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Fall Board Meeting & Deputy Ministers' Dinner
Don't forget to reserve your hotel rooms for our
2012 Fall Board Meeting & Deputy Ministers' Dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The Sutton Place Hotel in downtown Edmonton is the venue for the event.
A block of rooms has been set aside at $145/night.
Please let them know you are with the Alberta Chambers of Commerce when reserving.
Phone: 1.866.378.8866
or Email:
res_edmonton@suttonplace.com
Online registration
is coming soon.
Visit our website at www.abchamber.ca
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ACC Spotlight
on Value-Added Programs
VersaPay offers all Chamber members preferential rates on VISA, MasterCard, and Debit.
VersaPay provides you with local service and support combined with leading edge technology, including alternative payment solutions (VersaPay EMT) and the most reliable processing network in North America.
Rates of 1.59% on VISA, 1.64% on MasterCard regardless of ticket size and $0.05 per Debit transaction. Buy, Lease or Rent your terminal. Starting at $29.99/month, monthly fee of $20 and one time activation fee of $50. |
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 Goodbye &
good luck, Tracy
ACC's Events Manager, Tracy Elofson, is winding down his days with our federation.
Tracy, who has been with our office for almost seven years, has accepted an exciting position as Director of Communications and Fund Development with Homeward Trust Edmonton.
We wish this fun-loving, dynamic guy well as he takes on a new challenge, and we thank him for the high level of professionalism he brought to his work at ACC.
Tracy's last day is this Thursday (Sept. 20). If you'd like to say farewell, he can be reached at telofson@abchamber.ca, or 1.800.272.8854, Ext. 2 (780.425.4180 in the Edmonton area).
Guiding us through our upcoming events is Allison Roberge, ACC's Acting Manager of Events. Allison has been Tracy's assistant for the past eight months. |
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Register online for our MP Dinners
ACC is pleased to announce we are hosting two MP Dinners this fall; one each in Calgary and Edmonton.
The first dinner is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Calgary. Click HERE for information and to register.
The next dinner will take place Thursday, Nov. 15, at The Westin Edmonton. Click HERE for information and to register. |
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Delegates to carry chambers' proxy votes at
Canadian Chamber's AGM
As we've mentioned in recent newsletters, Alberta is set to carry a record number of votes at the national chamber's policy session in Hamilton.
The voting assignment sheet and our voting strategy were sent out earlier this week. If you did not receive them and would like to view them, please contact Terri Kemball at tkemball@abchamber.ca.
We once again thank our federation for the co-operation each of you has displayed to ensure Alberta is well represented at the Canadian Chamber's AGM, which runs Sept. 22 to 24. |
 Rousing Regional Roundtable in Whitecourt
ACC joined seven chambers in Whitecourt on Sept. 5 for our fourth Regional Roundtable of 2012. Alberta Beach, Onoway, Fox Creek, Wabamun, Hinton, Barrhead and Whitecourt all attended the event.
Including ACC's staff and our Chair Tab Pollock, who is from Grande Prairie, 16 chamber representatives spent the afternoon discussing life in Chamberland. Member engagement, board dynamics, advocacy strategies, and ideas for luncheon speakers were just some of the topics that arose.
ACC thanks Pat VanderBurg and the Whitecourt community for the warm welcome they gave us.
This week we're headed down to Airdrie and we're very much looking forward to it. |
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Links of interest
2012 Rural Community Physician Attraction & Retention Conference
Oct. 10 to 12 at the Mayfield Inn in Edmonton
2012 PIPA Conference -- Privacy on the Go (Nov. 1 to 2)
ACC members can receive a 5% discount with the use of this code: ABCC2012
ABC Life Literacy Canada Survey: ABC Life Literacy Canada is conducting a survey to help guide expansion of its workplace literacy and essential skills programs. Please circulate this link (www.surveymonkey.com/s/PYYHBKM) to your members.
Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards |
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You are encouraged to forward
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