It’s that time again! Hi everyone – and welcome to the Monthly President’s Corner!
The monthly President’s Corner is an opportunity to see what’s happening within the Club, to hear about what our Board of Directors is working on, and to learn about what we discuss at our monthly meetings.
So, what happened at our last Board meeting?
The Ottawa Lions Board of Directors met on Monday, June 7th, 2021 over Zoom following the exciting Tokyo Qualifier series meet hosted by the Club on June 4th and 5th at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility.
Our Executive Director, Richard Johnston, highlighted the key health and safety measures put in place that ensured a safe and successful High Performance meet over the weekend. Having hosted this High Performance meet bodes well for the club to host Twilight Meets again later this summer. We are also looking forward to running summer camps again at Terry Fox. While the number of registrants this year has already exceeded that of last year, there is still room available to register!
Richard also announced that the Club’s Youth Ambassador Program has its first official hire, who will reach out to community groups in low SES neighbourhoods across the city. We hope to facilitate partnerships and provide philanthropic initiatives to serve those facing barriers to participate in our sport.
President Jennifer Dumoulin, along with a few other members of the board, attended the High Performance meet as Safety Officers, and we look forward to coming out to help again at Twilight meets when they resume this summer. Jenn also discussed the City of Ottawa’s Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The City is holding consultations on the plan, and while the sport of track and field is presently excluded from the plan, Jenn hopes to see what can be done for track and field in the city.
Our Charity Champions – James and Jen P. – have been researching various options to facilitate the process for making donations to the Club. They will be presenting their recommendations soon. The Board 101 Champions – Dave and Jenn D. – are looking into creating videos for internal training and for recruiting.
With Ontario now in Step 1 of its Roadmap to Reopen, we are excited for the facility to reopen to our members and for programs to start again soon.
That’s it for this month! We look forward to seeing our athletes around the track soon!
Jennifer Dumoulin
President, Board of Directors
Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club
president@ottawalions.com
(prepared jointly with Zeena Rashid, Secretary, Ottawa Lions Board of Directors)