CEFPI PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
KENDALL JESSIMAN As president of the BC Chapter of the Council of Educational Planners International (CEFPI), it is my pleasure to write to our members and the members of SPOA, RFABC and BCSSA. I look forward to being a part of your joint conference from June 6 to June 9, 2006 in beautiful Penticton, BC. Your organization committee has been working hard to pull together a stellar program with interesting educational speakers, representatives from the Ministry of Education, a great trade show and stimulating social events where everyone will have an opportunity to meet others that are active in the “business” of designing, construction, maintaining and delivering educational facilities. CEFPI has planned an engaging program for its members. All attendees are invited and encouraged to participate in our programs, and our members are encouraged to participate in theirs. We have a Round Table discussion scheduled for Thursday that will see local engineers talking about mechanical and electrical issues in our
schools. This promises to give us an important and practical look at things that work well and things that don’t. We also have a special guest speaker from the State of Washington who promises to deliver a hard hitting talk about how to be environmentally responsible and save money at the same time. You will want to catch Bob MacKenzie’s talk for sure if you have anything to do with building and maintaining schools. Come and learn how they do things just south of the border. On Friday we expect to have a keynote speaker talking about the effect of changing curriculum and its impact on school design. This type of academic talk is always interesting and gets one thinking about the shape of our schools of the future. So, plan to attend this Spring Conference and register now. I look forward to seeing you on the golf course on Tuesday or at one of the functions later in the week! Kendall Jessiman BC Chapter President, CEFPI ❏
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