A brief celebration

By Chuck Morris

Mission Statement:

To provide support and recognition to our members who work in partnership with leaders in education in the province of British Columbia.

Mission Statement:

To provide support and recognition to our members who work in partnership with leaders in education in the province of British Columbia.

CHARTING OUR COURSE 41st Annual Facilities Conference & Trade Show Agenda

June 6 - 10, 2005 Penticton Trade & Convention Center Penticton, British Columbia

This is Strawberry Vale School, first opened to students in 1893, in Victoria, B.C. The building has been moved and refurbished several times, yet even today, it is open for student sessions. Its current role is as a pre-school facility. The photo was supplied by SPOA past-president Glenn Miller, of Victoria.

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BritishColumbia School Plant Officials Association of B.C. AnOfficialPublicationoftheSchoolPlantOfficialsAssociationofBritishColumbia Conference Edition 2005

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BritishColumbia School Plant Officials Association of B.C. AnOfficialPublicationoftheSchoolPlantOfficialsAssociationofBritishColumbia SPRING 2006

INSIDE: SOLARWALL SYSTEMS MAKING SCHOOLS’ FUTURES BRIGHT

Last fall, we passed a milestone.

For the most part, it went unnoticed as time marched by and most of us focused on other things, such as the changes and pressures in our daily lives.

We shouldn’t have been distracted! Back in the fall of 2004, our very first issue of Ops Talk came out. The November 2014 fall issue marked the 10th anniversary of the magazine. It became the association’s flagship early on as each issue reflected what we do, showed products which our vendors market and included many editorials.

Ops Talk reaches all of our members, including schools and the Ministry of Education. I used to make sure the staff room in the facilities department had a copy, as well as in staff rooms in schools so other people could read it, too.

From day one, the magazine has proved itself to be a good product.

SPOA_Spr_2010:SPOA_Template.qxd 5/5/2010 4:59 PM Page 1 DEL Communications Inc. was a great choice to produce Ops Talk as the company possesses years of experience publishing magazines for a variety of associations across the country. David, Katrina, Dayna, Donna and others at DEL have continued to do a great job with advertising sales, content and layout. Kudos to S.G. Bennett Marketing Services for art and layout design.

Over the years, the magazine went through a couple of changes, including maximizing content and layout, which made for a more attractive publication. One time, while we were collecting photographs of facilities and equipment, the magazine displayed a cover that showed off various parts of this great province, depicting landscape scenes and old buildings.

A few years ago, the association decided to insert the annual conference information package within the pages of the spring issue. That has worked well, allowing everyone to have the information in front of them when the magazines arrived at their workplaces.

If you have an idea about a topic or believe Ops Talk should have stories on a particular subject, contact Bob Hardy or Molly or your executive. Remember, someone else might have the same idea or question, so you could be helping out several of your peers by taking the initiative.

At 10 years old, Ops Talk is about to embark on the next leg of its journey. Let’s increase the magazine’s success by continuing to put the magazine in the right place. Show it off, talk about it and contribute to it.

Happy anniversary, Ops Talk! Let’s make the second decade an even better one. b

Covering all aspects of educational facilities and operations. Ops Talk Spring 2013

Schools require unique, rugged roofing solutions. Cover photo courtesy of The Garland Company, Inc.

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What’s in a name? See page 12 Rethinking leadership Winter driving: how much more fuel are you using? Climate action: leading by example Four steps to successful roofing projects

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