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Become a member and receive the newsletter that gives you all the information on the AGM and Much More!

Membership is now from January to December of each year and is due each January 1st; if you require an invoice for business purposes, please advise Kris Burkholder, Secretary each year.

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Membership includes the 3 annual issues of The Traveller for that year, and the right to vote at the annual meeting.  Current members are also granted online access to the wealth of information contained in past Traveller issues.  New members who join during the year have member privileges for the remainder of that calendar year.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Cost is $45.00 (CDN) per year, due January 1st of each year. E-Transfers can be made out to wheelwright.assoc.treas@gmail.com as our preferred payment option. 

Or, if you reside in Canada, you can send a cheque or money order. If you reside OUTSIDE of Canada, you can send an International money order payable in Canadian currency.

FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW TO APPLY
Step 01

Use the Print feature on your Browser to print the application below.

Step 02

Fill out the application (all information is required).

Step 03

Attach a cheque or money order payable to WCWA and send it to the WCWA Secretary, Kris Burkholder.

Step 04

Or save and fill out the application form and email the form to the WCWA Secretary and submit payment via e-transfer to Wheelwright.Assoc.Treas@gmail.com

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/ The Executive

President

John Lavoie

403-566-2448; 403-793-1366 cell

hippies2@telusplanet.net

Treasurer

Bonnie McCauley

403-370-3904

wheelwright.assoc.treas @gmail.com

Saskatchewan Director

Jean Lavoie

403-566-2448; 403-793-1366 cell

hippies2 @telusplanet.net

East Coast Director

Verne Cook

403-923-3422

atlanticcarriageworks @gmail.com

Newsletter Editor

Patricia Dawson

541-969-8563

patricia.dawson2@gmail.com

Vice President

Wayne Lenfesty

403-638-9310; 403-586-0229 cell

lenfestywd@gmail.com

BC Director

Vacant

Manitoba Director

Brian Reynolds

204-826-2120

br @haventrading.com

European Director

Vacant

Webmaster

Gary Stephenson

518-588-4397

gstephenson@nycap.rr.com

Secretary

Kris Burkholder

403-638-9310

kburky32@gmail.com

Alberta Director

Glenn Halvorson

403-347-4599

mywheelshop@gmail.com

Ontario Director

Bonnie McCauley

403-370-3904

bonnie.mccauley @auarts.ca

USA Director

Gary Stephenson

518-588-4397

gstephenson @nycapp.rr.com

/ The AGM

The Annual General Meeting is held once a year and the Executive determine where and when it will be held one or two years in advance. In recent times, the AGM has been held in the Spring of each year and it has rotated amongst locations in British Columbia, Alberta,  Saskatchewan and locations in the USA.

The 2022 WCWA AGM was held on August 20, 2022 at Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta.  Some of the members demonstrated our trade on both saturday and sunday of that weekend.  We had a great site located right close to the blacksmith shop and the large livery stable.  There was lots of public participation, with numerous children trying their hand at some of the aspects of wheelwrighting.  Lots of fun was had by all.

The 2023 WCWA AGM was held at Pioneer Acres in Irricana, Alberta on the weekend of August 11 – 13.2023.  We loved having our AGM at Pioneer Acres, one of the largest agricultural and industrial history Museums in Alberta, as they have so much going on throughout this weekend, which is their annual show where History comes Alive. please  check out the  Pioneer Acres Website

The 2024 AGM was held in Pinedale, Wyoming, USA.  The event was hosted by the Museum of the Mountain Man.  As a main activity the group rebuilt four Sarven wheels belonging to a historic ranch buggy in the museum’s collection. Members were also treated to a VIP tour of the museum and an introduction to the fur trade rendezvous that occurred locally in the first half of the 19th century.

The 2025 AGM was held in Cardston Alberta with the Remington Carriage Museum hosting. Attendees were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s extensive and well equipped restoration shop where lots of information and ideas were exchanged.  Of course, a horse drawn wagon ride was not to be missed.  Ample opportunity was given to exploring the museum’s expansive vehicle collection, one of the largest in North America.