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April 15th, 2011
The Honourable Thomas LukaszukMinister of Employment and ImmigrationLegislature Office#418, Legislature Building10800 – 97 AvenueEdmonton,AB.T5K 2B6
Dear Sir;
The College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists is pleased to present our8th Annual Report to you, and through you to the Legislative Assembly.
This report has been prepared in accordance with Part 1, Section 4 of the RegulatedForestry Profession Act for the period of January 1, 2010 throughDecember 31, 2010.
Respectfully,
Barbara de Groot, RPFTExecutive Director/RegistrarCollege of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists
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VISION“Forested Land Management by professionals who care”
MISSION“The College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists will promote theprofessional management of all forested land in the Province of Alberta”
VALUESTo obtain ourVISION and deliver our MISSION, ourVALUES are fundamental to allour interactions and communications
WEVALUE
FairnessCompetencyRespectIntegrityEquality andConfidentiality
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Letter to the Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01
OurVision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02
College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Annual General . . . . . . . . . .04Meeting Minutes - April 16, 2010
President’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Vice President’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Past President’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Finance Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Financial Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Continuing Competency Committee’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Hearings Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Communication Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Executive Director/Registrar’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Exam Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Membership Director’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Membership Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Members in Good Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
NAIT Representative’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Technical Session Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Annual General Meeting Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Table of Contents
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College of Alberta Professional ForestTechnologists - Annual GeneralMeeting Minutes - April 16th, 2010I. Call to order
Jed Begin called to order the 2009 Annual General Meeting at 9:15 am onApril 16th, 2010 in the Holiday Inn Convention Centre, Edmonton,Alberta.
II. Approval of Agenda
Moved to accept Agenda as presented by Jed Begin
2nd by: Rick Stewart
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
III. Welcome Address by Rick Stewart
IV. Rules and Procedures For the 2009 Annual General Meeting presented byTrevor Pratt
V. Approval of Minutes
Moved to accept Minutes of the 2009 with amendments Annual GeneralMeeting by Jed Begin
2nd by: Norm Begin
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
VI. Council and Committee Reports
Moved Annual Reports be accepted as presented by Jed Begin
2nd by Diane Lussier
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
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VII. Approval of 2009 Financial Statements
Moved that 2009 Financial Statements be approved as presented by DerekFisher
2nd by: Pat Gallupe
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
VIII. Approval of 2010 Budget
Short explanation of Budget items
Moved that 2009 Budget be approved by Derek Fisher
2nd by: Pat Elliott
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
IX. Online Management System and CCP Presentation
Wes Baker ( Acting Communications Director) gave members an update onthe on line management system and the improvements planned for this year.Also gave a short preview of the new website that will be up and running thisyear.
Pat Gallupe (Competence Director) explained why some items are no longerincluded in the new reporting system. i.e. Reading. A new course list is beingworked on. Mentors are needed for the FTT’s.
Thanked his committee members for their hard work.
Mark Froehler Wally Peters Jeff ScammellChantelle Bambrick Glenn Dobransky
X. NAIT
Rodger DeChamplain was asked to give a brief up date regarding NAIT.
• Classroom quota has been cut to 30 students for 2010 year
• The Forestry Program has not been cut
• Bernie Thiel is on sabbatical and Bruce Avery is standing in for him.
• Noted MikeWatson’s passing. He will be missed
• Looking for a new internal and external audit on programming
• 2010 will be a 15 week semenster, down from 17
• Asking for suggestions on programs
• Brian Adams is working on DVD
XI. Break 10:30 am. Resumed at 10:55 am.
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XII. Bylaws
2010 – 1 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved by Jed Begin that Bylaw 2010 – 1 be accepted as presented
2nd by Phil Robert
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
2010 – 2 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved by Jed Begin that Bylaw 2010 – 2 be accepted as presented
2nd by Daryl Hemery
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
2010 – 3 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved by Jed Begin that Bylaw 2010 – 3 be accepted as presented
2nd by FarrahTerpstra
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
2010 – 4 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved by Jed Begin that Bylaw 2010 – 4 be accepted as presented
2nd by Pat Gallupe
Discussion on wording of the bylaw
Change wording to read well as other organizations
Moved to defeat motion as presented by: MikeWoods
2nd by: Jed Begin
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Defeated
2010 – 4 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 4 with changes by Jed Begin
2nd by Ashley Lawson
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
2010 – 5 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 5 with changes by Jed Begin
2nd by Bruce MacGregor
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
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2010 – 6 (See attached Bylaw)
Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 6 by Jed Begin
2nd by Derek Fisher
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
2010 – 7 (See attached ByLaw)
Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 7 by Jed Begin
2nd by Pat Gallupe
Discussion
Asked about security for the voting procedures
Wally Peters asked Barb de Groot to read 6.06 again
Butch Shenfield clarified motion
Bill Black says that Council has permission to make decision on votingprocedures
All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
XIII. Presentations
10Year Pins
10 year pins were presented to:
Norm Begin Bill Black Sr. Garth ChristensenJohn Collins Christina Cripps-Woods Cory DavisMark Froehler Mike Gabourie Howard HermanTrevor Chibry Tom Plouffe Cory RhettPat Scobie MikeWoods
15Year Pins
15 year pins were presented to:
Rod Houle Mike Kakoullis Wally PetersChrisWalsh
Members who did not attend will have their pins mailed to them.
Outgoing Council Members
Presentations were made to the following Council & Committee Members
Ed Koehler Ashley Lawson Mike BenedictsonMichaela Jenkins Derek Fisher
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A special presentation was make to Rick Stewart out going past president.
Rick spear headed the beginning of the College. His is our founding father.He was the 1st chairman, 3 times president.
Rick was presented with a Swiss ArmyWatch thanking him for all of hiscontributions to AFTA and the College.
Forest Technologist Annual Achievement award was presented to DennisMarycz.
XIV. Elections
Nominations forVice President
1st Nomination: Mike Poscente by: Bruce MacGregor
No more nominations
Will you let your name stand? –Yes
Mike Poscente elected by acclamation
Nominations for Communication Director
Wes Baker nominated by: Pat Gallupe
No other nominations
Will you let your name stand? –Yes
Wes Baker elected by acclamation
Nominations for Finance Director
Derek Fisher nominated by: Butch Shenfield
No other nominations
Will you let your name stand? –Yes
Derek Fisher elected by acclamation
Nominations for Membership Director
Cindy Schmidt nominated by Ashley Lawon
No other nominations
Will you let your name stand? –Yes
Cindy Schmidt elected by acclamation
Nomination for Hearing Director
Mike Benedictson nominated by: Rick Stewart
No other nominations
Will you let your name stand? –Yes
Mike Benedictson elected by acclamation
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XV. Motion
Moved to adjourn 2010 Annual General Meeting by Rick Stewart
2nd by MikeWoods
All In Favour: 100 Against: 0 Abstained: 0
Carried
XVI. Break For Lunch 12:00 pm. Resumed at 1:00 pm
XVII.Guest Speakers
Todd Hirsch – Senior Economist, ATB Financial
Talked about the economic conditions in Alberta
After his presentation there were questions & answers and short discussions
Rob Flemming – FPAC spoke about the Future Bio-Pathways project
After his presentation there was a question & answer period
XVIII. Break at 2:00pm . Resumed at 2:15 pm
XIX. Special Guest SpeakerDanielle Smith – Leader of theWild Rose Alliance Party
Talked about the philosphy of theWild Rose Alliance Party
There is no quick fix for the problems facing Alberta
Would repeal several of the Bills that have passed recently with the currentgovernment
Admitted that she didn’t know to much about the forest industry but willresearch the needs to turn the forestry industry around
After her presentation there was a question and answer period
XX. Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Jed Begin outgoing President
Butch Shenfield incoming President
XXI. Transitional Council Meeting for Outgoing and Incoming CouncilMembers
Group Photo
Minutes approved by:
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AGM is quickly coming upon us and presents a great occasion to presentopportunities and issues to the membership, as well as to meet each other againface to face. There are currently few times in a year members, executive and councilare all gathered together in one room. I hope you plan to attend, express ideas andvote on several items of governance of the College. We hope to have Minister TomLukaszuk of Employment and Immigration speaking to us, representing thedepartment which oversees our College. As usual we have a high quality technicalsession the day before that should be of interest to all our members.
There will also be time for elections; this year we will be looking for a newVicePresident, Complaints Director, Competence Director, and Exam Director, andpotentially another vacancy. Please take time between the AGM and now to considerpersons around you who would benefit from the experience and exposure Councilbrings to every individual. I hope you will consider such positions yourself and theopportunities to serve others and build relationships that will be to your gain aswell as with those of fellow members and the public. There is a huge amount oflearning and development that takes place in this service. We also plan to have a lotmore fun in these roles.
Much is going on for all Council members and their specific roles, and I will notrepeat their reports in mine, but encourage you to review their reports carefully,and observe how the workings affect you and influence your professionalism. Ihope you will also be aware of the business plan that has been completed for thisnext year as well as securing our direction for the next few years. We’re still in ourvery early years and there is much opportunity ahead.
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A big question that should be on all our minds is what will we look like in threeyears? Five years? The public is demanding greater understanding andaccountability of the forest resources and how they are managed. Albertansunderstand that the forests provide much more than just trees, wildlife, clean water,clean air, recreation, and business opportunities. We are intricately connected in anecosystem that involves a great deal of professionals including Forest Technologists,Foresters, Biologists, Agrologists, Engineers, Chemists, Hydrologists, Soil Scientists,and others. Many of these are linked in groups such as PRO 6 or JEPP boards whichhelp sort out the complexity of “managing the management” of organizations andhow we collectively serve Albertans. We compare standards and need to spendmore time sorting out who is responsible for what and making sure we eitheroverlap or come together seamlessly, reducing conflicts or misunderstandings ofour interpretations and forecasts of outcomes.
Pick up a newspaper on about any given day of the week and you’ll read aboutchallenges to government, industry, non-government organizations, stakeholders,land owners. There are constantly different interpretations of what impacts we haveon our public or private lands with as many differing outcomes predicted as thereare people concerned about them. Where do people go to find trusted informationor professional advice? Our College recognizes and regulates professionals for thepublic trust. We provide technical sessions and are developing services to respondto questions. We require continued education and development of our members.We need to grow with the expanding demands on our skills, talents, and thepressures on our resources. Government and industry alone cannot provide theservices necessary for serving the public and continued value of our resources.Albertans expect high standards and we are here to deliver.
High on our College’s priorities for the next few years is how all these professionswill work together and well as individual organizations. We will be exposed topartnerships, mergers, and need to take full advantage of opportunities to worktogether. We will likely see structure changes, preferably self-imposed. We mustconsider the output of our education providers in tech schools as well asuniversities. These institutions are at critical survival levels in forestry trainingacross Canada. Other hybrids of what we were are cropping up and we need toadapt if we are to survive and provide the public with the services necessary for thesustainability of our resources and the benefits to Albertans. We need to fill the gapsof resource management that are not being addressed by legitimate professionalstoday. We need to ensure we are keeping up with new technologies and discoveriesof better management understanding and techniques.
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These are exciting times. I hope you will recognize your part in all this and be veryactive with your membership. Each Council member has special purposes andmost work with College members on very active committees to help deal with thechallenges. Many hands make the work lighter for each individual and create anoble and gratifying network of people who will be linked in some way for yearsand decades ahead. This is your time to make a difference and leave a legacy forthose who follow in our footsteps now and in the future.
Thank you for your part in our future.
Butch Shenfield RPFT, PresidentCollege of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists
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I would like to start out by thanking all of the CAPFT council members, volunteersand employees for their dedication and commitment. It is an eye opener toparticipate in the operations of the college.We have an administrative governanceboard, which relies heavily on volunteers.Without volunteers we would not havethe resources to accomplish what we need done.Thank you! For those of youthinking that you would like to become involved in the college, please do so. It istremendously rewarding and will provide you with an opportunity to guide ourfuture.
A significant achievement of the Council over the past year was the development ofthe 2011/12 business plan. Our intent for the business plan was to guide ourdirection, focus our efforts and direct our resources to priority actions. A planupdate and performance report will be conducted annually. It is my vision that theVice President will be tasked with leading the annual updates for Council’s approval,and the President responsible for reporting back to our members on the progresstowards meeting our targets.The business plan will provide continuity of directionas the leadership changes, since most initiatives will take longer than one year toaccomplish. An incoming president will have three years to carry out strategicactions that he or she started.This approach provides a degree of certainty thatimportant initiatives will not be terminated just because the presidency changes,while at the same time enable us to be responsive to new challenges andopportunities.
I will not report on the content of the business plan because I want you to read ityourself! The plan is written for and intended to be a public document. It will helpthe public, stakeholders and new members to understand what it is we do and whatwe stand for. Our vision and mission are prominently stated.The ethics we abide byare proudly displayed.
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The business plan strategies are categorized by strategic priorities and operationalpriorities.
Our strategic priorities have three main themes:
• Sustainability (of our college)
• Managing relationships
• Response to labour and mobility agreements
Our operational priorities also have three main themes:
• Council due diligence in fiduciary and governance
• Increasing value and benefit to our members
• Increased participation of forestry students in the college
The budget is included in the business plan; our planned income and expendituresare open and transparent to the members and public.We identify the issues we arekeeping an eye on, to determine what impact they may have on our college, and/oron forest management.The day to day and annual activities that our college isengaged in are listed in the Core Activities section.This latter section is importantbecause it describes the large amount of work that the college is obliged to conducton an annual basis, over and above the strategic and operational priorities.
When you read the business plan and study the budget and resources available tous, your first though will probably be, “How the heck do they expect to get all ofthis done?” Good observation. I stated out my message by talking about volunteers.As you peruse the business plan, if you see something you are interested in andhave a desire to become involved, please contact one of the executive.We will beecstatic to have the help and will be pleased to arrange for a task group to work ona specific project.
Mike PoscenteVice PresidentCollege of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists
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Happy NewYears, I hope this communication finds you all well! Another year comeand gone just as fast as those previous, sometimes it is amazing when you look backat all the time a person thinks is available in 365 days and then its over. I look backover the past three years that I have had the privilege to serve as theVice President,President and finally Past President and wonder where the time went.
Its 2011 and I hope you share my satisfaction with where our college is at.We havehundreds of members across Alberta and are recognized as professionals committedto a high level of occupational performance. As I follow the job opportunities forForestry professionals posted on our website I continue to be amazed at thediversity of organizations interested in the skills we possess. I work with a stronggroup of dedicated staff, council and committee members that are committed to thesuccess and continual improvement of the College.You as members continue toimpress with Continuing Competence program audits consistently yielding resultsgreater than 80% showing your dedication.We have come a long way and I amexcited to see where we go from here!
I was very lucky to have highly motivated and very supportive council help mesuccessfully complete the items I identified as priority though the business planprocess during my term. I am happy to report that as my tenure comes to an end Iam able assist Butch and Mike with their priority items rather than struggle tofinish things I set out to accomplish.The dedication and commitment I have seenfrom Butch and Mike as well as the experience they bring to the presidency ofCAPFT is going to be extremely beneficial to us, I see big things happening!
I am extremely pleased to see progress is the communication between CAPFT andCAPF. The collaboration between our two colleges in recent months is allowing usto tackle issues that affect both our groups rather than doubling the effort as we
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work in seclusion. As many of you know the college executive’s meet regularly tokeep each other informed, develop communication strategies and posture forfurther alignment of business as both colleges progress. I suspect we will begin tosee more and more joint initiatives as we move through the year.
We have now solidified a process to ensure members of our college who ignoretheir responsibilities as registered professionals are brought efficiently andeconomically to task.These are the folks that in some way do not meet therequirements of the annual practice permit and are notified with an action plan,then suspended and finally cancelled. For years an unfortunately high number ofindividuals in this situation sat on the fringe of our membership with councilstruggling with uncertainty on how to deal with them. I am happy to report thatthe Delinquent MemberTask Force that was formed to deal with the problem willbecome an annual process with the intent of wiping the slate clean each year.
I have been a member of the college eight years now, seven of them spent oncouncil. I began as a student, very unhappy at the requirement to become amember and pay annual membership dues to the President of the organization whounderstands the value that the college provides to Forest Technologists in Alberta. Iencourage any members out there who think they may want to be involved withcouncil to come out to this year’s AGM and let their name be nominated, or betteryet, contact the current council members and get your name in early.Take it fromme, it’s a great opportunity to learn and influence the future of our profession. Iplan on taking a break from the council for a while after my term is finished inApril but I plan on serving again in one way or another with a future council.Thanks for all your support, hope to see you all at this years AGM!
Jed Begin, RPFT
Finance Director’s Annual Report
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I would like to wish everyone all the best in 2011 and hope that 2010 was a goodyear for all. I would like to thank all of the council members on all the hard workthey put forth throughout the year as this is not easy at times given budget cuts andtime restraints throughout the Forest Industry.
Overall, the financial position for CAPFT is a good one with revenue over Generaladministrative expense for the year of $3556. I will summarize some key points inwhat follows and remember to have a look at the new proposed budget which canbe found within this annual report along with the unaudited financial statements(SVS group LLP) for year ending December 31, 2010.
Credential Securities
As of December 31, 2010, the short term investments were:T-Bill savings (General) =$47,137.00T-Bill savings (Management system fund) = $6,685.00Term GIC (Contingency fund) = $204,326.00
GIC’s mature between May 2010 to May 2013 with interest rates varying from1.2% to 2%.
2010 Revenues
Last year’ budget membership revenue was estimated at $218,850, and the actual asof December 31, 2010 was finalized at $213,204.This was a decrease of about$5646; the, decrease in revenue was primary a result of members going through atransition period into non-practicing and over forecast of new members.Thisshould balance out properly in 2011 budget compared to actual at year end.Therewere two other sources of income which was the AGM of $14,848 and jobadvertising/interest from investments of $9,615, making the total revenue$237,667.
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2010 Expenses
The expenses as a whole were down from last year and down from 2010 budget;however, there was an influx on a few line items in the office expense, but it cameout positive in the end.The overrun in the office expense vs budget was primarilyfrom updating the CAPFT library of Act, Regulations, Legal documentation, andother office literature to stay current.
2011Budget
Council approved a budget on December 6, 2010 with a projected deficit of$3,381.The intent of the CAPFT council is to manage expenditures towards abalanced budget; however, the deficit is the reality of operating expenses incomplex & dynamic environment. Staff and council of CAPFT will regulate and findcost cutting measures throughout the year to try bring a balanced budget at 2011year end.
2011 Revenues
Total Revenues are projected to be $242,800, which is up from last year to betterreflect the membership numbers increase.
2011 Expenses
Total expenses are projected to be $246,181 to maintain program spending inpriority areas.The Prediction made last year was that the online managementsystem would progressively need less maintenance as time progressed and for the2011 budget we would need approximately $10,000 for annual maintenance.Thisis not the case in the 2011 budget because we are investing more funds to create amore diverse and user friendly tool for members. Council has budgeted $25,000for 2011 and as the management system becomes more self-sustaining, meetingmembers needs, the annual cost of maintenance will go down; therefore, revenueover general expense will be more favorable to enable more contributions tocredential securities (Contingency fund).
Further clarification will be given during my presentation at this year’s AGM;however, if you would like immediate clarification or won’t be able to attend thisyear’s AGM please feel free to contact me either by phone or email.
Hope to see you all at the AGM!
RegardsDerek FisherCAPFT Finance Director
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Continuing Competency Committee’sAnnual Report
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It has been a very busy year for me as the Competency Director of the College. TheContinuing Competency Committee has been involved in 3 major projects over thelast year.
1. Competency Program –The committee has been working to update thecompetency program and plans on having the following are the changesimplemented by this year’s Annual General Meeting:
• Adding areas to the program to allow members to claim for self study whenchallenging an exam, studying for the College’s professional exam andreviewing legislation and related documents that are relative to a member’sjob.
• Reworking Category 2 – Participation and Involvement, Area 3 - Mentorshipso that it lines up with the College’s Forest Technologist inTraining (FTT)program and expanding Category 3 – Profession Contributions, Area 3 –Executive Committee Membership to handle sub-committees.
• Updating the Continuing Competency Program manual to correspond withthe above changes as well as the College’s implementation of the newwebsite and the On-line Management System (OMS). Also, roledescriptions for the Competency Director and committee members will beadded to the manual. The committee’s goal is to have these initiatives readyfor this year’s Annual General Meeting
2. Competency Course Listing –The committee has spent numerous hoursresearching and updating the course list that is available on the website and isused as the drop down listing in the OMS. This listing is intended to be used bymembers when entering their reporting hours into the OMS and is used by thecommittee when it conducts the Annual Competency Audit on our members.Of course it does not contain every possible course that is available for members
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to take, but it has most of the government sponsored training that is relevant toforest practitioners, plus other relevant training presented by technical schools,post-secondary institutions, private vendours and on-line. It provides themaximum hours that can be claimed for the activity under normalcircumstances. Please use these, when you can, when entering yourcompetency hours into the OMS, it not only makes it easier for you as membersto enter your hours but makes it easier on the people that need to administerthe program.
3. Annual Competency Audit –The audit results from this year were very positiveindicating that approximately 87% of the members audited passed. This is aslight drop from last year but still a great accomplishment. I would like to givea big thanks to the committee members for their effort in completing the audit,this is quite a time consuming event for them. Also, thanks to all thatparticipated in the audit and thank you to the members who have beendiligently keeping up with their competency requires. Keep up the good work.
Now looking forward to the rest of 2011 the focus of the committee will be:
• updating the course listing,
• reviewing Continuing Competency Program (CCP) manual and forms,
• reviewing the by-laws and policies and amending them as necessary,
• developing or co-developing online courses for members and
• encouraging more members to use the OMS for tracking and submitting theircontinuing competency hours;
- it is the College’s goal to stop accepting the paper copies of the forms, to“GO Green” and only use digital information through the OMS.
2010 has been a successful year for the Competency Committee. The committeehas worked well together and has met the goals it set out for itself at the start of theyear. I would like to thank the current members for their dedication and effort overthe past year. The members are:
• Chantelle Bambrick,Tyler Caddey, Glenn Dobransky, Mark Froehler,Wally Petersand Jeff Scammell.
I will be stepping down as the Competency Director after this year’s AGM to pursueother challenges within the college. It’s been my pleasure to work with all of thegreat professionals who have dedicated their time to the College. I have gotten toknow many people and have made some good friends from my time onCompetency Committee. I must admit, when I was first approached about being
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on the committee back in 2004 I did not know what to expect from the experiencebut now I can say it has been rewarding and worth my time, it has allowed megrow as a professional and changed my views about our profession and college. Iencourage anyone that may have interests or even doubts about the College or ourprofession to get involved. It changed me and would probably do the same for you.
If you are interested in the Competency Director position or may know of someonewho is and would like to discuss the position please contact me([email protected].) or Barb de Groot, Executive Director/Registrar of thecollege ([email protected]).
Pat Gallupe
Complaints Director’sAnnual Report
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There were no complaints received last year.
Hearings Director’s Annual Report
There were no hearings conducted last year.
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Communications Director’s Report
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This last year was busy for communications at the college.The new website(www.capft.ca) has been developed and is now up and running.Within the newwebsite we have added some new features such as upcoming events, the newsletteronline in the form of a blog, practice permit issuance, online bug submissions andforums for users to share information.The new website has an easier to use contentmanagement system so the administrators can make changes more easily.
The development of the website was not an easy undertaking as it took a lot of timeto review content and get familiarized with the new system. Many thanks to thepeople involved with the development of the website and making it happen thissummer. As people were entering information, numerous suggestions wereprovided on where the system could be enhanced to make it easier to use.We areformulating a plan to implement some of these changes and make the system easierto update and get the information that users would like to see as part of somefuture enhancements.The largest concern was around the challenges enteringcompetencies. A solution will be implemented prior to the next permit applicationperiod to make this easier.
The college has also made some steps in standardizing our branding. As those whoattended the AGM in the spring have seen, the college has developed a couple ofbanners that can be used at tradeshows or events.The college has developed anadvertisement and flyer for our future use keeping our branding the same throughthe website and advertising material.
A joint communications group with many different organizations has been startedto focus our efforts on communications around forest related items. Many have seenthe email requests sent out in regards to subject matter experts for responding toquestions about our profession.This is an example of the goals that the jointcommunications group is looking to assist with in addition to promotion of ourprofession throughout Alberta.
Wes Baker
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NewWest Partnership Agreement & Alberta RegisteredProfessional ForestTechnologists Regulation
-Briefing Note –April 8, 2011
Discussions between the Alberta and BC governments concerning the proposedchanges to the Registered Professional Forest Technologists Regulation and theestablishment of the new Registered Forest Technologist register continued through2010.
Between January 2010 and March 2011 CAPFT council met with representatives ofthree Alberta government agencies tasked with assisting CAPF, CAPFT and theABCFP. Agencies included:
1) Alberta Employment and Immigration/Professions and Occupations,
2) Alberta Employment and Immigration /Workforce Support Division - LabourMobility
3) International and Intergovernmental Relations
Following a year of discussions between the Colleges and Alberta governmentagencies it became apparent from that the BC government representatives had notobtained agreement from the ABCFP back in August 2008 when they agreed toAlberta’s changes to the Registered Professional Forest Technologists Regulation.
On March 7, 2011 a meeting between government representatives, ABCFP, CAPFand CAPFT representatives was held at the CAPF/CAPFT offices. This meetingsignaled the first official interprovincial communication between Alberta and BCsince 2008 and had two purposes.
First, to inform BC about the proposed forest technologist register and second -- tounderstand differences in the scope of practice between forest technologists in BCversus forest technologists in Alberta. These differences form the basis of Alberta’s
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position that the proposed changes to the Registered Professional ForestTechnologists Regulation and the establishment of the RFT registry is a legitimatemeasure to ensure that forest technologists transferring from outside of Alberta arefully prepared to practice professional forestry in Alberta.
The descriptions and practices offered by BC in the March 7th meeting revealedpotential contradictions between legislation and unofficial policies in BC withrespect to the scope of practice of BC Registered Forest Technologists. At the requestof the Alberta government, the College provided assistance in interviewing BCpractitioners in industry and government about the differences in the scope ofpractice between RPF’s and RFT’s in BC.
A 2005 Ministry of Forest and Range publication provides an example of the kindof official language that allows the BC government to continue to insist that RFT’s“may” sign-off and take responsibility for Forest Stewardship Plans and Site Plans --“…most field assessments may by carried out byTechs …but analysis of, anddecisions resulting from, the data collected usually requires a” [RPF]. Thus, it isconceivable from this statement that at least some RFT’s sign off on foreststewardship plans in their professional practice in BC.
Interviews conducted with both industry and government officials confirm that thepractice of RFT’s in BC is more restrictive than the above excerpt suggests. Forinstance, while RFT’s are responsible for “aspects of the practice of professionalforestry” -- they do not in practice or in fact share an equal scope of practice withRPF’s in at least two examples -- forest stewardship plans and site plans.
A member of the ABCFP working in the Ministry of Forests, Lands and NaturalResource Operations who is responsible for forest stewardship plan approvalsasserted as recently as last week that RFT’s in BC are never permitted to sign off oneither Forest Stewardship Plans or site plans. He describes this is an unofficialpolicy that originates from an “agreed interpretation” of professional reliancebetween the BC government and the ABCFP.2
These facts demonstrate how BC publications and official claims versus thestatements of government officials in BC’s forest districts have proven to bemutually contradictory. The affect of the unofficial policy against RFT signoff offorest stewardship plans is to limit the scope of practice of all BC RFT’s.
The rationale provided by senior staff of the ABCFP for limiting the RFT’s practice inlegislation, guideline interpretation and through the enforcement of unofficialpolicies has a long history. Between December 2004 – November 2005 the ABCFPdetermined to grandfather in ASTTBC (technologists and technicians) who werepracticing “aspects” of Forestry in BC. The offer provided individuals who wantedto become RFT’s but who were without a recognized diploma, or who had nodiploma, with a “route of entry” without any further empirical testing of theircompetencies than to write a “registration exam.” The decision to include
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individuals who lacked the minimum education requirements for registration withthe ABCFP into the RFT category is one explanation provided for limiting the scopeof practice of members registered in the RFT category in BC through a variety ofmeans.
The Alberta Regulated Forestry Profession Act (2002) confers an equal scope ofpractice to members of the College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists(CAPFT) and the College of Alberta Professional Foresters (CAPF) in law.
In Alberta, an RPFT’s ability to undertake professional forestry practice within his orher area of competency is based on empirical evidence of having:
1) A two year diploma from a recognized forestry program of study,
2) A minimum of two years of forestry work experience [with RPFT sponsor], and
3) Having passed the professional jurisprudence exam with a mark of 65% orhigher.
The fact that the BC government and ABCFP restricts the scope of practice of RFT’sin BC in legislation, guidelines and through unofficial policies in order to includelesser qualified members in the RFT category should be a matter of significantinterest to all Albertan’s and their government.
The NewWest PartnershipTrade Agreement allows a party to maintain measuresand establish new standards of regulations for “legitimate objectives” provided that“the measure is not more restrictive than is necessary to achieve the legitimateobjective.”
The CAPFT urges the parties to approve the adoption of the RFT registry and therequirement to write the professional exam for Forest Technologists transferringfrom outside of the province as a “Legitimate Objective under Article 6 of the NewWest PartnershipTrade Agreement.”
It is the CAPFT’s position that the registration and regulation of transferring RFT’sin the proposed RFT registry, and the requirement to write and pass theprofessional jurisprudence exam is a minimum measure to ensure the legitimateobjective of protecting the public interest and the forest environment in Alberta.
This article confirms that the BC Government and the ABCFP enforce legislation andimpose guidelines and unofficial policies as measures to protect the interests ofBritish Columbians in their jurisdiction. The proposed changes to the RegisteredProfessional Forest Technologists Regulation and the establishment of the newRegistered forest Technologist register, are measures that are not only less restrictivethan those enforced in BC [where practice rights for all RFT’s are unilaterallyconditional] but can be demonstrated to be both legitimate and reasonable, basedupon the existing measures and known actions of the BC government and theABCFP.
Exam Director’s Annual Report
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When I first started as exam director I questioned how I would have an impact onthe exam as my predecessors’ have had. Mike Benedictson compiled our very firstexam, essentially laying down the framework we were to follow. Paul St. Johnbrought out the summary documents, a study resource seemingly straight fromheaven to all those lost in the boggling amount of information. Barry Shellianbrought the Exam Marking Committee together for a one-day marking extravaganzawhich reduced the delivery time of results from months to only days.
And I… well, it remains to be seen how I will bring my own unique set of skills tobear for the College and for the exam. I feel a great sense of accomplishment everytime I call a writer to tell them they’ve passed their exam and now we’re gettingthese results out to people the day following the exam.The College sponsored meto attend “Becoming a Master Instructor”, a class offered by NAIT and one that isrequired for all NAIT instructors to complete. And I know a lot more aboutLegislation, which is very useful at parties and such. I encourage all of you to findyour own unique place in the College.
Fall 2010: 2010 was the first year with two exam sessions. Included in each were astudy session, exam writing and exam marking, each of which involved a numberof people in a variety of capacities. Special thanks to the Exam Committee and theExam Marking Committee who doubled their involvement for the year!
Keep the Flame Alive: Following past positive responses, exam results weredelivered to the writers the day following the exam.This was done again for theSpring 2011 exam, where we had 22 writers, with 21 being successful.While I amsure every writer was happy to have their exam over and done with, I encouragethose who wrote this past year to keep the flame alive by:
• Sharing their study notes/cards/comments with future writers and the College
• Mentoring future writers through their studies
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• Becoming a member of the Exam Committee (question composers) or theExam Marking Committee
• Become a Proctor for a future study session or exam being held in your area
• Keep in touch with CAPFT on Facebook at “College of Alberta ProfessionalForest Technologists”
ClaimYour Continuing Competency Hours. Make sure you claim your hours for the2010 & 2011 years:
• studying for the exam
• successfully writing the exam
• attending the study session either as a student or a mentor
• proctoring the exam or study session
• reviewing legislation and supporting documentation
• being a member of the Exam Committee or the Exam Marking Committee
• talk to the Continuing Competency Committee and review the updatedstandards for more info
Have you heard the Alberta Forests Product Association’s radio ads forWorkWildAlberta? It’s a campaign aimed at young people, encouraging them to considersome of the career opportunities in the field of Forestry. Check it out online at“WorkWild.ca” or on Facebook.
FarrahTerpstra
2011 Spring Exam Marking Committee (from the right): Barry Shellian, Leah Lovequist, CandacePerih, Barb DeGroot (Registrar and Executive Director for the College), and FarrahTerpstra(Exam Director)
Membership Director’s Annual Report
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2010 was my first year as Membership Director and sadly my last...at least for a fewyears. I am going to resign from my position as member ship director at this timebecause I am off on maternity leave and very busy raising my son. In December Ihad a bouncing baby boy named Rayden.
I learnt a lot about CAPFT and college business. I would encourage members to stepforward and volunteer on council or a committee, it is great to learn more aboutthe college you are a member of. CAPFT council is always looking for new minds tojoin the team. Before I step down I am leaving the president with some incentiveideas to help make volunteering more desirable. Please contact Barb or Butch tofind out more about joining.
I would like to thank the members of the committee, Cassie Corbin and RyanMinchau for all their hard work and brain storming this past year.
It is wonderful to see that the college keeps growing and moving forward. Pleasesee to the right the membership numbers.
Cindy Schmidt, RPFT
As of March 2011 the Membership consisted of:
Total Membership 652 Suspended Members 8RPFT 579 Associate Members 0RFT 28 Student Members 0FTT Members 31 Non-Practicing 6Temporary Members 0
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Growth Report - 2011 growth will increase by approximately 30 new member’sfollowing registration/processing of applications received in the new year.
Cumulative Growth - 2011 cumulative growth will increase by approximately 30new member’s following registration/processing of applications received in thenew year.
Growth Report
Cumulative Growth Report
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Members in Good StandingDaniel Adams RPFT
Stuart Adkins RPFT
Wade Aebli RPFT
Juri Agapow RPFT
Richard Alguire FTT
Richard Alguire RPFT
Kevin Allen RPFT
Rayanne Alm FTT
Elaine Anderson RFT
Jeff Anderson RPFT
Robert Anderson RPFT
Robert Anderson RPFT
Nathan Antoniuk RPFT
Morris Archibald RPFT
Thomas Archibald RPFT
Michael Ardiel RPFT
Brandi Arndt RPFT
Richard Arthur RPFT
Bonnie Aubrey RPFT
Mark Bablitz RPFT
Andre Bachman RPFT
David Baier RPFT
Wesley Baker RPFT
Chantelle Bambrick RPFT
Richard Bambrick RPFT
Edward Barnett RPFT
Stephen Barnett FTT
Jesse Baron RPFT
Jason Barrie RPFT
David Bartesko RPFT
Lee Barton RPFT
Bryan Bates RPFT
Darren Bath RPFT
Aaron Batke RPFT
Riel Batt RPFT
Wayne Becker RPFT
Jedidiah Begin RPFT
Norman Begin RPFT
Greg Behuniak RPFT
John Belanger RPFT
Darryl Bell RPFT
Bernard Belland RPFT
Edward Bend RPFT
Chase Bendick RPFT
Michael Benedictson RPFT
David Bennis RPFT
Colin Bentley RPFT
Keith Beraska RPFT
Robert Beringer RPFT
Miguel Bernard RPFT
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Dan Berry RPFT
Stephen Beson RPFT
Stefan Best RFT
Andrew Bibo RPFT
Kenneth Birkett RPFT
Stefan Bittner RPFT
William Black RPFT
William Black Sr. RPFT
William Black, Jr. RPFT
Rodney Blades RPFT
Steve Blanton RPFT
Jeffrey Blocka RPFT
Boris Bochon RPFT
Victor Boisvert RPFT
Kelly Boreson RPFT
Andrew Borle RPFT
Walter Born RPFT
Cameron Borschyk RPFT
Kurt Borzel RPFT
Patricia Bosch RPFT
Jennifer Bowlby RPFT
Wayne Bowles RPFT
Christina Bowman RPFT
Greg Boyachuk RPFT
Hugh Boyd RPFT
John Bradley RPFT
Dan Branter RPFT
Nicole Braun RPFT
Harry Brewer RPFT
Darrin Britton RPFT
Jeffrey Brooks RPFT
Shelley Brost RPFT
Dennis Brown RPFT
Darren Brownlie RPFT
Vladimir Broz RPFT
John Bruce RPFT
Clarence Budal RPFT
Ashleigh Bulmer RPFT
Lindsay Bunn FTT
Timothy Burggraaff RPFT
Ashley Burley FTT
Andrew Butler RPFT
Craig Bylsma RPFT
Tyler Caddey RPFT
David Caldwell RPFT
John Caldwell RPFT
Blair Campbell RPFT
Colin Campbell RPFT
Keith Campbell RPFT
Kevin Campbell RPFT
Roy Campbell RPFT
Marc Carbonneau RPFT
Christopher Carew RPFT
Darren Carnell RPFT
Jacques Caron RPFT
Brett Carpenter RPFT
Donald Carr RPFT
Stuart Carter RPFT
Traci Carter RPFT
Bruce Cartwright RPFT
Stephen Casault RPFT
Dale Chaffey RPFT
Caroline Charbonneau RFT
George Charlebois RPFT
Edward Chartrand RPFT
Trevor Chibry RPFT
Travis Chisholm RPFT
Garth Christensen RPFT
Eric Christiansen RPFT
Mathew Christie RPFT
Reid Cleghorn RPFT
Timmy Clowater RPFT
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James Cochrane RPFT
Brian Colbourne RFT
Geoffrey Cole RPFT
Barry Coleman RPFT
John Collins RPFT
Barry Congram RPFT
Mark Coolen RPFT
Shauna Cooney RPFT
William Cooper RPFT
Andrea Coote RPFT
Cassie Corbin RPFT
Joel Cornish RPFT
Brian Cote RPFT
Donald Cousins RPFT
Tracey Cove RPFT
Stephen Cowan RPFT
Ken Cox RPFT
Jeffrey Cran RPFT
Christine Cripps-Woods RPFT
Brent Currier RPFT
Brian Davies RPFT
Samantha Davies RPFT
Cory Davis RPFT
Robert Davis RPFT
Tammy De Costa RPFT
Barbara De Groot RPFT
Kerri DeVries RPFT
Damon Deacon RPFT
Leslie Dean RFT
Clayton Dearden RPFT
Rodger DeChamplain RPFT
Oliver Dechant FTT
Nicholas Deltombe RPFT
Michael Dempsey RPFT
Carmen Densmore RPFT
Ryan Derksen RPFT
Emile Desnoyers RPFT
Patrick Didyk RPFT
Domenico DiFiore RPFT
Glenn Dobransky RPFT
Gary Dodsworth RPFT
Aaron Doepel RPFT
Connie Down-Cicoria RPFT
John Downey RPFT
Jonathon Doyle RFT
Nina Dragicevic RPFT
Devon Dreger FTT
Kelly Drolet RPFT
Brian Dryer RPFT
Philippe Dube RPFT
Jade Duchesneau RPFT
Dale Dunand RPFT
Robert Dunn RPFT
Kevin Dwyer FTT
Jordan Dyck RPFT
Jeff East RFT
Keith Ebbs RPFT
John Edwards RPFT
Vincent Eggleston RPFT
Susan Eliuk RPFT
Samuel Elkins RPFT
Barton Elliott RPFT
Paul Elliott RPFT
Carla Ellis RPFT
Douglas Ellison RPFT
David Erkamp RPFT
Adam Esch FTT
Patrick Ewan RPFT
Michael Fedun RPFT
Jennifer Filax RPFT
David Finn RPFT
Alan Fisher RPFT
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Derek Fisher RPFT
Kelly Fleetham RPFT
Vincent Fleming RPFT
Victor Fobert RPFT
Hudson Foley RPFT
Grant Forster RPFT
William Foster Non PracticingMember
David Fox RPFT
Darren Frederick RPFT
Marc Freedman RPFT
Kevin Freehill RPFT
Dallas Frith RPFT
Douglas Frith RPFT
Mark Froehler RPFT
Michael Gabourie RPFT
Glen Gache RPFT
Marc Gamache RPFT
David James Garton RPFT
Laressa Gauthier RPFT
Joshua Gerling RPFT
Andrew Gesner RPFT
Keith Getschel RPFT
Sheila Ghostkeeper RPFT
Mark Gibb RFT
Robert Gibb RPFT
Barry Gladders RPFT
Danielle Glasier FTT
Jonathan Goertzen RPFT
Emery Gorman RPFT
Derek Gough FTT
Richard Goy RPFT
Gordon Graham RPFT
Ross Graham RPFT
Christopher Grainger RPFT
Conrad Gray RPFT
Yves Grenier RPFT
Melissa Grogan RPFT
George Gross RPFT
Trina Grosse RPFT
Cary Gulka RPFT
Peter Haggerty RPFT
Nicole Hahn RPFT
Kevin Hakes RPFT
Christopher Hale RPFT
Robert Hall RPFT
Dennis Halladay RPFT
Mark Hamilton RPFT
Jason Hancheruk RPFT
Ian Hancock RPFT
Christine Hansen RPFT
Jon Harbourne RPFT
Ginger Harke RPFT
Craig Harriott RPFT
Amanda Harrison RPFT
Rick Harrison RPFT
Norman Hawkes RPFT
Kevin Heartwell RPFT
David Heatherington RPFT
Ryan Hee RPFT
Barbara Helm RFT
Leslie Helm RPFT
Darrell Hemery RPFT
Kali Hennessey RPFT
Jeff Henricks RPFT
Howard Herman RPFT
Jacqueline Herodek RPFT
Rupert Hewison RPFT
Brian Hicks RPFT
Raymond Hilts RPFT
Justus Hincz RPFT
Ross Hobbs RPFT
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Rick Hoddinott RPFT
Gavin Hojka FTT
Burton Holder RPFT
Trevor Holtze RFT
Rodney Houle RPFT
Katelynd Howitt RPFT
Michael Hudson RPFT
Dave Hugelschaffer RPFT
David Hughes RPFT
Tjerk Huisman RPFT
Jeffrey Hunter FTT
Markus Husch RPFT
Crystal Ionson RPFT
Mikel Jackman RPFT
Benjamin Jamieson RPFT
Laurie Jenkin RPFT
Michaela Jenkins RPFT
Terry Jessiman RPFT
Ryan Jillard RPFT
Troy Johanson RPFT
Brian Johnson RFT
Darryl Johnson RPFT
Travis Johnson RPFT
Caroline Johnston RPFT
Dean Johnston RPFT
Iain Johnston RPFT
Kevin Johnston RPFT
Deborah Johnstone RPFT
Christopher Joly RPFT
David Jonson RPFT
Michael Kakoullis RPFT
Warren Keeler FTT
Morgan Kehr RPFT
Warren Kehr RPFT
Kris Kennedy RPFT
Marianne Kennedy RPFT
Michelle Keohane RFT
Frankie Kerr RPFT
Byron Kessler RPFT
Christopher Killoran RPFT
Tyler Kilmury RPFT
Matthew Kinch RPFT
Michael Kingsbury RPFT
Michael Kirby RPFT
Laurie Kirkpatrick RPFT
David Kirkup RPFT
Nicole Klita FTT
Christian Klitbo RPFT
David Kmet RPFT
Jayson Kofluk RPFT
Brent Korolischuk RPFT
Lorraine Kowpak RPFT
Michael Kozij RPFT
Glen Krawchuk RPFT
Peter Krog RPFT
Kerry Kryvenchuk RPFT
Kelly Krywiak RPFT
Angela Kuysters RFT
Craig Kwiatkowski RPFT
Dwayne Lafreniere RPFT
Trevor Lamabe RPFT
Kevin Landry RPFT
Kelly Laroy App - FTT
Glen Larsen RPFT
Clinton Larson RFT
Dion Lawrence RPFT
Ashley Lawson RPFT
Trevor Laycock RPFT
Jules Leboeuf RPFT
Kevin Ledieu RPFT
Trevor Lema RPFT
Todd Lemire RPFT
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Joseph Lennox FTT
William Lesiuk RPFT
Gerald Light RPFT
G. Lind RPFT
David Linfield RPFT
Thomas Listhaeghe RPFT
Roger Littke RPFT
Donald Livingston RPFT
Chris Lommerse RFT
Brian Lopushinsky RPFT
Leah Lovequist RPFT
James Lunn RPFT
Danielle Lussier RPFT
Michael Lutz RPFT
Todd Lynch RPFT
Joseph Lyons RPFT
William MacDonald RPFT
John MacGarva RPFT
Bruce MacGregor RPFT
James MacKinnon RPFT
Michael MacNeil RPFT
Sherry Maine RPFT
Alaina Maitland RPFT
Jim Maitland RPFT
Allan Malcolm RPFT
Gary Mandrusiak RPFT
Joanne Mann RPFT
Ross Manwaring RPFT
Roger Marchand RFT
Brian Martell RPFT
Glenn Martin RPFT
Katherine Martin FTT
Dennis Marycz RPFT
Max Mathon RPFT
Gerald Matthews RPFT
Larry Matwie RPFT
Kevin Maul RPFT
Ross Maxwell RPFT
Wayne May RPFT
Bruce Mayer RPFT
Bob Mazurik RPFT
Bart McAnally RPFT
Kent McDonald RPFT
Matthew McDonald RFT
Wade McDonald RPFT
Barry McElhinney RPFT
Christopher McGuinty RPFT
Clifton McKay RPFT
Brad McKenzie RPFT
Robert McLaughlin RPFT
John McLevin RPFT
Connie McNabb RPFT
Bryan McNallie RPFT
John McNaughton RPFT
Kendra McNutt RFT
Rand McPherson RPFT
Jon McQuinn RPFT
Andrew McWhirter RPFT
Brian Meads RPFT
Normand Menard RPFT
Roger Meyer RPFT
Andrew Midgett RFT
Adrian Mielczarek RPFT
Mark Mill RPFT
Sharon Mill RPFT
Troy Milledge RPFT
Kenton Miller RPFT
Shawn Milne RPFT
Michael Milner RPFT
Valerie Milner RPFT
Ryan Minchau RPFT
Garry Mitchell RPFT
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Joleen Molenaar RPFT
Ardyth Moore RPFT
Richard Moore RPFT
Michael Morgan RPFT
Bernard Morin RPFT
David Moseley RPFT
David Mowers RPFT
Sandra Muench RPFT
Dean Muhlbier RPFT
Tom Mulvihill RPFT
Kevin Nahirnak RPFT
Greg Neale RPFT
Wilson Nelson Non PracticingMember
Tomislav Nenadovich FTT
Jeffrey Neustaeter RPFT
Robert Nichol RPFT
Roy Nichols RPFT
Peter Nicholson RPFT
Gabrielle Nicol RPFT
Bonnie Nicolai RPFT
Wesley Nimco RPFT
James Norman RPFT
Leonard Norman RPFT
Tanya Norman RPFT
Everett Normandeau RPFT
Gord Norrie RPFT
Mike O'Rourke RPFT
Vernon Oelke RPFT
Matthew Ogrodnick RPFT
Robert Olenick RPFT
Scott Olsen FTT
Andrew Olsvik RPFT
Barrie Onysty RPFT
Heather Onysty RPFT
Barbara Osterhout RPFT
Melanie Palmeter RPFT
Jason Pankratow RPFT
Kevin Parkinson RPFT
Brian Parlin RPFT
Michael Pasula RPFT
Timothy Patenaude RPFT
Richard Paton RFT
Thomas Patreau RPFT
Karl Peck RPFT
Tyler Pell RPFT
Grant Pelletier RPFT
Henry Pelster RPFT
Michael Penner RPFT
Christian Perih FTT
Candace Perih RPFT
Kent Perry RPFT
Wally Peters RPFT
Robert Petite RPFT
Karen Petrowich RPFT
Michael Pinnock RPFT
George Pinnock RPFT
Allen Plantinga RPFT
Thomas Plouffe RPFT
Donald Podlubny RPFT
Kenneth Podulsky RPFT
Jeff Poeckens RPFT
Donald Pope RPFT
Michael Poscente RPFT
Todd Power RPFT
Michael Pozniak RPFT
Wendell Pozniak RPFT
Richard Prince RPFT
Ryan Radchenko RPFT
Fons Raedschelders FTT
Ernest Ramsum RPFT
Stuart Rankin RPFT
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Randy Rawe RPFT
Jeffrey Reynolds RPFT
Neil Reynolds RPFT
Cory Rhett RPFT
Jason Rilling RPFT
Philippe Robert RPFT
Allan Robinson RPFT
Helmut Roeben RPFT
Patrick Rogers RPFT
Christopher Ross RPFT
Steven Rotenburger RPFT
Lee Rueb RPFT
Marcus Ruehl RPFT
John Russell RPFT
Brian Sabatier RPFT
Pierre Sabourin FTT
Gregory Safar RPFT
Gerald Sambrooke RPFT
Bruce Sanders RPFT
Andrea Sandford RPFT
Tanya Sawicki RPFT
Terry Sayers RPFT
Jeffrey Scammell RPFT
Mark Schaplowsky RPFT
Tony Schlenker RPFT
Kevin Schleppe RPFT
Cindy Schmidt RPFT
Darius Schmidt RFT
Bernard Schmitte RPFT
Tyler Schneider FTT
Edward Schneider RPFT
Darcy Schultz RPFT
Marissa Schutz FTT
Patricia Scobie RPFT
Kenneth Scullion RPFT
Stephen Semeniuk RFT
Candace Serben RPFT
Harvey Sewepagaham RPFT
Andrew Shandro RPFT
Michael Shantz RPFT
Tyler Shaw RFT
Brock Sheen RPFT
Barry Shellian RPFT
Alastair Shenfield RPFT
Michelle Shesterniak RPFT
Brent Skelton RPFT
Milan Skrecek RPFT
Len Slipiec RPFT
William Sloan App - FTT
Christopher Smith RPFT
Douglas Smith RPFT
Evert Smith RPFT
Geoffrey Smith RPFT
Kenneth Smith RPFT
Rickey Smith RPFT
Tara Smith FTT
Taya Smith RPFT
Archibald Smith RPFT
Nick Smud RPFT
Kenneth Snyder RPFT
Mark Solkowski RPFT
Philip Sondrup RPFT
Tharen Soroka RPFT
Ross Spence RPFT
Gordon Spencer RPFT
Jesse Spidell RPFT
Quentin Spila RPFT
Paul St John RPFT
Stacey St.Jean RPFT
Brian Stanton RPFT
Clifford Starr RFT
Colin Steeves RPFT
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Frank Steil RPFT
Rob Stevenson Withdrawn
Robert Stevenson RPFT
Richard Stewart RPFT
Tracey Stewart RPFT
Mark Storie RPFT
Richard Strickland RPFT
Len Stroebel RPFT
Cheryl Taschuk RPFT
David Taylor RPFT
Andrew Taylor RPFT
Heather Taylor RPFT
Jason Taylor FTT
Michael Taylor RPFT
Billy Tchir RPFT
Farrah Terpstra RPFT
Roger Tetreault RPFT
Bernhard Thiel RPFT
Dale Thomas RPFT
Gregory Thompson FTT
Michael Thompson RPFT
Robert Thompson RPFT
Rob Thorburn RPFT
William Thresher RPFT
Bill Tinge RPFT
Kevin Topolnicki RPFT
Trina Tosh RPFT
Victor Toutant RPFT
Howard Townsend RPFT
Sean Trostem RPFT
Gail Tucker RPFT
Michael Tucker RPFT
Stephen Tuttle RPFT
Albert Van Dijk RPFT
William Van Dyk RPFT
Bruce van Os RPFT
Norman VanVliet RPFT
Lori Vance RPFT
Daniel VanderVeen FTT
Christian Vierath RPFT
Ludo Vitalos RPFT
Norman Volk RPFT
Robert Volkman RPFT
Darren Wald RPFT
Darrel Walde RPFT
Joanne Walde Non PracticingMember
Dean Walker RPFT
David Wallace RPFT
Christopher Walsh RPFT
Mark Walz RPFT
Larry Warren RPFT
Edgar Wassink RPFT
Robert Weber RPFT
Leslie Weekes RPFT
Dwight Weeks RPFT
Christian Weik RPFT
Wayne Werstiuk RPFT
Brian Wesolowsky RPFT
Justin Westling RPFT
Michael Weyer RPFT
Jarret Whitbread FTT
Ian Whitby RPFT
Derek White RPFT
Heather White RPFT
Anthony Wierenga RPFT
Kevin Wilchak RPFT
Chelsea Wilkinson-Martin FTT
Collin Williams RPFT
Don Williams RPFT
Robert Williams RPFT
Wayne Williams RPFT
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Greg Williams-Freeman FTT
James Williamson RPFT
James Williamson RFT
Axel Winter RPFT
Peter Winther RPFT
James Witiw RPFT
Brian Wog RPFT
J Wojtowicz RPFT
Kyle Wolfe RPFT
Dean Woods RPFT
Michael Woods RPFT
Therese Yacyshyn RPFT
Christopher Yaremchuk RPFT
James Yee RPFT
Greg Yoder RPFT
Robert Yowney RPFT
Jennifer Zentner RPFT
Shaun Zwerzinski RPFT
NAIT Representative’s Annual Report
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Another year has almost come and gone for the students at NAIT Forest Technology.The 2010-2011 school year consisted of 28 first year students and 28 second yearstudents, for a total of 56 students enrolled in the Forest Technology Program. I wasasked this fall with much delight to take on the NAIT Rep. position on CAPFTCouncil. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to remain involved with the college(NAIT), and have the ability to educated upcoming students on CAPFT and theforestry sector.
The fall of 2010 started off in full swing, heading out to Kidney Lake to speak withour new batch of students, with past NAIT Representative Danielle Lussier. Studentswere eager to get free pizza and had many questions on what was going on in theforest industry and prospective job opportunities. Then in October,I attended theBull of theWoods Competition in Hinton and was pleased to see such a largeturnout of students, staff and alumni. Shortly after in November Barb and I gave apresentation to the second-year students along with members of CIF, discussingwhat it means to be a professional and the importance of belonging to aprofessional organization.
December was noted by a season of change, as I joined the NAIT Advisory Council.Items of discussion at the meeting included a review of the internal and externalaudits conducted on the Forest Technology Program, changes to pre-requisites forenrolment, discussion on curriculum alignment with the CanadianTechnologyAccreditation Board (CTAB) and implementing an outcome based education modelfor the program. Changes to the pre-requisites are on a trial run basis and includechanging from BIO30 to SCI30 General Sciences as a pre-requisite. Withdiscussions leading to CTAB alignment within the next 3-5 years, the mostsignificant change is moving from a 17week to a 15 week semester, resulting in acurrent review of the program to decide how this will be accommodated withoutcompromising the integrity or educational experience of the program.
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In January, Pat Gallupe and I organized an AOP Meet and Greet with the second yearNAIT students and members of the CAPFT Council, treating them to pizza andbowling. Turnout was a success, and provided the students an opportunity to meetsome of our council and members and ask questions about the forestry sector.
As for myself, I will be keeping busy up in Fort McMurray for the remainder of theyear, counting down the days until summer! I will continue to work with the NAITAdvisory Board in the spring to accomplish their goals on achieving student inputon the curriculum re-development. I also plan on organizing a field trip to theAGM andTechnical Session for the NAIT students along with representing CAPFT atthe 2011 Forest Technology Graduation. I look forward to having the opportunityto meet with many of our members in and out of the office, and if you are ever upin Fort McMurray feel free to stop into my office to chat anytime.
Sincerely,
JarretWhitbread, FTTNAIT Representative, CAPFT
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Thursday April 14, 2011
0830 – 0900 Technical Session Registration
0900 – 0910 Opening Remarks, Housekeeping items, review of Agenda: Norm Begin,Complaints Director CAPFT
0910 – 0940 CAPP OpeningTheme Presentation:TBADescription: Oil sands development, opportunities and challenges.
0940 – 1015 Devon Canada Corp. Presentation: ChrisWalsh, Surface Land and ConstructionDescription: Footprint and Innovation
10:15 - 1040 Break
1040 – 1120 Suncor Energy Presentation: Lelanynia Cox,Description: Oil Sands Reclamation from Ground up to Operations – A SuncorEnergy Perspective
1120 – 1200 Alberta Sustainable Resource Development; Ron BjorgeDescription: Caribou Management, Past, Present and Future
Noon – 1315 Lunch
1300 – 1320 Alberta Environment, Jaclyn SchmidtDescription:Wetland Policy Principles: Caribou Management, Past, Present andFuture
1320 – 1400 Cenovus Energy, Alfred BurkeDescription: Evolution of Reclamation Practices in NE Alberta
1400 –1440 University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Simon M.Landhäusser, Associate ProfessorDescription: Oil Sands Industrial Research in Forest Land Reclamation
1440 - 1500 Break
1500 – 1540 OPABIN Environmental, Mike PoscenteDescription: Lessons fromWetland Reclamation Case Studies
1540 – 1550 Closing Comments, Norm Begin, President CAPFT
College of Alberta Professional ForestTechnologistsTechnical Session
Location: Ramada Inn, Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton,Alberta“Best Practices in the Oil Sands”
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Indicators andTrends Impacting the Future of ForestTechnologistsLocation: Ramada Inn, Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton Alberta
Friday,April 15 2011
0830 – 0900 AGM Registration and Continental Breakfast
0900 - 0930 Minister’s message – Honorable Thomas Lukaszuk, Employment & Immigration
0930 - 0945 Director’s Q & A – Adrian Pritchard, Professions and Occupations and Land AgentLicensing
0945 – 1015 Call to Order: Butch Shenfield, PresidentHousekeeping Items: Mike Pocente,Vice PresidentIntroduction of Guests: Butch Shenfield, PresidentMoment of Silence for Deceased Members
Review of Meeting Rules of Order and Procedure: Roger Meyer, Sergeant at ArmsReview and Adoption of AGMAgenda: Butch Shenfield, PresidentWelcome Address: Butch Shenfield, PresidentAdoption of 2010 AGM Minutes: Butch Shenfield, President
1015 – 1025 Council and Committee Reports (as per Annual Report)
1025 – 1040 2010 Audit and 2011 Budget Presentation: Derrick Fisher, Finance Director
1040 – 1055 Health Break
1055 – 1120 Bylaws
1120 – 1145 Presentations10 and 15Year Pins: Butch Shenfield, President & Mike Poscente,Vice PresidentOut going Council Members - Butch Shenfield, President & Mike Poscente,VicePresidentJed Begin Norm Begin Pat GallupeFarrahTerpstra Cindy Schmidt
Forest Technologist of theYear Award: Presented by Butch Shenfield to ChrisWalsh
1145 – 1230 ElectionsVice President Membership Director Complaints DirectorCompetence Director Exam Director
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1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1400 Labour Market Intelligence Study for Canada’s Forest ProductsIndustry - Keith Lancastle – Executive Director FPSC
1400 - 1500 Update to Alberta’s Economic Outlook -Todd Hirsch – SeniorEconomist, ATB Financial
1500 - 1515 Health Break
1415 – 1515 LiveWell, Retire Happy –Tricia French, MSc (PHEc)
1515 – 1615 LeadershipVideo
1615 – 1625 Closing Remarks and AdjournmentButch Shenfield, outgoing PresidentMike Poscente, incoming President
1625 – 1700 Transitional Council Meeting for Outgoing and Incoming CouncilMembers
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