December 11 & 12, 2023
Victoria Inn Hotel
This years AGM and trade show was held at the Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre on December 11 & 12, 2023. It was a busy two days of meetings, concluding with a stakeholders panel.
The highlight of the event was the Gala Dinner held Monday night. Our new Minister of Natural Resources Jamie Moses spoke to the attendees.
LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION A HUGE SUCCESS!
Special thanks to Jason Kaye from Kayes Auctions for doing a wonderful job raising a substantial amount of money for the MLOA. Major prizes were donated by a number of our Allied Members including Calm Air, Hooked Media Canada Pro Agencies, Gates Taxidermy, All Terrain Bear Hunts, BirdTail Waterfowl, Darrin Bohonis Agency, SCI, AED Authority and Luke’s Town Service. Luke’s has been a supporter of the MLOA for 60 Years! Thanks so much Luke for all you do.
Special thanks to the Wildlife and Fisheries Department for bringing us UpToDate on all the changes to both departments. Maria Arlt, Director of Wildlife drove down from The Pas to attend.
Erin Dunbar and Derek Kroeker gave us a Fisheries Department Review.
On Tuesday morning Travel Manitoba brought in staff and Probe Research to do a comprehensive SWOT. Members and Allied members were split into four groups and tasked with outlining the challenges and opportunities ahead. We will be meeting to review those results with Travel Manitoba later in January.
The MLOA would like to extend a special thanks to Colin and all his team for their support of this organization.
There were also elections held. Maureen Hrechkosy becomes the new President and Melanie MacCarthy the new Vice President. You can find all the staff and board members here