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The Green Condo Page - Fall 2021
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon.
The Green Condo Page - Spring 2021
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
This is hopefully going to be a recurring feature in our quarterly newsletter, with wide ranging topics all related to the environment. Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon.
Team Building, TED Talks and Pandemics
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
How well does your Condominium Board work together? Communication is key to effective collaboration amongst the directors on your condo board. A lack of familiarity with each other because of personnel changes or because of the lack of in- person meetings during this pandemic can result in miscommunication and adversely affect board decisions and productivity. Condo boards should consider virtual team building sessions during the pandemic, even if it is just for getting together online for an informal discussion over a coffee.
The Green Condo Page - Winter 2021
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
This is hopefully going to be a recurring feature in our quarterly newsletter, with wide ranging topics all related to the environment. Whether it improves the sustainability of your condo operations, reduces waste, increases energy efficiency, reduces water consumption or just beautifies the environment surrounding your property, we’d like to hear from you - just send us an email with a subject line of “CCI Green Condo Page”. We hope to hear from you soon.
National Report
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
Twice each year, CCI holds a National Leaders Forum (NLF) and conference, which provides an incredible learning opportunity for condo owners, condo directors, condo professionals and business partners. Since we are still suffering through the pandemic, this fall’s NLF was held virtually, Nov 4th - 7th (https://cci.ca/events/2020/11/04/cci-n-fall-leaders-forum).
Suggestions to Improve the MB Condo Act - Winter 2021
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
When we refer to the Manitoba Condo Act we often use the term “the New Condo Act” but it isn’t really that new anymore - it came into effect in 2015. Many other Provinces have amended their respective Acts in the past few years. Perhaps it is time for us to get ours updated and more importantly get it improved.
The Green Condo Page - Fall 2020
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
The Covid pandemic, while affecting our physical and mental health, and while ravaging our economy, is also having an adverse affect on our environment, as noted in this article https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/household-waste-boom-covid-1.5728420. Extra packaging from online shopping and home delivery of groceries includes a lot of cardboard, some of which ends up in the trash rather than recycling, plus lots of extra plastic which just goes into the trash. As well, there are those masks and gloves being thrown away, some of which end up blowing in the wind through our neighbourhoods. Surprisingly, there is also an increase in food waste, which largely ends up in the trash.
Suggestions to Improve the MB Condo Act - Fall 2020
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
When we refer to the Manitoba Condo Act we often use the term “the New Condo Act” but it isn’t really that new anymore - it came into effect in 2015. Many other Provinces have amended their respective Acts in the past few years. Perhaps it is time for us to get ours updated and more importantly get it improved. Toward this end, CCI Manitoba has a section on its website for you to submit suggestions for improving the Provincial Condo Act - here is a link https://cci-manitoba.ca/resources/the-condominium-act-suggestions-for-improvement
Got TP? (Thoughts about resiliency planning)
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
Don’t worry; this is not an article about panicked buying and hoarding of toilet paper. Instead this is an article introducing the idea of resiliency planning. The hoarding of items such as toilet paper is a behavior resulting from panic, when you end up in circumstances for which you are unprepared. This panic related behavior could be mitigated through resiliency planning.
Condominium Reserve Fund Studies - The Next Steps
By Jim Nostedt, Alan Forbes | Other articles by Jim Nostedt, Alan Forbes
DO YOU KNOW ERIK? (Emergency Response Information Kit)
By Alan Forbes | Other articles by Alan Forbes
Are you familiar with E.R.I.K.®, which is the acronym for Emergency Response Information Kit, or en français T.I.S.U.® for trousse d'information sur les interventions d'urgence?
Condominium Reserve Fund Studies - Should there be more?
By Jim Nostedt, Alan Forbes | Other articles by Jim Nostedt, Alan Forbes
WHY I ♥ MY CONDO - Spring 2019
By Alan Forbes, WCC 619 | Other articles by Alan Forbes, WCC 619
Are You Condo Proud? Would you like to see your Corporation featured on the pages of the CCI News and Views? We
want you to tell us all about your property. What makes it unique? What are the property features?
This is your chance to let our condo community see what is out there and to perhaps inspire other communities. For more information
or to submit your condo please visit our website http://ccimanitoba.ca/resources/i-love-my-condo. We are really looking forward to
featuring your condo and getting to know you better!
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