Our Team

We welcome any BMO Cyber Pensioner interested in becoming a member of the News Team. If you are interested, please send us an email to   cyberpensioner@gmail.com

Colin Evans - Team Leader 

Leader in program development, website content consultation, team cordination, liaison with key contacts in pensioner groups as well as BMO. Forging new contacts is also a key role.

Volunteered 2007

Dave Harmer - Editor 

Provides the lead role in consulting, guiding and directing the editorial policy, website content regarding stories & articles as well as the publishing of editorials

Volunteered 2008

Heinz Hiob - Webmaster Team Member

Website design, generating and revising web pages, testing, replying to user comments, and examining traffic through the site. 

Volunteered 2008

Roy Brown - Webmaster Team Member

Website design, generating and revising web pages, testing, replying to user comments, and examining traffic through the site. 

Volunteered 2017

Sandy Shim - Webmaster Team Member

Website design, generating and revising web pages, testing, replying to user comments, and examining traffic through the site. 

Volunteered 2017

Joan Mesic - Senior Correspondent 

Member of the editorial team responsible for helping members write their stories; generating ideas for website content and answering Letters to the Editor.

Volunteered 2010

Cecilia Caporaletti  -  Registrar 

Handles all the administrative work associated with handling new registrations and keeping the membership records up to date and reconciled.

Volunteered 2011

Al Bateson  -  Associate Registrar 
Handles the administrative work associated with handling new registrations and keeping the membership records up to date and reconciled.

Volunteered 2019

A number of BMO pensioners from various associations/groups located across the country have volunteered to work alongside us in a liaison capacity.  They provide a conduit to enable us to publish stories and interesting articles about BMO pensioners from their respective regions. They also help to promote membership in the BMO Cyber Pensioner organization within their region (e.g. meetings, luncheons, and other social events.)

We welcome any BMO Cyber Pensioner interested in becoming a Regional Representative. If you are interested, please send us an email to  cyberpensioner@gmail.com. 

Your current Regional Representatives are:

From Left to Right    (1) Joan Firkins  Vancouver Island BC (Volunteered 2018),  (2) Ron Gillies   Lower Mainland BC (Volunteered 2017), ((3) TBA Okanagan  Thompson & Kootneys BC,   (4) TBA   Southern Alberta

From Left to Right:   (1) Gaylene Burfitt  Northern Saskatchewan (Volunteered 2011), (2) Al Barteski  Northern Alberta (Volunteered 2010),   (3)  Gerry Syrota  Southern Saskatchewan (Volunteered 2015),   (4) TBA  Central  Ontario

From Left to Right:   (1) Chuck Joynt  Southwestern Ontario(Volunteered 2015) ,   (2) Rose Sigouin  North Western Ontario(Volunteered 2016) ,   (3) TBA  North Eastern Ontario, (4) TBA South Eastern Ontario (Kingston)

From Left to Right:  (1) Susan Parker  New Brunswick (Volunteered 2017),  (2) Blair Hatherley  Nova Scotia (Volunteered 2013)

From Left to Right:   (1) TBA  Newfoundland and Labrador,  (2) TBA  Arizona, (3) Dennis Mogg  Florida (Volunteered 2014)

In recognition of their significant contribution over the years to the success currently enjoyed by our membership, the Cyber Pensioner News Team has bestowed on the following members the status of HONORARY MEMBER.

From Left to Right

1. Lloyd Varner -  Lloyd was the original Regional Representative for New Brunswick. Volunteered 1990s -2017

2. Ron Carstairs - Ron was the Regional Representative for the Lower Mainland of B.C. for over 25 years. He was one of the original Regional Representatives. Volunteered 1990s -2017

3. Barry Gemmell - Barry was a Co- Founder of the Cyber Pensioners. Volunteered 1991 - 2007

4. Bob Mills - Bob was the Regional Representative for Nova Scotia for close to 25 years and was one of the original Regional Representatives. Volunteered 1990s - 2013

5. Tom Mitchell - Tom was the original website manager and has provided valuable assistance to his successors. Volunteered 2002 - 2021

6. Jim O’Neill - Jim was a Co-Founder of the Cyber Pensioners. He was the Regional Representative for Central Ontario as well as an advisor to the news team, performing a number of administrative functions including audit of processed material. Volunteered 1991 - 2020