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ACEC National Leadership Conference 2017

6 November 2017
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ACEC National Leadership Conference 2017
The CFES took part in the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of Canada National Leadership Conference 2017 in Ottawa from October 22-24. ACEC represents the Canadian consulting engineering industry and they have been a long time supporter and partner of the CFES. Their annual conference brings together leaders and emerging leaders from across the country and includes two important events in addition to the business program: the Parliament Hill Day and the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards Gala. On Hill Day, our President had the opportunity to meet our Prime Minister alongside engineering professionals to discuss what consulting engineering really… Read More

President – Final Update

30 March 2015
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Since Congress, I have mainly been transitioning with Mark Grady. I contacted all our official partners to introduce Mark as well as every organization we are currently working with. I also continued to develop the relationship with potential partners. I had a meeting with Mark Abbott of Engineers Without Borders about CFES and the Engineering Change Lab. I also discussed with members of NSERC. Congress 2015 had a deficit and I have been mediating solutions on how to solve this. I have been communicating with the University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) and the CFES Board of Directors to make… Read More

IT Commissioner – Final Update

30 March 2015
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Priorities for next year are as follows: – Consider merging French and English versions of website under one content management system to make maintaining multilingual content easier. – Switch to portfolio-based email accounts for incoming executive. – Assess the future of the “Hub” or an alternative member communications platform. – Discuss expanding the membership database with the content that was formerly part of the questions database. Read More

CDE Activity Manager

30 March 2015
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I have been transitioning sponsors to Kristina, finalizing payment with the hotel and closing the NCWIE 2014 bank account. I have not done much else as there has not been a 2016 bid accepted yet. Read More

Administration Commissioner – Final Update

30 March 2015
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Work Plan – SPRING 2015 – COMPLETE   Since my last update, I have continued to collect and sort all mail as necessary. Now that we have transitioned to online banking, the scanning-into-the-electronic-library-of-bank-statements is no longer necessary. All of my work for the financial audit has been completed. I have been actively tracking membership fees as they come in. The EngCan Qualifications Board Engineer-in-Training Committee is still active, and I participated in the committee’s teleconference since Congress, during which we revisited the Model Guide for EIT Supervisors (which has been an ongoing project of ours for a while now). Read More

National Councillors – Final Update

30 March 2015
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Beth: I (with Anton) have finished the Policy Manual based on what was passed at Congress 2015. I have completed the in-house training package with Taylor based on Motion “Policy Manual – Inclusivity”, clause BIFRT: The ICE Chairs, Elizabeth Croteau & Taylor Standring, develop an in-house training package in inclusivity awareness and safe space concepts for the officer team, to be approved by the Board of Directors at Spring Meeting 2015. My major projects this year were the inclusivity task force with Taylor, which included consultations, the ICE report, policy development, and the Inclusive Conference Planning Handbook; and the policy manual,… Read More

Corporate Relations Commissioner – Final Update

30 March 2015
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Updated the CFES sponsorship database and moved it to Google Drive to make it easier to share amongst Activity Managers and future Corporate Relations Commissioners Worked with Engineers Canada to get engineering student volunteers to attend their NEM event on Parliament Hill Had a great time serving as the Corporate Relations Commissioner and am transitioning Zenon Kripki to take on the role for next year… Read More

VP Finance and Administration – Final update

30 March 2015
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Throughout the 2014-2015 year, the VP Finance and Administration performed the duties summarized below. -Performed an external audit of the organization with Deloitte -Transitioned the CFES under the new NFP Corporations Act -Established online banking for all CFES bank accounts -Created an Activity Finance Handbook -Revamped the Finance section of the Policy Manual -Fixed problems with the use of bank accounts -Collected membership fees and outstanding fees -Distributed 2015-2016 membership fee invoices -Performed all general finance roles including writing checks and making deposits… Read More

Engineers Canada Board Meeting February

24 February 2015
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Engineers Canada Board Meeting – February 22-24 in Ottawa, Ontario There were a lot of topics discussed and here is the list of the main topics relevant to CFES. NSERC will have public consultations about their Strategic Plan this summer. CFES will have a copy of that report and will have the opportunity to comment on it. The report will be made available to our members as soon as we receive it. The CFES will look at the Underemployment report produced by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and the International Engineering Graduate program by Engineers Canada and the Canadian government and update… Read More

Congress Update – Social Media Commissioner

1 January 2015
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The Commissioner of Social Media is responsible for the CFES Socia Media Outlets, and supporting officers by utilizing social media to relay information and messages.   The Commissioner of Design and Brand’s tasks and responsibilities include: Maintenance and upkeep of all of the social media for the CFES (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) Assist officers by posting relevent information pertaining to the CFES on Social Media pages. Assisting activities, programs and services with the utilization of CFES Social Media. Officer update: December – Throughout December I have been mainly been preparing for Congress. I have also been sifting through the social media… Read More

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