Busy Week at the Chamber

On Monday, Jan 24th the Chamber partnered with the Lloydminster Rotary Club to being to town Celine Favreau , Project Manager with Saskatchewan Economic Development Assoc. who spoke on the Employee Investment Program. There are pamphlets and contact information available at the Chamber of Commerce office.

On Tuesday, I attended the federal budget consultations with MP Leon Benoit and other community leaders. Later that day, our President Wendy Plandowski hosted a meeting with Tiaingio International and Chamber members to learn more about the Chamber Business Trip to China in May. Information is available at the Chamber office and I encourage you to consider this great opportunity to visit China, learn about the culture and about what business opportunities might be available for you.

The Chamber is an active member of the Drug Strategy committee and I attended the monthly meeting on Wednesday. This committee is bringing to town, Susie Vanderlip, who presents a one woman show on how to improve communication between teens and parents. She has an amazing message about how to protect children. This event is being held on Feb. 10th beginning at 7:00 pm at the Legacy Centre. Call the Chamber office to register.

In preparation for the Annual meetings of both the Chamber and Streetscapes, we have been busy preparing documents for the meeting as well as the auditor. There will be a couple of proposed bylaw changes presented at the Chamber AGM this year on Feb. 16th.

I attended the Synergy Credit Union members meeting on Jan. 26th. What a great turn out to debate the amalgamation proposal. We heard some good arguments from both the yes and no perspective and ultimately the members made their voice heard. We are so lucky to live in this great country where anyone can speak up, have their say and have their wishes counted in a democratic way. The outcome was not to everyone's liking of course, but I would like to commend the Synergy Credit Union board and staff for all their hard work on behalf of their members.

Following the members policy development roundtable on January 19th, five policy resolutions will be presented for debate on Feb. 1st. Topics will include: Creating a Safer Community, Improvements to the Lloydminster Airport, Labour Force Enhancement & Pre-Kindergarten programs, Access to Primary Health Care, and Fair & Equitable Funding for Health Care Services in Lloydminster. If you have an interest in expressing your opinion on any of these topics, call the Chamber office and register for this event.

Till next time
Pat