2007 was
another strong year for the IFMA NAC.
Together with our Sponsors, the Board and each Member we
have worked hard to find those few precious hours to support one
another...face to face, by phone and by email and simply by maintaining
your membership and your commitment to our Chapter.
You may not have come out to any local events, volunteered
to man the booth at the Buildex trade show or participated in World
Workplace or any of the many online opportunities that were sent from IFMA
Houston but the way I approach it is that you were only a phone call away from
any of the Members if they needed your advice or wanted to bounce an idea off
you and the Membership was there to reciprocate.
This
is the real strength of IFMA, knowing that you are an integral part of
a network of people that openly share and discuss issues, ideas
and concerns and develop opportunities and solutions that benefit your personal
and professional
I am grateful to each of you for contributing your time and
expertise to the Facility Management profession and to IFMA's success in
2007.
I look
forward to working with you in 2008.
Brian
Stephenson, President
The Treasurer’s Report
As at
IFMA celebrated the first ever Green Week from January 28 to
The NAC held a Green Advisory Committee, hosted by Omega
Business Furnishings on
The Buildex Tradeshow offers two days of new products, educational seminars and leading industry speakers. For more information visit www.buildexedmonton.com.
The NAC has reserved a booth at this exciting tradeshow! If you would like to represent our Chapter by volunteering your time at the Chapter booth, please e-mail the IFMA NAC Office Administrator at vici@telusplanet.net .
Beginning in January 2008, IFMA will offer a new membership option. The Young Professional category is open to IFMA members under the age of 30 as well as new or current IFMA members that have graduated from an accredited facility management program within 12 months of the time of application or renewal. Membership as a Young Professional is limited to two years.
As a member, your benefits include discounted annual dues ($92.00) and access to an online community.
The IFMA NAC website will soon be receiving a new facelift! If you have any ideas or suggestions on how to improve the quality of our website, please contact Brian Stephenson at (780) 969-2283 or by e-mail at brian.stephenson@stantec.com.
Here is a list of planned future events.
Information / Records Management – Using technology as an alternative to Real Estate to manage your organization’s information
Customer Service – What does customer service mean to your FM organization? How can a focus on customer service improve performance for the company?
Capital Planning – Infrastructure requirements for a growing province and country. How do organizations plan for and prioritize their infrastructure needs to best manage their assets?
Real Estate – Alberta Market – What are experts predicting?
Space Planning / Needs Analysis – Are we planning solutions for problems or are we finding problems to fit our solutions? The needs analysis approach to space planning
P3 Projects – Public, Private Partnerships in
Membership
There are 50 current
members in the Northern Alberta Chapter. Four of these members have Associate
status.
We
wish to welcome our new members!
John
C. Benson, Facilities Services Supervisor,
Archie
Pronger, Director Facilities & Ancillary Service, Northern
Brenda
E. Regnier, Facilities Supervisor, Convergys Inc
Paul
A. Teterenko, Director General Services, St.
Editor’s Note
If you have any ideas on improving our Chapter or would like
to sponsor, please e-mail the IFMA NAC
Office Administrator at
Glenn R. Bourke, FMA - Editor