NOTES & NEWS
June Meeting Brings Chapter Leaders Together
CPABC hosted its annual Chapter Leaders’ Meeting in Vancouver on June 2 and 3. The meeting
provides a forum in which chapter volunteers can share their experiences over the previous
year and brainstorm ideas for future activities designed to engage members and CPA candidates
and students at the local level. More than 40 chapter leaders from across the province were in
attendance at the 2016 meeting, representing CPABC’s 16 chapters.*
The meeting started with a reception and dinner at the Vancouver Club, which gave chapter
leaders an opportunity to network with peers and members of CPABC’s senior staff and provincial
board. This was followed the next day by a full-day meeting held at CPABC’s Harbour Centre
offices. In the morning session, chapter leaders exchanged ideas on how to better support members’
professional development needs, collaborate with CPABC on local recruitment of prospective
CPA students, and support the mentoring of CPA candidates, students, and young professionals through the early stages of their career. They also received updates on the CPA education
program and the recently launched Advanced Certificate in Accounting and Finance program.
In the afternoon session, chapter leaders described events that had engaged members successfully over the past year. All told, in the 2015/2016 fiscal year, CPABC chapters held 118 local
PD sessions and 90 social networking events. Combined, these events drew a total of 11,450
registrants, an increase of 30% over the previous year.
CPABC's chapter leaders discuss how best to serve members.
Brainstorming ways to better support members’ PD needs.
If you’d like to find out more about your local
chapter, visit the chapters’ webpage at bccpa.ca/
members/cpabc-chapters or contact David
Chiang, CPA, CA, CPABC’s VP of member
services, at [email protected]. And if you’d
like to volunteer with your local chapter, go
to the “Get Involved” page of your chapter’s
blog. You can also stay connected with your
chapter through social media—all chapters
have active blogs and event calendars, and
many manage their own LinkedIn, Facebook,
and Twitter feeds.
* The Peace Region Chapter became the
16th CPABC chapter when it was officially
launched on April 1, 2016.
CPABC president & CEO Richard Rees, FCPA, FCA, provides an update.
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