Our committees
are open to all members and are a great way to meet people, take
an active role in Chamber networking and advocacy. They merely
await your expertise. Most committees meet once a month. Get involved
and enhance your business, your community and your personal growth.
Click here to join one of our
committees.
Chamber Committees and Task Forces
Health Advocacy Committee
Chair:
John Douglas, Tenacity International Inc.
Regular
Monthly Meeting Day: Second Friday
Mandate: To
monitor, examine and develop positions on issues pertaining to health and well-being. This committee
works with all levels of government to ensure that the Chamber acts as
an effective advocate for local businesses.
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Membership
Committee
Co-Chairs: Sharon Jackman, Service First Forwarding, and,
Margareta Laffoley, Creative Discovery
Regular
Monthly Meeting Day: Second Thursday
Mandate: To develop and co-ordinate programs to orient and
integrate new members, enhance overall membership retention, and ensure
customer satisfaction. Essentially this committee is charged with
recruiting and retaining members.
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Communications
Committee
Chair: James Burchill, JamesBurchill.com
Regular
Monthly Meeting Day: First Thursday
Mandate: To develop and co-ordinate tools to market the
Burlington Chamber of Commerce and to improve communications with
current and prospective members. This committee works on the image of
the Chamber, as well as membership recruitment and communication.
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Environment Committee
Chair: Jean MacKinnon
Regular Monthly Meeting Day: Second Tuesday
Mandate: To educate members
and develop policy positions on environmental issues affecting
Burlington businesses.
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Political Action Committee
Chair:
Fay Booker, Booker & Associates
Regular
Monthly Meeting Day: First Friday
Mandate: To
monitor, examine and develop positions on issues pertaining to
development, infrastructure and economics. This committee
works with all levels of government to ensure that the Chamber acts as
an effective advocate for local businesses.
Some of the work of
our Political Action Committee is also listed on our Advocacy
page.
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Programs
Committee
Chair: Lee Dam, P.V. & V. Insurance Centre
Regular
Monthly Meeting Day: First Tuesday
Mandate: To initiate, promote and execute business networking programs and events
for the benefit of members.
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Young Professional Network Organizing Committee
Chair: Crystal Leochko
Regular Monthly Meeting Day: Second Friday
Mandate: To organize the
meetings and activities of the
Young
Professional Network.
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Business Awards Task
Force
Chair:
Peter John VanDyk, P. V. & V. Insurance Centre
Mandate: To recognize business excellence in Burlington through an annual, high
profile Awards Gala. The Gala, a black-tie invited dinner, has
been a sell-out virtually every year.
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Golf Tournament Task
Force
Chair:
Marty Staz, Sunshine Building Maintenance
Mandate: To plan the annual Past President's
golf tournament held every year
in June. Plans for this year's golf tournament are already
underway. The 2010 tournament is booked for June 24 at the
Hidden Lake Country Club.
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Curling
Bonspiel Task Force
Chair:
Crystal Leochko, Brash Avenues
Mandate: To
plan the Chamber's annual Curling Bonspiel networking event held each
winter. Read more on our Curling Bonspiel
page.
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Executive
Roundtables
CFO Roundtable, Chair: Ben Nielsen, Thomson-Gordon Limited
Operations
Roundtable, Chair: Jeremy Okolisan, Byrne Engineering Inc.
Mandate: To provide a peer-to-peer resource group for Burlington manufacturing
firms. They offer an
opportunity for financial and operating executives to share experiences
and information. The two Roundtables operate on alternating monthly schedules: one
group consists of CFOs and the other of Operations
Executives.
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A COMMITTEE
If
you are interested in joining one of these committees, simply go to our committee
sign-up page and fill out the online form.
