Transcript RCEME Corps 75th Anniversary

Heritage Team
Intro to Regional reps
28 Feb 2014
Col Benson
Agenda
• Introduction to the Heritage Committee
• RCEME Museum
• RCEME 75
• RCEME Artefacts
• Key Milestones and Support
• Questions / Discussion
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The Heritage Committee
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Manage on behalf of the EME Branch Fund Board of Directors
and the the EME Guild for items and activities related to EME
Heritage;
• Operate a Remembrance Program;
• Preserve and Promote the story of the Canadian Armed Forces’
EME History;
• Collect and maintain EME memorabilia;
• Educating the CAF and Canadian Public about the impact of EME
•Fundraising on behalf of the EME Guild
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General Overview Org Chart
RCEME Council
(Chairperson = D RCEME)
RCEME Heritage Committee (Cmte)
(Chairperson = CO 202 WD)
RCEME Museum
(Kingston)
Sub Cmte
75th Anniv
National Coord
Sub Cmte
RCEME History
Project Sub Cmte
(“Craftsman at 75”)
EME Guild
202 WD Heritage
Team
Fundraising Sub
Cmte
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202 WD Heritage Team
EME Heritage Cmte
(Chair = Col A.T. Benson)
Major J. Guérette
OC 202 Heritage Team
Capt A.
Henderson
Corporate
Governance
Sync Matrix
Coord
RCEME
CFSAC Team
OPI
Lt S. Royal
Heritage Team
Desk Officer
Lt E. Giguère
Adventure
Training OPI
RCEME
Nijmegan Team
OPI
2Lt A.
Lévesque
RCEME
Museum POC
2Lt R.
Guzman
Bontemps
(Class A)
RCEME
History Project
POC
Marie-France
Chrétien
RCEME
Journal /
Comms OPI
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Heritage Cmte members
Chairperson: Colonel A.T. Benson
Co-Chairperson: Colonel (Ret’d) A. Nellestyn
Members:
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) P.J. Holt, Colonel Commandant
Colonel (Ret’d) M.C. Johnston, RCEME Association Representative
Colonel (Ret’d) G. Nappert, EME Association Representative
Colonel (Ret’d) T. Temple Co-Chairperson, RCEME Museum
Major (Ret’d) D. Knight, RCEME Corps Assistant Archivist
Captain G. Dzeoba, Guild Manager and RCEME Corps Archivist
Warrant Officer E. Johnson, RCEME National Administrator
Reverend D. Chisholm, RCEME Corps Padre
LCol D.P. Matsalla, RCEME Corps Historian
RCEME Council Rep – Vacant
RCEME Reserve Rep – Vacant
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Key Tasks
• RCEME Museum
• Ground Breaking Ceremony – May 14
• Opening Ceremony – Late 2015
•RCEME 75
•RCEME Commemorative Products
•RCEME Commemorative Monument
•RCEME 75 Celebratory Activites
•RCEME 75 Communication
•RCEME 75 Logo Competition Mar- Sep 14
•Revue du GEMRC Heritage – Spring 2014
• RCEME History Project
• Afghanistan: A Soldier’s Story
• Fund Raising
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RCEME MUSEUM
• RCEME Museum Accredited 2013
• Shared Anx with Royal Corp of Signals Museum Kingston
• Heritage Room – RCEME School Borden
• Stand Alone Museum and Technology Park
• Annex Construction
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Request for proposal (RFP - in progress)
CA April 2014
Ground Breaking Ceremony May 2014
Opening Ceremony Late 2015
• Develop Business Model
• Advertising budget
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RCEME Corps 75th Anniversary
Concept of Ops - Three ‘Thrusts’:
1. Commemorative Products (details next slide)
 7 Projects
 OPI Historian (Lcol Matsalla)
2. RCEME Monument Expansion Project
 OPI: DCO CFSEME (Maj Garrard)
3. Celebratory Activities
 Organize and implement specific National Events
 Synchronize, Track, Enable Regional Activities
(approved by BOD in April 2013)
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RCEME Corps 75th Anniversary
Governance Org
(Temptative)
EME Heritage Cmte
EME Association
RCEME Association
RCEME Association of Western
Canada
75th National Coord
Sub Cmte
(202 WD – Col A.T. Benson)
Co-chair/FR Dir
Fundraising
Integral Support
(OPI = 202 WD)
Maj J. Guerette
Thrust #1
Thrust #2
Thrust #3
Commemorative Products
(OPI = Branch Historian)
Lcol D. Matsalla
Monument
Expansion
(OPI = DCO CFSEME)
Maj G. Garrard
75th Celebratory
Activities
Projects OPI (6)
Regional Comms Reps
(West, Cen, Qué, East)
Admin
(Secretary, …)
Finance
(Fund Mngmt, Treasurer,
…)
National Activities (~10)
Regional Activities OPIs
Arty Team OPI
Marty Team OPI
Gen Sports OPI
Social Activities OPI
Communication
(RCEME Network,
Journal, Website
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Thrust #1 : Commemorative Products
Commemorative
Products
(Lcol Matsalla)
Project OPIs 
Time
Capsule OPI
(CWO
Moreau /
CFSEME)
“A Day in a
life of
RCEME” OPI
(MWO Drouin/
2 Cdn Div)
“Honouring
our RCEME
Heritage” OPI
(Capt Borys /
4 Cdn Div)
45-min
Commemorative
Film OPI
(Capt Drouin /
CFSEME)
RCEME
75th
Journal
Special
Anniversay
Edition
Logo
(Capt Dzeoba / (Marie-France
Chrétien /
CFSEME)
202WD)
Regional Reps
West
Region
Rep
Central
Region
Rep
Québec
Region
Rep
Atlantic
Region
Rep
RCAF
Rep
RCN Rep
NDHQ &
Northern
Rep
Training
Systems
Rep
Ops
Commands
Rep
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RCEME Corps 75th Anniversary
Thrust #1 : Commemorative Products
1) RCEME Time Capsule
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Articles, photos from across Canada
2) A Day in the Life of RCEME
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Photos of RCEME across Canada in a Publication
3) “Honouring our RCEME Heritage”
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Antique objects, parts. Competition.
Link to national administrator
Develop esprit de corps competition and strengthen the bond between serving
and retired RCEME members
4) 45-min Film: “The RCEME Soldiers Story, 1994-1019”
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Dan Rodrique film editor – clips, interviews
Andrew Nellestyn and CWO Saunders
5) “Afghanistan: A Soldier’s Story” by Andrew Nellestyn
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Coffee table book of anecdotes, stories
De-linked from Commemorative Products
(because book will be published before 2019)
5) 75th Anniversary Artwork/Logo
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Logo competition in mars 2014 – OPI : Corps Adjt
Artwork/Collage competition – to be planned latter on…
6) RCEME Journal : Special Edition in 2019
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Thrust #2 : Monument Move/Expansion
RCEME Corps Monument
Move from A-72 to New RCEME
School Consolidation Site
Proposal drafted by
Maj G.C. Garrard
DCmdt RCEME School
31 Oct 13
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RCEME Corps 75th Anniversary
Thrust #2 : Monument Move/Expansion
Enlarged View South Learning Living Centre
Ortona Road
Lundy’s Lane
Dieppe Road
South LLC Quarters
CFSATE Consolidation
Alliston
RCEME School
Consolidation Phase 1
(HQ, Art Coy HQ, EO
Pl, Regt Coy complete)
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Thrust #2 : Monument Move/Expansion
Current and 4 x Potential Monument Sites
Current Baseapproved location for
the Monument
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Thrust #2 : Monument Move/Expansion
Best Option (from School perspective) : Site 4 !!
 View from the North at the Ortona/Lundy Intersection
-Potential Monument location
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Thrust #3 : Celebratory Activities
Potential Activities of Interest - National:
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Unveiling display at Ottawa War Museum (confirmed)
75th Coin distribution to members
CFSAC Competition (send a RCEME team)
Adventure Training (send a RCEME team)
Nijmegen March (send a RCEME team)
Coast-to-Coast Bicycle Relay
School Open house (Borden) – CFSRCEME
→ with an Opening ceremony ?
→ Skyhawks demonstration during opening ceremony ?
→ Kiosks Exposition all over CFSRCEME ?
→ … or Museum Open House
• National Golf Tournament
• National Hockey Tournament (theme remain WO Muise)
• National RCEME Mess Dinner
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Thrust #3 : Celebratory Activities
Potential Ideas for Regional Activities:
Arte Team:
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Recovery competitions;
‘Fix and Fire’ competitions;
Jiffy Jeep demonstrations;
All trade competitions;
Marte Team:
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RCEME biathlon (winter activity);
Silent Drill Team;
Route Marches;
Orienteering (patrolling)
competitions;
General Sports:
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Tug of War;
Golf (Theme ‘75th Anniversary’);
Curling (Theme ’75th Anniversary);
Soccer;
Baseball/Softball;
Social (Party):
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Mess Diner;
Candle Light Diner;
Balls/Dances;
‘Feux de Joie’
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RCEME History Project:
“Craftsman at 75”
Intent:
• Produce a book, e-book and/or website to capture “the last 25 years”
• Requirement to collect events, stories and anecdotes from larger RCEME
community, filter, edit, publish
• Exact CONOP TBC
• Initial commemorative work published at 2019 with complete work
sometime after 2019
• Heritage Committee to develop proposed concept of implementation
for approval at fall 2014 Corps Council
• Initial suggestions:
• Populate information on the RCEME Website
• Perhaps a timeline of significant events, punctuated with anecdotes, stories, etc
• Capture the broader RCEME Community, serving and retired, new members,
Friends of the Corps
• Integrated with project communication plan, information collection plan
• POC to sent info/ideas : 2Lt Guzman-Bontemps
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United Kingdom Artefacts
REME School (Bordon, UK)
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Gen McNaughton Cornerstone
(Continued…)
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RCEME
Information
Repository
?? Information Requirement ??
- Stories, anecdotes, photos, items, etc
(Could be 75th Ann Project Team, Author, etc.)
RCEME
Website
1. Request
submitted
Populate
repository
Heritage
Coord (202)
3. Submit request to
archivist
3. Submit request
to network
RCEME Rep Network
Div Rep
Div Rep
Formn
Formn
Formn
Reps
Reps
Reps
Formn
Formn
Formn
Reps
Reps
Reps
RCEME Members
Members
Manage/Populate
repository
DLEPS 4-5
RCEME Members
5. Submit Info
for publishing
Further
req to
historian
Manage/consult
archives
WO Ferland
RCAF Rep NCR Rep
Formn
Formn
Formn
Reps
Reps
Reps
RCEME
Archivist
Formn
Formn
Formn
Reps
Reps
Reps
Members
EMEA
Rep
RCEME
Historian
Consult Col
Johnston, Doug
Knight, etc.
EMEA,
RCEMEA
Bordon
Archives
EMEAs
EMEA Members
RCEME Shared E-mail Account
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Support required
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OPIs required to act as PM for :
• 75th Anniversary Thrust 3 – National and
Regional Activities of Interest
• History project
• Fundraising
• Museum
• Historian / commemorative products
• LCol Matsalla
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RCEME 75 :
• BPT provide POC for RCEME 75
• Form local committees
• Provide regional feedback into the national plan
• Begin fund raising
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Heritage committee
Missing input from :
• Western area
• Navy / Air Force
• SOF
• Reserve officer
• Reserve CWO
Missing representation from:
• 1x NCM
• 1x CWO
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Discussion
Questions
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ADDENDUM
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Situation
• In Fall of 2016 REME School will be leaving Bordon (UK). The land and
bldgs will be turned over to the town for redevelopment;
• That redevelopment plan will include the destruction of some bldg;
• REME Corps is currently conducting a survey of all artefacts of
historical significance for their Corps;
• In the process, they have also identified many items which will hold
significance to other organization (i.e. RCEME Corps);
• Couples items would be worthwhile for the RCEME Corps to be
repatriated to Canada (and not being torn down).
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Gen McNaughton Cornerstone
History:
• Stone laid in 1942 as part of the foundation of 1 Canadian Base
Workshop (destined to become the largest Military Repair and
Overhaul facility in the entire British Empire);
• The facility was built for the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps by the
Royal Canadian Engineers;
• For RCEME, this workshop saw the birth of our Corps on the 15th of
May 1944 as the unit changed from RCOC to RCEME under the
command of Col Gordon A Secord;
• Following the War, the workshop was turned over to the British who
immediately transformed it into their REME School.
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Gen McNaughton Cornerstone
(Continued…)
Today:
• Decision has been made to close the Camp in Bordon
• REME School/museum will be relocated to new site (Lyneham)
• REME Corps has accepted that the stone could be repatriated to
Canada but will not pay to extract it or ship it (funding needs to come
from Canada)
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Gen McNaughton Cornerstone
(Continued…)
Underway:
• Contact with external contractor has been made to get cost estimate
for the stone removal of the existing structure;
• Plan includes crating cost and building remediation costs;
• Cost estimate received
• Process underway to pay contrator in UK
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Other Historical Items
a) 20(~) red bricks engraved with Canadian Graffiti
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