Member Heads Up
Update For Friday, June 27, 2010
Gordon Ruth, FCGA, Appointed as
CGA-BC Executive Director
On behalf of the Board of Governors of the Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia, I am pleased to announce that Gordon Ruth, BA, FCGA, has been appointed as our new Executive Director. Gordon has occupied several roles in the public sector ranging from the federal government to BC Hydro. In addition, he spent some 15 years with the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro Vancouver) where he became the Chief Financial Officer and helped steward the financial affairs of this regional federation of 22 member municipalities and one electoral district.
Gordon has an extensive background volunteering with the CGA Association at the provincial, national and chapter level. He served on the CGA-BC Board of Governors from 1998 to 2005 and was elected to the Executive Committee in 2000. He then served as President of the Association in 2002. Nationally, he served on the CGA-Canada Board of Directors from 2000-2004 as well as on the CGA-Canada Executive Committee. He was active in both the Vancouver and Southern Vancouver Island chapters. He has received a number of awards recognizing his contribution to the Association including the J.M. Macbeth Award, a Fellowship Designation and a Life Membership.
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2005 President Rita Estock, FCGA, Retires
Friends and colleagues turn out for Rita’s retirement party.
(From left to right) Bill Johnson, FCGA, Director, Education & Student Services, CGA-BC; Lynda Carson, FCGA, Vice President, Education and Operational Affairs, CGA-Canada; Moe Jones, FCGA, Interim Executive Director, CGA-BC; Cindy Choi, CGA, Second Vice-President, CGA-BC; Ida Chong, FCGA, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport; Rita Estock, FCGA; Gordon Chan, FCGA, Principal, Chan & Company and CGA-BC Past-President (1998); Beverley Estock, CGA, Coordiantor, Corporate Budgets, Fraser Health Authority; and Joyce Evans, FCGA, Vice-Chair, CGA-Canada Board of Directors.
Congratulations to Rita Estock, FCGA. Rita, who was CGA-BC President in 2005, has retired as Senior Manager, Financial Services of the Capital Regional District (CRD). Rita joined the CRD—a federation of 13 municipalities and 3 electoral areas surrounding Victoria—soon after she moved to B.C. in 1980.
At last year’s CGA-BC Conference, she received a Life Membership, awarded for meritorious service to the profession in British Columbia, and is the highest honour conferred by CGA-BC. In 2001, she was elected to the CGA-BC Board of Directors. She obtained a diploma in business management from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and received her CGA designation in 1983 and FCGA in 2004. Rita has also held several positions, including president, with the Government Finance Officers Association of BC, and been a long-time director of the Financial Management Institute.
Enjoy your retirement, Rita.
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Convocation Set For November 27
The Vancouver Convention Centre
Family, friends, employers and other supporters of our CGA-BC graduating class, mark your calendar for Saturday, November 27. That’s right, Convocation 2010 is coming.
For the first time, we will be holding the ceremony at the new West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre at 1055 Canada Place. This is the highlight of the student calendar and a day of tremendous pride and great memories.
Registration forms will be sent out to new grads in August. We will post details such as times and rooms in the near future so check back to the Convocation page under Events on the website.
See a gallery of images from last year’s Convocation and general information about the proceedings.
Share Your Volunteer Experience to
Promote Your Favourite Charities
For years you’ve heard how B.C.’s CGAs and CGA students are influential, ethical and highly respected by both the business community and general public. What sometimes gets overlooked is the tremendous work we do away from the office for our communities—as volunteers for schools, teams, and charities from A to Z.
If you are a volunteer, whether president of the board of a charitable society, coach to your child’s soccer team, or regular visitor to your local seniors centre, we want to know about your good work. Just fill in our five question survey and we’ll post the results on our website. We’ll learn how diverse our volunteer efforts are and you’ll have a chance to promote the charities and institutions near to your heart as we link to the sites of those not-for-profit organizations.
As word spreads and our volunteer database grows, we’ll feature a Volunteer of the Month in each issue of CGA Update. It’s a win-win-win-win situation as you, your charity, end users, and your Association make new contacts and benefit from new opportunities and heightened reputations.
Get the ball rolling by telling us about your Volunteer Work and what it means to you. We promise it can be done in a minute. Even if you don’t currently volunteer but would like to put your name forward as willing to perform treasury services or board work for a local charity, we’d like you to visit the survey page.
Upcoming Ethics Workshops: July 1 – Dec 31
The following seminar opportunities are for Black and White ... and Sometimes Grey: A Review of Business Ethics for CGAs.
Registration available online starting July 1, 2010
September 13 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | UBC Robson Square, Vancouver |
September 15 | 1 – 4:30 pm | Telus Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler |
September 16 | 8:30 am – 12 pm | Telus Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler |
September 17 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Telus Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler |
September 22 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Hilton Metrotown, Burnaby |
September 23 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Arbutus Club, Vancouver |
September 28 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, Abbotsford |
October 19 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, North Vancouver |
October 20 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Executive Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, Coquitlam |
October 26 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Comfort Inn, Victoria |
November 15 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Hilton Metrotown, Burnaby |
November 16 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm | Hilton Metrotown, Burnaby |
December 1 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm
| River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond |
December 2 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm
| Coast Bastion Inn, Nanaimo |
December 7 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm
| River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond |
December 7 | 8:30 am – 12 pm
or
1 – 4:30 pm
| UBC Robson Square, Vancouver |
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