retail and vendor
will not happen due to restrictions members who enjoyed a robust 2020 our association,
indications are that on travel and hotel accommodations. like most, had serious challenges with significant
the vaccine roll-out We anticipate that we will be up reduction in revenues. The support programs from
and offering the courses in the late both the federal and provincial governments have
will have most of summer and fall. Due to the number been helpful in getting us through the pandemic.
the population of of members requesting our training We will be back in action as soon as the pandemic
dates, we will probably double up on
subsides.
Ontario vaccinated the courses at this time. See you out on the greens sometime this summer!
towards the end of Yard Management Course

summer." This well accepted training program
was cancelled in the fall due to the
restrictions placed upon us. We are
doing a test “virtual” Yard Management Course in
early February with one of our members to determine
if the learning outcomes are sufficient to make it
available to all member employees. If so, we will
publish a schedule of courses. For those of you who
have children using virtual platforms for education,
you understand the challenges of virtual training. We
will keep you posted on the virtual course. We plan

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