Events
Annual General Meeting
May 11, 2015
Caboto Centre
1055 Wilkes Ave
5:30-7:30pm
Appetizers & wine to be served
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Did you see our Grad 2014 Post - click here to read it!
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STILL MISSING!
THE FALLIS CURLING TROPHY
The Fallis Trophy was last awarded in 2005 as part of the Chapter's annual curling bonspiel.
The Fallis Trophy is a big part of our Chapter's history - we don't want to lose it!
Contact Debbie if you have informaion.
Click HERE to see the trophy and read about the last time it was awarded.
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Volunteer Opportunity
The Manitoba Chapter is looking for new board members. Whether you want to be a Director at Large or hold a specific portfolio, we can use your help!
Open Positions:
Treasurer
- Basic accounting
- Pay bills
- Deposit cash
- Excel skills needed
Please let us know!
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Refer a Member
Whenever you refer someone to the CIC and they become a member or a student, you get $50!
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Thank You to
Our Sponsors
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Monsanto Inc.
The Manitoba Chapter would like to thank Monsanto Inc. for providing us with space for our monthly meetings. Their support helps our Chapter grow and promotes the CCP in Winnipeg.
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If you know a student who could use some financial help, then click on the link below, or forward that student this link.
You may just help a student complete their education!
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Knowledge Centre
National Office has a new resource for credit professionals, called the Knowledge Centre.
The Knowledge Centre is an accumulation of important information, articles and advice for credit professionals.
You can also renew your membership and update your PD on that page. You just need your CIC log in credentials and you are off to the races!
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Thank You to
Our Gold Sponsors
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One Resolution Only, Please!
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Happy New Year! As always a new year starts with good intentions, and then reality gets in the way, and that tends to happen just days or weeks after the start of the new year. No matter! I pick one thing and work on it for the year, just one. It is manageable, achievable, and after a number of years of doing this sort of thing, I have accomplished a lot. So remember, only one thing! Let the year begin...
In our newsletter today we are looking at our electronic world...devices, online services and what we do with them. In the Spotlight we are looking back at old predictions made for our time now to help us focus our current predictions for the future, and in our Opinion section we try to come up with a way to navigate all of the choices we have in technology today.
President
PS - please join us for our AGM on May 11th at 5:30 pm. This year we are having it at the Caboto Centre, 1055 Wilkes Avenue. We would love to see you there!
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Red River College
Once again the Manitoba Chapter attended the Red River College Student Association Career Fair to promote the CIC and credit management as a career choice for young professionals.
We met with dozens of students and talked about the benefits of our program and opportunities available. We also met with some program directors who showed some interest in our program - very exciting!
Thank you to our tireless volunteers for having worked at the career fair: Kim Misko, Debbie Baines, Karla Cullen and Barb Harris.
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Online...Off Life?
As technology exploded over the past 40 years, people at the time new technology predicted how it would impact the future...let's see how close they were to what actually happened:
- Killer bees were going to invade
- We would all have flying cars
- Pills would replace food
- Computers were going to give us 3 or 4-day weekends all the time(!)
- We were all supposed to be in pastel coloured one-piece suits
...so looking at old predictions about our time now is pretty funny, but maybe let's assume that we don't have this prediction-thing down quite right yet.
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LinkedIn: Be Heard!
Are you someone who writes letters to the editor? Do you want to participate in discussions and have your opinion heard?
Recently the CIC has opened up LinkedIn groups across Canada so members can discuss issues important to them and to the credit profession. You have a voice, and now you have a forum to be heard.
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A Social Media Moment
89% of adults from 18 to 29 are active on social media 43% of adults 65 & older are as well
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Seminar
National offers webinars from time to time, and you can always check their webinar schedule for current and archived webinars.
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The Manitoba Chapter has faired well this year, holding CCP membership steady, and growing our student numbers. Overall we are down by three, though that is because the number of affiliates has gone down by three.
Please click here to see the report.
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Social
We are always looking for great ideas for getting together with Chapter members. If you have a thought why not share it? Drop me an email by clicking on my name!
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National
National continues to focus on how they will deliver course content going forward. National has been working with local institutions in Winnipeg to see is they will be able to conduct training and if the courses they offer would be able to transfer to the CCP program.
Course development and transfers between institutions are difficult to work out, and though the expectation is that these will be finalized by September 2015, National is not yet ready to release all of the details while negotiations continue.
Despite this ongoing effort, students need not be concerned about their future courses. Your education is in good hands!
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Financial
Our financial results to the end of January are not materially different than those of December. We continue to run with a small surplus, and expect to end the year that way as well. All is well!
We would like to thank our sponsors, Pinnacle, D&B, National Leasing & TransUnion for their generous sponsorship of our Chapter.
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OPINION |
ONE OF EACH?
For the last two years I have been hammering away at two articles for this newsletter. One on the use of social media, and another on online services and mobility. But I have not been able to make either work (and with the speed of technological change, I have had to start over a couple of times)!
I have three issues I am trying to write about:
- Why do I have so many online services?
- Do I really have that much to say anyway?
- What do I wish I knew back then?
KEEP READING
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Don't Forget!
Annual General Meeting
May 11, 2015
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Caboto Centre
1055 Wilkes Avenue
Appetizers & wine to be served
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