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

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

Heinz Hiob - Webmaster Team Member

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

Roy Brown - Webmaster Team Member

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

Sandy Shim - Webmaster Team Member

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

Tom Mitchell - Technical Advisor

An Honorary Member who continues to be a valued advisor to the Webmaster Team..

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.

Cecilia Caporaletti  -  Registrar 

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

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

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,  (2) Ron Gillies   Lower Mainland BC,  (3) Marianne Evashuk Okanagan   Thompson & Kootneys BC,   (4) TBA   Southern Alberta

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

From Left to Right:   (1) Chuck Joynt  Southwestern Ontario,   (2) Rose Sigouin  North Western Ontario,   (3) Helene Sauve  North Eastern Ontario, (4) Barry Gemmell South Eastern Ontario (Kingston)

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

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

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. Loyd Varner -  Lloyd was the original Regional Representative for New Brunswick.

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.

3. Barry Gemmell - Barry was a Co- Founder of the Cyber Pensioners and continues as Regional Representative for Ontario South East (Kingston)

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

5. Tom Mitchell - Tom was the original website manager and has provided valuable assistance to his successors. He continues as a technical advisor to the current team.

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.