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BC Chapter President’s Annual Report It has been a great honour for me to serve as President of the BC Chapter. This year has been particularly demanding for me as I’ve juggled to meet the deadlines from work, school and unforeseeable life events. To quote from David White’s “Crossing the Unknown Sea” “A good crew doesn’t let a new captain fail: and in this vein I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the board of directors who have accomplished so much in this past year. It has been a privilege to serve on the board with all of you. Amber Ellwyn, CCP – Vice President, Secretary and Privacy Officer We must also acknowledge the support the Chapter has received from the employers of these individuals who have on occasion taken time away from work to attend Institute matters and also the resources these employers have provided towards the Chapter’s activities and administration. The firms we wish to thank are General Paint Corp; Vannet Newspapers, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc; Western Forest Products Inc; Catalyst Paper Corp; Davis LLp; and Garibaldi Glass Industries Inc. I would also like to introduce two new volunteers who have recently joined the board – Jocelyn Rocheleau, CCP – Amec Earth & Environmental and Melody Briolett, CCP – Proveer Signs & Graphics. A special warm welcome to some of the VIP that have come out to be with us tonight: Amber Ellwyn, CCP; Jim Jordan, CCP; Pam Burton, CCP; and Irene Joy, CCP. Both Pam Burton and Irene Joy are recipients of the Vi Jones Memorial Award. We are very grateful to Irene Joy in her continuing role as chaplain and for her many years of service and support to the credit profession, the Chapter and the community. I would also like to thank all of the other VIP’s who are not present with us for their ongoing contributions to the BC Chapter. A special thanks to Bruce Hurst, CCP our auditor from Reid, Hurst & Nagy for his ongoing commitment to the BC Chapter. After Bruce obtained his CCP he carried on to further his education and obtain his CA. He has dedicated many years to his profession, contributions to the credit profession and to his community. We are sorry he could not be here with us this evening. Our annual golf tournament was held on September 10 at the Country Meadows Golf Club with 61 registrants. The beautiful weather made this day all the more enjoyable and great prizes were offered through the generosity of our sponsors. Our gratitude to the following companies for their sponsorship and donations: Equifax Canada Inc; D & B Canada; TransUnion of Canada Inc; CBV Collection Services; Metropolitan Credit Adjusters Ltd; Corix Water Products and Country Meadows Golf & Country. We would also like to thank Nancy Goldman for co-ordinating this event. On November 21, 2008 we welcomed three new graduates at our Graduation & Awards ceremonies – Stella K.M. Chan, CCP; Maria (Nancy) Indita-Jones, CCP; and Christopher Saruya, CCP. Patrick Jakubowski was the recipient of a National award for the highest marks in Law. The BC Achievement awards went to Patrick Jakubowski for the highest marks in Law & Communications, Denise Blades for the 2nd highest combined marks in Credit Management & Financial Accounting & Ella S.Y. Tsang for the 3rd highest combined marks in Credit Management & Advanced Credit Management. Local awards went to Michelle Hendriks, Patrick Jakubowski, Maria (Nancy) Indita-Jones, Denise Blades, Amy Kilmer and Joseph Lozinski. We thank our sponsors: Equifax Canada Inc., D & B Canada, Trans Union of Canada Inc; Metropolitan Credit Adjusters Ltd; HSBC Bank of Canada, Canadian Credit Career Group of Vancouver, West Fraser Mills Ltd; Western Forum of Credit & Financial Executives Association and VCR Print. Our valedictorian was Maria (Nancy)Indita-Jones who delivered a heartfelt speech of her experience as she unceasingly worked towards achieving her development goal. During the course of the evening, we also has a cake cutting ceremony in recognition of the 80th anniversary of the inception of the Credit Institute of Canada. This year’s Vi Jones Memorial recipient was Carl Larsen, CCP Emeritus who unfortunately was unable to attend. We thank Stacey Pickett for hosting the evening and coordinating the awards program and those in our Graduation committee that made this evening a success. There were 58 in attendance that night. The awards program is another way we support our student members. We also offer a mentorship program and a student discussion link on the national web site. We were also notified that on September 8, 2009 – Simon Fraser University had listed the CCP program on their web site and in their course calendar. Our seminar committee – chaired by David Lundrigan and assisted by Amber Ellwyn and Heather Strack presented 2 seminars this year. “Entering the Export Market – Be Prepared” and “Builders Lien Act & Collection of Accounts Receivable”. We are grateful to David Lundrigan and the seminar committee for their efforts to provide educational events supporting our students, our members and the needs of the business community. On Friday, March 13th we held a night at the races at Fraser Downs Race Course with 28 in attendance including 2 students. Some were luckier than others but a good time was had by all. We extend many thanks to Pam Burton for her assistance in organizing this event. Jim Jordan, Chair of the Publicity and Promotions committee continued his ongoing efforts to increase awareness of the Credit Institute of Canada through the local BC Chapter. This year we again took out a full page advertisement in the Business in Vancouver publication of the “Right Course”. We incorporated the branding designs which the National Marketing Committee created in our two banners which generated much interest at the Career Fair in March. Of those that visited our booth 107 people entered a draw to win a Credit Basic Course gratuity courtesy of the National office. We would like to thank National for their support in our local marketing efforts and the assistance they provided with our banners. Our BC Chapter membership has now reached 200 members and at last count 33 students. As much as were pleased to hear of the career opportunity that took our WCCL editor out of the country we were disappointed to see Terence Lao go. His sudden departure in July disrupted the publishing of our quarterly newsletter. Heather has taken on this tasking portfolio with determination and managed to publish the editions. Compensation will be offered to the advertiser for the ads that were missed during the 2008/09 fiscal year. Most of the CCP designations were either picked up or delivered and distributed at our Grad night. There are a few remaining and we urge those who haven’t received theirs to please make arrangements with the Chapter office to receive them. We’ve been informed by the National Chair of Governance and ByLaws Committee the Chapter By Laws have been updated to reflect the change in the name of the designation in those sections referencing FCI to CCP as well as FCI (Emeritus) to CCP (Emeritus). This change to our designation as you may recall was already voted on and approved nationally in June 2007. I would like to extend a special thank you to Heather Strack for the 6 years of dedication she has given as the National Director of the BC Chapter. Thank you again for it has been a privilege to serve as the Chapter President and I encourage you to get involved in your Chapter. The success of your chapter depends on the commitment of its volunteers. Respectfully submittedMuguette MacDonald, CCP
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