CCI Manitoba - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

September 22, 2022

06:00 PM - 09:30 PM

IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2022 HALLOWEEN THEME ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & NETWORKING CONFERENCE AT FORT GIBRALTAR.

JOIN US FOR A FANG-TASTIC EVENING OF NETWORKING, FUN, GAMES AND FABULOUS PRIZES INCLUDING THE BEST DRESS COSTUME!

Networking Conference "Eat, drink, games and be scary": 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
AGM Registration: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Annual General Meeting: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Prizes & Networking: 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

PRE-REGISTER ONLINE BY SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022 AND RECEIVE 10 EXTRA DOOR DRAW TICKETS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A $500.00 VISA GIFT CARD!

**Please note that our Annual General Meeting is open to all members of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Condominium Institute, including individual unit owners whose corporation is a member of CCI. Although pre-registration is not required it is very much appreciated. Have your costume ready to go…. it’s not mandatory but it would be Boo-tiful if you could join us in the fun!

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MEET OUR NEW CCI MANITOBA BOARD CANDIDATES: 

Alex Abraham

Education:
- Post graduate in Mechanical Engineering 

Accreditations/ Certifications:
- Professional Engineer, Engineers & Geoscientists of Manitoba
- Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute
- Six Sigma Black Belt, American Society for Quality
- Quality Auditor, American Society for Quality

Current Employment

Training and Validation Coordinator - Canadian Air Force

Condo Board experience

President, Winnipeg Condo Corp #14 since 2014

Ours is a self managed condo corporation consisting of 12 units in South Winnipeg. John Popowich and I have worked in this Board over the last eight years. Our is a success story and I wish to share the lessons with other condo corporations in Winnipeg. 

CCI past work 

• Member of the communications committee (2021-22)

CCI opportunities for 2022-2023

If elected as a Director, I am available to lead a team on efficiencies and Net Zero. There are a couple of areas where a new CCI team could contribute. 

• Efficiency Manitoba offers several grants for improving insulation, heating and cooling of buildings in Manitoba. The applicability for condo corporations is currently limited. Sustainable Buildings Manitoba is currently looking to fill this gap. 
• Participating Condo Boards may be able to reduce utility bills and contribute to sustainability. 
   

Patricia Salam

Profile:

• A retired financial services industry professional. 
• Condo owner for almost 7 years.

Experience:

FINANCIAL ADVISOR, Investors Group, 1997 - 2012

• Providing advice to clients regarding Retirement, Education, Insurance, and Estate Plans

ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT, TD Bank, 1974 - 1997

• Various positions such as Accounting Officer, Administration Officer, and Financial Analyst

Volunteer Experience:

• CUSTOMER SERVICE, Things Store Supporting RWB
• PREPARE AND SERVE LUNCH, Siloam Mission
• SCRUTINEER AND ASSISTING DURING CAMPAIGN, Civic Elections
• HOSPITALITY AND PROTOCOL, FIFA Women’s World Cu
• MEDALS CEREMONY COORDINATOR, Canada Summer Games
• EMPLOYMENT EQUITY COMMITTEE, TD Bank

CCI past work:

• Secretary and member of education committee 2020-2021.

CCI opportunities for 2022-2023:

• If elected as a Director I would like to contribute to growing the membership base of CCI and increase awareness and benefits of CCI by actively promoting the Condo guide book for a start.
   

Seth Henoch

Seth joined BFL CANADA in 2013 as a Vice President after working at a large multi-national brokerage, and within two years had become a partner in the company.  In addition to being owned and managed by its own employees, BFL is one of the largest risk management and insurance brokerages in Canada, currently with 24 offices and over 1100 employees across the country. 

Seth’s practice is concentrated in the areas of Residential & Commercial Realty, Condominium Corporations, Real Estate Development, Construction, and Representation & Warranties insurance.  Seth’s brokerage experience includes servicing local, national and international companies.

He returned to Winnipeg in 2005 after being away for 14 years, and obtained an MBA from the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba in 2006.  Seth has spoken on several occasions to organizations and industry groups on risk management and insurance matters. 

In addition to the Newsletter Committee for the Canadian Condominium Institute (CCI), Seth sits on the IDEA and Membership committees for the Associates, the Marketing committee for the Building Owners and Managers Association of Manitoba (BOMA), and the Membership committee for the Property Managers Association of Manitoba (PPMA).

CCI MB BOARD MEMBERS UP FOR RE-ELECTION:

John Popowich, CAFM

Canadian Condominium Institute

• Current President of Manitoba Chapter
• Served as Vice-President and on Education, Executive, Finance and  Nominating Committees
• Board member since 2019
• CCI National Council representative

WCC # 14

• 12 unit self-managed condo corporation
• Board members since 2011
• Current Treasurer

Employment

• Senior manager with Lazer Grant LLP.
• Servicing Not for Profit Organizations and Indigenous communities for over 30 years.
• President Lazer Grant First Nation Advisors Inc.

Education

• Certified Aboriginal Financial Manager (CAFM) 2006
• Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Manitoba and Canada (AFOA)
• Red River Community College Business Administration

Outside of his work life, he loves to travel and is a model train enthusiast. John has travelled throughout Europe, Asia, South America and the Caribbean.
 

Alan Forbes

Alan was first elected as a CCI Manitoba Director at the AGM in the fall of 2019 after serving as a volunteer on the Newsletter Committee for one year. While a Director, Alan has served in various roles, initially as a member of the former Communications & Membership Committee and the Newsletter Committee. Eventually Alan became Chair of the Newsletter Committee, which became the Communications Committee, and he still is the Chair. As well he Chaired the Nominations Committee leading up to the AGM in 2021 and has also Chaired the Advocacy Committee for the past year.

Alan retired in 2014 after over 30 years in the electronics manufacturing
and computer industries, with most of that time spent as a project manager. Besides CCI, Alan volunteers as a warden of Camp 8 of the Seven Wardens which administers and maintains The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer (aka iron ring ceremony), and has been the treasurer of his condo corporation since 2017.

Alan's first condo purchase was in 1985 but it was not a good experience as he got hit with a special assessment within months of moving in. It wasn't until 30 years later that he again owned a condo, moving into Rougeau Gardens with his wife in 2015. In the fall of that year, he attended his first CCI Lunch-n-Learn, then after reviewing his condo's initial reserve fund study released for the 2017 AGM, joined his condo board as treasurer. He has continued his education taking the offered condo courses 101/201/301 in the fall of 2017 and attending additional CCI educational events each year since.

In his spare time, Alan curls at the Pembina Curling Club, enjoys reading (science, current events and murder mysteries) and is a proud Papa of two grandsons (one five years old and the other ten months). He and his wife enjoy family camping & cottaging in the summers and also enjoy the occasional get away for active touring, on foot or on bicycles.

 

Doug Forbes

Doug was introduced to condominium law as an articling student in 1989, and then as a unit owner. Doug subsequently became a member of the Board of Directors of his Condominium’s Corporation, and eventually President.

Doug has been a professional member of the Canadian Condominium Institute (Manitoba Chapter) for over 30 years. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Chapter since 1998 and is a Past President of the Manitoba Chapter. Doug is also the Chair of the Manitoba Chapter’s Government Relations Committee.

Doug is also a Past President of CCI (National).

As a partner in the law firm of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, Doug acts for condominium corporations, developers, lenders, and individuals in apartment, townhouse, and bare land style condominiums. In addition to his involvement in condominium law, he practices in the area of Real Estate law and in Corporate/ Commercial law.

Doug frequently provides advice and assistance in areas such as drafting, interpreting, and amending declarations and by-laws, disputes between boards and unit owners, collection of common expense arrears, and assisting in governance issues for condominium developments of all styles and sizes. Doug regularly contributes to, or chairs, meetings for condominium corporations.

Doug says he likes condominium law because “it is a nice mixture of commercial and business law with a human element. There is more at stake than money, it involves how people live, and how they live with each other.”
 

Kathleen Vandale

Hub International – 1986 to present

Hub Realty Expert

Kathleen has worked in the Insurance Industry at Hub International for over 36 years, specializing in residential realty – Condominiums and Apartments.   She works along side her clients to provide the best insurance solutions, risk management and risk transfer services.

Kathleen continues  to manage  some of HUB Manitoba’s largest and most complex clients including a large Property Management Portfolio.   She has the proven ability to identify customers’ needs and her attention to detail combined with her commitment to unparalleled customer service have resulted in many long term, loyal relationships with both her clients and insurance underwriters. 

Kathleen’s dedication to her vocation has led to her involvement as a member of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Condominium Institute and the Professional Property Managers Association