Janice Barr, Richmond Society for Community Living
Lilla Tipton, Inclusion Powell River Society
Diane Entwistle, Okanagan Boys & Girls Clubs
Sanjay Gulati, Mission Community Services Society
Rod Santiago, Abbotsford Community Services
Lois Wynne, Sea to Sky Community Services Society
CSSEA offers a limited delegate subsidy to encourage participation of member agencies at the 2015 AGM and Conference. Priority will be given to agencies that have never sent a delegate to a meeting or that are experiencing financial hardship.
The subsidy is available to one person per voting member agency. It requires the delegate attend the Annual General Meeting on Monday, October 5, at least two half-day courses offered during the conference and stay at least one night at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel.
CSSEA will cover the delegate's registration fee, valued at $235, and provide up to $500 towards travel and accommodation costs. Reimbursement will be paid after the event.…
Resolutions may be proposed to the AGM by the board, a panel or a member.
Resolutions generally reflect one of two categories:
If you wish to submit a resolution, please contact Kathie Best, Director, Corporate Services, at 604.601.3107 or 1.800.377.3340 extension 107. The deadline for the submission of resolutions is September 11, 2015.
After the deadline, resolutions may be heard at the AGM if submitted in writing to the AGM Chair and approved by the board for consideration.
* Awards Luncheon ticket will be included in your registration package
The sustainability of your organization is crucial to your clients and the community in which it is an active member. With increasing demands, rising costs, and ongoing budget restraint, it will take innovation, creativity, and conviction to ensure the viability of your organization.
In this session, the panel members will share how their agencies have successfully implemented community partnership initiatives and address questions such as how to develop a healthy alliance with a business in your community and what business strategies you can employ to increase revenue.
As the workforce ages, senior manager retirement is inevitable. Has your agency identified who will lead it through the challenges ahead? Is your emerging leader ready to take on the responsibilities of managing a social services organization at this time?
In this session, the panel members will share how their agencies have managed or are dealing with a change in leadership, how they identified a successor, and strategies they used in developing the skills of that person to prepare them for their future role as a leader.
Ensuring the safety of your organization and its stakeholders is essential to good organizational management. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management to have a sound and practical risk management plan in place. Organizational risks relevant to your agency include financial, property, and personal safety of clients and employees, reputational and legal liabilities, and fraud.…