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Hi Bill, That's a pretty good start for Parkinson's month! Do you agree with me that being busy is the absolute best way to deal with day to day Parkinson's?? I'd like to hear more about the "Parkinson Society Canada". Best regards ..................... murray On 20 Apr 2000, at 0:08, William Harshaw wrote: > Dear List, > > During the last few months, while I haven't been active on the list, I have > not been idle. > > 1. I participated in the Parkinson Foundation of Canada's strategic > planning weekend, during which the Foundation was reinvented with a new name > "Parkinson Society Canada" and a new mission statement "We are the voice of > the Parkinson community in Canada". I covered the conference for the > "Parkinson Post"; my artice will be in the summer issue > > 2. I was on the Selection Committee for the new CEO and National Director > of Parkinson Society Canada. She is Mary Jardine, and she comes to us from > the BC & Yukon Division of the Canadian Cancer Society. Mary has > substantial experience in the voluntary health charity sector. We ae > confident she will lead us on to substantial growth in the achievement of > our mission > > 3. The Second Edition of my booklet "Neurosurgery for Parkinson's > Disease: a patient's perspective" is at the printer and is expected to be > available at the Central Ontario Region of PSC's spring Conference on > Saturday May 13. List members will nr interested to know that Bonb Fink and > Charlie Meyer were among the reviewers. > > Cheers, > > Bill > > . [log in to unmask]