The C&E Branch will host a C&E Combined Mess Dinner on Friday October 25 night (registration on CMCEN, available in person only).

Registration for C&E Combined Mess Dinner is now open. REGISTRATION CLOSES: 14 Oct 2024. No changes authorized after this date. If you are unable to attend, you are still liable for payment.

This event will again be held without spouses / guests, and will take place at the Vimy Officers’ Mess (VOM) on Friday, 25 October 2024 commencing at 1730 for 1800 hours. The dress for the evening is DEU 2 (Mess Dress) or DEU 2B (Mess Service Dress), dinner jacket, suit and tie, or equivalent for female attendees. Wearing of miniatures is encouraged.

The traditional focus of this dinner is to provide a forum for reminiscing, camaraderie, renewing old friendships, and making new ones. It is a most pleasurable annual gathering, which we are privileged to attend in the beautiful and nostalgic surroundings of the VOM. This year’s Mess Dinner will include a fireside chat period where members can ask the General Officers and Colonels questions in an organized but informal setting.

Keeping with the traditions of the original dinner, a formal seating plan will be in place.

As always accommodation, on and off Base, will be at a premium so you are advised to book as soon as possible.

Meal Choices:
The meal options offer flexibility for both palate and dietary considerations:

a. Salad. Baby Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Thyme Vinaigrette, Feta Cheese and Roasted Pecans

b. Soup. Roasted Italian Tomato Soup

c. Meal. Choice of:

i. Choice 1 – Braised AAA Angus Beef Short Rib, with Yorkshire Pudding, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables and Gravy;

ii. Choice 2 – Roasted Chicken Supreme stuffed with Mushrooms/Spinach, with Vegetables, Cheddar Whipped Potatoes and Hunter Sauce; or

iii. Choice 3 – (VEG) Italian Tofu Steak with White Bean Ragout, Vegetables and Gremolata.

d. Dessert. Chocolate Decadence Cake

Drink Choices. Wine (Red or White) service and Port will be included in the dinner payment. Bar will be open for alcoholic beverages at own cost (except during mandatory break towards end of mess dinner). Non-alcoholic wine will be available for attendees. Attendees drink options can be identified during registration.

Payment Choices:
Reg Forces Members will have the dinner payment deducted directly from their pay. They must all sign the acquittance roll prior to entry to the mess area.

All others will pay via e-transfer or phone paymentNLT 14 Oct 2024.

Payment Instructions:

E-transfer:  (Note – Please do not set up a password on the transfer)

1. Banking website – E-Transfer
2. Select bank account
3. Set up New contact
4. Name: CFMWS
5. Notify contact by: Email
6. Email address: [email protected]
7. Amount: $
8. Enter Message: Please include Service Number or CF1 # _____  and C& E Mess Dinner

An electronic receipt will be emailed to you to confirm payment.

We have enabled auto-deposit of all email transfers sent to this email address to ensure the funds are correctly deposited to our organization’s bank account.

Please keep in mind that your bank defines a daily limit for e-transfers. If the amount you wish to pay is greater than your daily limit, you may have to submit multiple payments

Phone Payment:

Contact VOM Mess Manager Ms Veronica Ron at 613-541-5010 x4774

On 24 October, the C&E Branch will host a Meet and Greet in Kingston where members are invited to a fireside chat with Branch leadership. Amid a very busy season, this will be a chance for our Branch members to meet, share and network with each other and our partners (available in person and virtually).

This year’s Meet and Greet will include a fireside chat period where members can ask the General Officers and Colonels questions in an organized but informal setting.

The meeting will be chaired jointly by the Branch Leader and the Colonel Commandant and conducted in the Vimy Officers’ Mess (invite only, available in person and virtually).

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The Commanding Officer and Regimental Sergeant-Major of the Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment will host the Major Bruce Carruthers Memorial Gravesite Ceremony at the Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Ontario.

W. Bruce M. Carruthers, a Kingston native and hero of the Boer War. He proposed that a specialist signaling corps be created to ensure standardization of signaling among Canadian army units. His proposal was accepted and on 24 October 1903, General Order (GO) 167 authorized formation of the “Canadian Signaling Corps (Militia)” (CSC) – the first independently organized Signal Corps in the British Empire. On 21 October 1910, Bruce Carruthers died in Kingston at the age of 47 and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery.

DRESS FOR ALL MILITARY SPECTATORS IS DEU 1A.

The RCCS aims to facilitate a Corps Conference twice per year. Each iteration targets a range of subjects spanning recruitment & retention issues to operational & training concerns. This engagement shall leverage the expertise of key RCCS leadership and staff to examine how to address complex issues and challenges whilst updating attendees with a ‘State of the Corps’ series of briefings.

The RCCS Corps Conference shall be hosted at the Vimy Officers’ Mess (VOM) with a virtual attendance option offered via MS Teams.  All links are embedded in the Joining Instructions are internal to the DWAN.

Registration Link:
https://acims.mil.ca/org/CFSCE/RCCS-CTRC/Lists/Corps%20Conference%20Registration/AllItems.aspx

RCCS Corps Documents Links:
RCCS Corps Conference – Instructions (2024)
Annex A – Corps Conference Schedule
Annex B – Working Group Guidance
Annex C – Army Reserve Corps Conference Schedule
Annex D – Garrison Kingston Map

For our C&E Branch Veterans who wish to participate in the Bruce Carruthers’ Day Ceremony, Veterans’ Day lunch, and museum tour.

NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT ENDS OCTOBER 18.

The C&E Branch will host a Junior Ranks Dinner in Kingston to celebrate our junior members. This will be an opportunity for our junior NCMs to network and meet with Branch Leadership in a more casual setting than the C&E Branch Dinner or Meet and Greet. The intent is for a dinner, at minimal cost for our members, hosted at the Kingston CFB (Canadian Forces Base) Junior Ranks.

This year’s Dinner will include a fireside chat period where members can ask the General Officers and Colonels questions in an organized but informal setting.

DRESS: Dress of the Day.

The C&E Association will hold its Annual General Meeting (available in person and virtually).

AGM DOCUMENTS CAN BE FOUND BELOW AND AT: https://cmcen-rcmce.ca/meetings/

AGM DOCUMENTS:

C&E Association Notice of AGM-2024
C&E Association By-Laws Review Version 5 2024 08 09
C&E Association Proxy
C&E Association AGM Agenda 2024 October 23
Minutes AGM Oct 2023

Hosted virtually and in person with select lecturers gathering in Kingston to deliver core lessons to new officers and NCOs in the C&E Branch. Students must receive endorsement from their CO / RSM (or equivalent) before registering (available in person and virtually).

The Branch Association will host a day of professional development where Branch members, partners and retired members will share operational perspectives and technical lessons with the Branch. Throughout the day, panels of subject matter experts will provide their insight and expertise on the technological and operational aspects being seen by our members in today’s operations (available in person and virtually).