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Message from the President - January 2012
By Jamie Bleay, CCI-Vancouver President
2011 was a successful year for CCI Vancouver. We held 4 very successful education seminars and published 4 newsletters. Our last seminar in November attracted over 60 people and attracted participants from as far away as Abbotsford. We are able to say that our membership numbers grew and we had an opportunity to offer assistance to the B.C. Government with respect to various proposed legislative changes to the Strata Property Act. As of December 13, 2011 the government passed the regulations necessary to require strata corporations to address the need for deprecation reports and improve disclosure to purchasers regarding documentation that had not previously been disclosed as part of the information made available in Form B’s. CCI Vancouver has recognized the importance of these changes and the need to help our members and non-members alike understand what these changes mean to strata corporations and how to implement these changes. This will be particularly true of the introduction of depreciation reports which will now require a considerable amount of time and effort to understand and “sell” to owners. Our February 18, 2012 CCI Vancouver will host an all day seminar at the UBC Robson Square campus and the new changes to the Act and regulations will be one of the main topics that will be presented. A registration form for this seminar is included in this newsletter and can also be found online at www.ccivancouver.com.
MP Waves Red Flag (and White) at Condominium Corporations
By Ron Danks, Partner, SimpsonWigle Law LLP
On September 27th of this year, John Carmichael, MP for Don Valley West introduced a new Bill into the Federal Legislature. Bill C-288 (The National Flag of Canada Act) is designed to prevent individuals or organizations from stopping citizens from displaying the Canadian flag. This legislation makes it a federal offence for any person to interfere with another’s right to fly the flag.
CCI National Council Update
By Jamie Bleay, CCI-Vancouver President
As many of you know, I have been appointed by the CCI Vancouver chapter board to be the National council representative for 2011. In that capacity I am required to participate in teleconference calls and face to face meeting with the entire National council and the National executive of CCI to identify issues of concern with our Chapter, to learn about initiatives put in place or being developed by CCI National for use by our chapter to help it grow its membership, identify and appoint new volunteers to our board and our chapter committees, to market the CCI message as “your condo connection” and to improve the educational mandate of CCI Vancouver.
CCI Vancouver Seminar
Seminar for Members and Non-Members
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Location: UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
For more information and to register, click here.
CCI Vancouver Education Seminar Survey
If you recently attended our February 19, 2011 seminar please take a moment to complete this survey.