Highlighted AGM 2008 Announcements

Dear AAPS Member,

We would like to draw your attention to two announcements made at the AGM last week.

1. Board Election Results

Firstly, thank you to all those who took the time to cast an electronic vote on this year’s inaugural on-line voting system. All future elections will be run in this manner. Next, thank you to all those who attended and those who watched via the webcam broadcast. With every passing year we will continue to enhance the process and adapting to the needs and challenges that are identified.

We wish to extend a very special thanks to the eleven participating candidates.

Please join us in welcoming your new Board:

President: Bernice Urbaniak
1st Vice President Isabella Losinger
2nd Vice President Daryl Stowe
Secretary Jason Congdon
Treasurer Edward Hung
Members-At-Large: Justin Bonzo
Anne-Marie Fenger
Preeti Gill
Colette Roche
Dave Rowlands
Jacqueline Smit

2. INCREASE $750.00 from $400.00
AAPS Individual Professional Development Funds

The AAPS Board is pleased to announce a funding increase to $750.00 per annum from $400.00 per annum for Professional Development (PD). All rules and guides for the program remain in effect as previously applied.

This increase will be retro-active to July 1, 2008. Those members who have made application for a program in the period from July 1, 2008 to date and who have received their funds, need to contact the Fund Administrator, Betty Lam at 822-3056 or betty.lam@ubc.ca to have a review completed for eligibility of the $750.00.

Sincerely,

Bernice Urbaniak
President
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