REPORT
2002 Nominations Committee
Sandy Campbell, Chair
Feb. 19, 2002


The committee has fulfilled the mandate given it by the Board.  Our
colleague Cathy Wenuk has, of course, already been nominated and she
will be joined by five other well-qualified candidates.  All of them
have been 'vetted' by the committee and will be nominated by Sandy
Campbell and seconded by Chris Cope.

We ask the Board to recommend to members the following as candidates,
all of whom would be able to make a solid contribution as members of
the Board of Directors.

Cathy Wenuk ep584 
Mary Anne Dugmore er983 
Don Francis ba990 
Andrea Holland es170 
Denis Wall er075 
Michael Williamson cm324


MARY ANNE DUGMORE (er983)  

Mary Anne Dugmore is currently Project Manager with the Ottawa
Carleton School Board, where for 20 years, she has been deeply
involved in educational support and technology.  She has also worked
for the federal government and in private industry.


DON FRANCIS (ba990)  

Don Francis was for 13 years a professor in the English Department of
Algonquin College, President of the Faculty Association, and
Department Head of the 30-member faculty of English.  He was elected
to six consecutive terms as a trustee of the Ottawa Board of
Education, where he was involved in dealing with curriculum
initiatives, school
choices, and negotiating major collective agreements. He and his wife
established The Irlen
Centre which has successfully helped many hundreds of people
overcome reading problems.  He is also a Wellness Consultant, and in
1998 graduated from the Mediation Course offered by the Faculty of
Law at the University of Windsor.  He has been a member of NCF from
its earliest days.


ANDREA HOLLAND (es170) 

Andrea Holland is Principal Sales Consultant with Oracle Corporation
in Ottawa and worked for other companies in the computer field before
joining Oracle in 1994.  She has been a volunteer member of several
organizations, including a highschool technology board and a web
charity organization.  She holds a B.A., Social Sciences in Economics
from Carleton University.  In addition to expertise in Oracle
applications, she is a Microsoft Certified Professional.


DR. DENIS WALL (er075) 

Denis Wall operates D. Wall Research Group in Ottawa, acting as
consultant to governments and other organizations across Canada.  He
holds a Ph.D in intercultural education from the University of
Alberta, along with an M.Ed. degree and teacher cetification. He
specializes in policy development and analysis, program evaluation
and strategic planning in formal and non-formal contexts.  He has
worked in South Africa with the Commonwealth of Learning, has done
research on working and learning conditions for major Canadian
teacher organizations; research on aboriginal and minority education
issues; and has done sessional teaching at the University level.
Since 1987 he has been an Adjunct Researcher, Canadian Circumpolar
Institute, and a member of the Canadian Association of International
Development Consultants, Ottawa (2000/1).  He is Vice-Chair of
Ottawa's Canterbury High School Council and Member, "Action
Canterbury", the strategic planning sub-committee of the School
Council, Canterbury High School. 2001/2.


MICHAEL WILLIAMSON (cm324)

Michael Williamson is currently Special Advisor on Learning
Communities, HRDC. He has also been Acting Director, Officer of
Learning Technologies; Manager Program Development (Community
Learning Networks and Learning Technologies in the Workplace. Prior
to joing HRDC, he was Coordinator of Network Development, National
Library of Canada.  He has a wide range of experience dealing with
big-budget projects, with a strong focus on community, e.g. started
literacy and writing workshops in poor and ethnic communities in
Toronto.  Academic credentials include Master of Information Science
(M.L.S.), University of British Columbia; B.A. Honours English,
Victoria College, University of Toronto. Continuing education
includes Managing the Media, Government of Canada, 2000; Negotiation
Skills/Presentation Skills, Algonquin College, 1998; Data
Communications, University of Ottawa, 1995; Project Management,
Algonquin College, 1996; Internet-Design and  Development, Harvard
University, 1997; Financial Management, Government of Canada, 1994;
Internet Basics and the Development of Search Engines, Algonquin
College, 1991.


When time allows, we shall try to file a further report with details
on the criteria, methodology, etc. of this search for candidates.
Such a document would be useful as a starting point for discussion by
the Board on how to refine and improve the process of the Board
'providing for succession.'

Sandy Campbell
Chris Cope
Ian MacEachern