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Annual general meeting

The Ottawa Estonian Society will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Saturday January 24th at 4:00 p.m. at the Latvian Church on 83 Main Street.

In addition to giving an overview of our activities in 2008, this year we will have elections for our executive.  For 2009 we will require candidates for two positions, namely for President and Secretary.  We would like to ask you for your help in filling these positions.  If you are interested in being a candidate, please take contact with Mark Olo at (613) 233-0283 or markolo@rogers.com.

We hope that all members, and those that would like to become members, will be able to attend. Your help in bringing potluck snacks along would be much appreciated!

Annual General meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Ottawa Estonian Society will be held on Saturday January 26th. We will meet at the Latvian Church, 83 Main Street at 3 p.m. We plan to give an overview of our activities in 2007, followed by a showing of the Estonian film classic “Mehed ei nuta” (Men Don’t Cry) with snacks and coffee.We hope that all members, and those that would like to become members, will be able to attend and to discuss future activities for 2008. Your help in bringing potluck snacks along would be much appreciated!

“Mehed ei nuta” (Estonian for “Men don’t cry”) is an Estonian movie released in 1968, directed by Sulev Nõmmik and written by himself and Enn Vetemaa. A group of people suffering from sleeplessness are, under the guise of a resort, moved to a peninsula and subjected to work therapy. When they realise the deception, they attempt to leave the fake resort, with hilarious consequences.