CARP-BC Society 2004 Annual Report
Annual General Meeting was held March 1, 2005
President’s Report
Welcome CARP members to our 2005 Annual General Meeting for the CARP BC Society. Your CARP BC Board has been very busy with a number of projects and initiatives. I will briefly touch on some accomplishments that I am rather proud of and then each committee will follow with their committee report.
The Professional Development Committee continues to do an outstanding job; the committee increased its budget to ensure that it can deliver quality workshops frequently and expand to the outlying regions where access to appropriate training is difficult to obtain. Continued partnership with NETWERCC combined with participation in new program design and delivery by a leading Canadian university is just an example of some of the successful partnerships developed. This past year the PD committee coordinated in Vernon, a very well attended and successful workshop. The Board continues to support the strategic goals from the 2001 planning session where it was determined that professional development was to be a major continuing goal for our members.
We continue with development of Membership and Public Relations through more exposure at various conferences with goals to increase Continuing Education submissions. The success of the national CARP conference in 2004 was an example of their hard work and dedication to the membership.
Rehab Review magazine has evolved and continues to be received as a high-quality piece produced by our BC Society for the entire CARP National membership. For 5 years Seann Atley with his committee has worked tremendously hard to source, follow-up and provides editing for the quality finished product that we all receive as members. A big thank you to Seann from DM Consulting and Vocational Group as he is stepping down from his duties as Chair. Also leaving us from this committee is Rhonda Shade, advertising continues to be a primary source of revenue to offset production costs. On behalf of the BC Board, I would to thank them both for the many years of service.
Our Treasurer works with each committee to ensure budgets are in place to assist with committee goals. Your CARP BC Society continues to operate in a healthy financial position. Sad to report Gene Wallace-Deering is departing as Treasurer of the CARP BC Society. On behalf of the BC Board, I would to thank Gene for his many years of service.
This is my last AGM as CARP BC Society President. I must say that for the last three years, it has been my pleasure working with such dedicated hardworking volunteer Board members. I am indebted for the many hours of work each member has put into their positions, for all the assistance and support through-out the years. I look forward to serving as past President and Treasurer for the coming year.
Greg Travers
President
The Professional Development and Education Committee
The Professional Development and Education Committee provides our CARP-BC membership opportunities for ongoing professional development and up to date information. This ensures that members have the opportunity to maintain the high quality of professionalism in the field of rehabilitation and maintain their continuing education units for the CCRC/RRP/CVE.
Current members of this committee include: Alan Kaufman, Chair, Greg Travers Matthew Levy, and Scotty Wilson.
Aside from assisting with the organization and the preparation of the BC Society of CARP AGM, the past year’s highlights include:
Ergonomics & Return-to-Work for Vocational Rehab Consultants
Presented by: NETWERCC & CARP BC Society
July 15, 2004
Vernon, BC
Vocational Rehabilitation & FORENSICS: What you need to know to be an expert witness
Presented by: CARP BC Society
November 16, 2004
Coast Plaza Hotel, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
Future Goals:
In order to maintain accreditation with CCRC/RRP/CVE hours, members were previously required to travel to the lower mainland at significant expense. Our goal for the next year is to continue to provide regionalized training. Our next workshop is scheduled on the island and in the interior. For further information, please go to the CARP-BC website at: www.carpbc.org CARP and NETWERCC have joined forces to ensure that quality training sessions can be offered province wide. For further information, you can go to the website at www.netwercc.com
In conclusion, we encourage your involvement and any feedback to suggest presenters or topics for presentation. Additionally, we are always open to new volunteers joining our committee.
This report is respectfully submitted to the AGM on behalf of the Professional Development and Education Committee.
Alan Kaufman, Chair
Membership and Public Relations Committee
The membership Committee goals over the coming year are to:
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Review activities that will increase CARP membership
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Welcome new members into association
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Maintain current CARP membership
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Maintaining the CARP-BC website
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Increase membership communication – What’s working & What’s not?
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Recruit members for all committees or Board involvement
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Increase partnerships to sponsor workshops across the province
Thanks to Lucinda Socha’s dual role as membership committee chair and National conference chair, the membership team became a more integral component in conference registration activities. The National conference team members included: Judy Alexander, Margo Greiner, Allison Klundt, Eileen Cook, Alan Kaufman, Janet Burgess, Kim Devries, John Maillard, Dean Powers, Mathew Levy, Rhonda Shade, Greg Travers, Donna Denham & the SSU team.
The Membership committee supported conference activities by ensuring that advertising was maintained on both the BC and the National web site, checking on-line registration links and assisted with conference registration. The membership committee also welcomed conference delegates and provided assistance wherever possible.
2005 membership goals include working to develop Continuing Education submission seminars across the lower mainland and the interior. To this end we are working to establish and increase partnerships with individuals and community support networks across the province. Increasing awareness of CARP, and promoting the benefits of membership will continue to top the list of priorities.
Current membership committee: David Mortimer, Cameron Klein, Cheryl Hagan, Bobbi Frank, Colleen Avery, Jayne Boyer, Karen Hedberg, and Janet Burgess. The membership team wants to thank Lucinda Socha, & Kim Devries for all their dedication and support to the membership committee over the last year. Special thanks to Donna Denham and the Support Service Unlimited team who have worked tirelessly on behalf of CARP and the membership committee to ensure that the committee met it’s goals and target.
The membership committee always welcomes input and feedback from members. If you would like to know about how to become more involved on CARP committees or activities. If you are interested in learning how you can become more involved in your association or in joining any of the CARP BC committees, please email or call us at 604 681 0296.
We look forward to working with our BC members over the coming year.
Cheryl Hagan, Chair
Rehab Review Committee
Over the past couple of years the look and feel of the Rehab Review has evolved and continues to receive extremely positive feedback as a high-quality piece produced by our BC organization for the entire CARP National membership.
In the past year, extra issues of the Rehab Review have been printed for targeted mailings to non-member readership as a form of public relations and marketing of CARP. This will continue in the future with a focus to inform and promote CARP and CARP members to the community at large.
A big thank you to Angela Desveaux, of Desveaux Design Visual Communication, for her continuing contributions to the professional look of the magazine.
Advertising continues to be a primary source of revenue to offset production costs. Rhonda Shade, who has capably handled our advertising sales, is moving on and I would like to thank her on behalf of the committee and the BC board.
We have a very stable, smoothly functioning editorial committee who work tremendously hard to source, follow-up and provide editing for the finished product. I want to thank this group of very talented and committed volunteers for making it happen on a consistent basis:
Alex Jackson, Alison Klundt, Betty-Ann Blackwell (AB). Diana Froc, Janet Burgess, Jeff McNaughton (SK), Judy Alexander, Margo Greiner, Michelle Meier (AB).
As of this AGM, I am stepping down as the Chair of the Rehab Review committee and as a member of the CARP-BC Board. I am grateful that Diana Froc has come forward to volunteer as the new Chair of the Committee. Diana has been a RR committee member for some time and will do a great job.
I want to say a special thanks to Donna Denham…it takes a lot of skill, organization and commitment to put the Rehab Review together and actually get it into the hands of the readers. Thank you, Donna, for your many, many contributions. I have really appreciated and valued your support, as well as your problem solving ability, during my involvement with the magazine.
Seann Atley, Chair
Treasurer's Report
for the Year Ending December 31, 2004
The annual auditor's report was done in keeping with generally accepted accounting principles and indicates that the Society's financial statements are an accurate representation of the Society's financial position and that the Society enjoys a healthy financial position.
In our budget for 2004 we anticipated a net operating surplus of about $4,000.00. We ended the year with a surplus of about $35,000.00.
About $30,000.00 of this is surplus from regular operations and $5,000.00 is from operating the 2004 National Conference. We budgeted for revenue of $121,000 and received more than that.
The Society received just under $10,000.00 from the Olin Tillotson Foundation that had not been included in the budget as well as an additional amount of just over $5,000.00 from operating the 2004 National Conference which also had not been budgeted for.
We budgeted for just over $117,000 in expenses for the year for operations but spent less than this throughout the year.
The combination of greater than expected revenues as well as lower expenses resulted in the surplus of about $35,000.00
I need to point out that the $10,000.00 from the Olin Tillotson Foundation and the $5,000.00 from operating the 2004 conference are once only sources of revenue.
The Balance Sheet
The Balance Sheet is a report about the Society's financial life since the day it began and about its current financial position. The Society's Balance Sheet at December 31, 2004 indicates that the Society is in a healthy financial position.
The Society holds assets of $178,196.00 all of which are either cash or receivables, i.e., cash the Society had not collected as of December 31, 2004 but can expect to receive.
The Society does not have any current liabilities which means all of its bills were paid and it did not owe anybody money as of December 31, 2004.
At the end of 2003 the Society had a surplus of $143,225. As of December 31, 2004 the Society added $34,971.00 to this. This results in a total surplus of $178,196.00. Again, this is primarily cash (92%) or receivables that will soon be cash (8%).
The Income Statement or the Statement of Receipts and Related Expenditures
Unlike the balance Sheet this report provides information only about the fiscal year being reported on; in this case the year 2004. The Society's operating revenue as stated in this report was $202,571.00.
Of this $82,092.00 was from once only sources of revenue: The Olin Tillotson Foundation and The 2004 National Conference. This means that our revenue from "regular operations" was $120,479.00.
The Society's expenses as stated on this report were $167,600.00. However, $67,299 was spent on operating the 2004 conference. Therefore, our expenses related to our "regular operations" were $100,301.00.
If we take only "regular operating revenue and expenses" into account the Society would still have generated a surplus of just over $20,000.00. Again, the Surplus this year was actually $34,970 which when added to the accumulated surpluses from previous years results in a total surplus of $178,198.00.
Expectations for 2005
The Budget for 2005 again conservatively projects a modest surplus of just under $6,000.00.
In keeping with the healthy financial position of the Society it includes expenditures of $20,000.00 for Professional Development and $16,000.00 for various other services to members for a total of $36,000.00.
This is 36% of the total budgeted expenditures of just under $100,000.00.
The Society is currently in a position to provide significant support to members due to its healthy financial position.
Gene Wallace Deering, Treasurer