Congratulations to the 2009/2010 Board of Directors sworn in at the AGM last night.

President – Ron Egli                                           Directors
Past President – Bob Gill                                Wilf Gorter                 Reuben Butterfield
1st Vice President – Lee MacFarlane                Ole Frang                  Patrick Morrison
2nd Vice President –Cam Hayward                   Mike McDougall          Bill Patterson
Treasurer – Lee MacFarlane                            Marian Paris               Robyn Normand

Supplier Council     Mike McDougall                      Builders’ Council       Ron Egli                     

As his last duty as President of CHBA – Victoria, Bob Gill presented the 2009 President’s Awards. Congratulations to all of the well-deserving recipients!

Jerry Hepburn Memorial Award – Ole Frang, Frang Construction
Sponsors Appreciation Award – Built Green™ BC
Mike Kipot Award – Linden Holmen, Holmen Enterprises Ltd.
Service Award – Patrick Morrison, We Paint Inc. AND Lee MacFarlane, AV Energy Inc.
Ocean Construction Award – Habitat for Humanity Victoria
President's Award – Ron Egli, Ron Egli Construction and Design Ltd.
Marilyn Ann Lee Award – Gordon English, Genco Construction Ltd. 

As his first duty as President of CHBA – Victoria, Ron Egli presented Bob Gill, Past President, with the gavel and Casey Edge, Executive Officer, presented Bob with the Executive Achievement Award recognizing him for leadership and vision in promoting and delivering home building professionalism, affordable housing advocacy and community giving.

Celebrate Christmas with CHBA! 

We are changing things up this year – Christmas cheer will be celebrated with the Victoria Salmon Kings!  We’ll have the best seats in the house – along the rail in the King’s Feast Restaurant!  

Join us for dinner in the King’s Feast Restaurant and then help cheer on the Victoria Salmon Kings when they take on the Las Vegas Wranglers on Thursday, December 10. Only $65 per person for dinner and the game! 

All of the details are in the attached document. Email, fax or call the office to reserve your tickets. There are limited seats along the rail to watch the game so sign up early to avoid any disappointment! 

Contact the office at info@chbavictoria.com of call 250.383.5044 to reserve NOW!  

CMHC’s Third Annual Housing Outlook Conference is November 20, 8:30 am to 12 noon at the Hotel Grand Pacific.

Speakers include Lee King, Carol Frketich and Travis Archibald – each is an expert in the local and BC housing market. For more information and to register go to www.cmhc.ca.
 

The Third Annual State of the Island Economic Summit is being held November 24 and 25 at the Victoria Conference Centre.  

The cost is $200 for Vancouver Economic Alliance members and $250 for non-members.  

Presenters include Paul Darby, Deputy Chief Economist, Conference Board of Canada, and Rick Jefferey, CEO and President of Coast Forest Products. Maureen Young, Coast Capital Savings is Summit Co-Chair and Moderator.

For more info and to register, go to www.viea.ca
 

YOU CAN JOIN US TOO!!

BE AN EXHIBITOR AND/OR SPONSOR OF THE EVENT!

Our 2010 Home and Garden Show, February 19, 20, and 21, is guaranteed to be exciting! We have just secured Debbie Travis for two appearances during the weekend! This will be Debbie’s first time back to Victoria since 2004 - she was our most popular celebrity ever!!

We have created a Special Sponsorship Package for 2010.. This sponsorship includes a $100 off booth space (on top of the $100 membership discount) and many promotional opportunities for only $2010.

CHBA’s Home and Garden Show is an excellent occasion to sponsor an event featuring a nationally recognized celebrity, and promote your business and projects during the important Spring housing market. 

There is still a good selection of booth space available as well.  As a member, you automatically receive a $100 discount per booth.   

All of the Home Show information is on our website, www.chbavictoria.com, just click on the Home Show logo and follow the links to the Exhibitor Information at the top.

Thank you for your consideration, and feel free to contact us for any additional information at info@chbavictoria.com or 250.383.5044.  

Our Title Sponsor:               



 

CHBA – Victoria has sponsored a tree at the 18th annual Festival of Trees supporting the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation! 

The theme of this year’s tree is “Construction Elves”! Our Festival of Trees committee, Margaret Dale, Evelyne Egli, Cheryl Neal and Robyn Normand, is already working hard to make this year’s entry another winner!! Trees will be decorated Thursday, November 19 and remain on display at the Fairmont Empress Hotel until January 4, 2010.

Purchase your own “Construction Elf”, a colourful little guy supporting “tools of the trade” and your company name. What a great promotional opportunity for only $25  OR  Join the challenge at $300!

It’s for the kids!!
Thank you to all of our donations to date!

CHBA – Victoria's membership keeps growing! Out of a total of 179 members, there are 88 CHBA builders representing almost 50% of the membership and building the majority of projects in our region.    

Welcome our newest member:
Pacific Home Warranty Insurance Services Inc. – John Eaton & Mike Garritty 

AND we have 3 new applications that were approved for 1^st reading:
McKinstry Holdings Ltd. – Reena Parhar
Incredible Closets – Ted Hancock
Pondview Development Ltd. – Len Wansbrough

We thank you for your continued support!
Support CHBA and professional home building. Do Business with a CHBA Member!    

The following companies have cancelled their membership for 2009/2010:

All Victoria Vacuums; Aloyd Fitness Equipment Ltd.; Black Press Group; Blue Collar Construction Ltd.; Campbell Yates Construction; Cherry Hill Estates; Cottage Grove Contracting Ltd.; Estateway Property Development Ltd.; Garden City Painting Ltd.; HSBC Bank Canada; Mandalay Developments (Victoria) ltd.; MCM Excavating Inc.; Northwest Window & Door Co. Ltd.; Premier Closets Ltd.; R.W. Starck Contracting Ltd.; Shore Island Developments Ltd.; SignArt; Tedford Overhead Doors & Gates; TELUS Communications Company; Three Point Properties; Victoria Wood Studio; vivo eco-ventures Ltd.

 THE FUTURE IS HOME

67th National Conference - March 5 - 7, 2010
Victoria, BC 

The springtime of a new era 

The 2010 CHBA National Conference in Victoria will deliver the critical business knowledge you need now.  

You’ll spend three days talking business with builders and industry partners from across Canada. You’ll get business sessions that focus on the transformation taking place in housing markets, and the dey opportunities this is creating. 

This Conference will be about one thing – opportunity! 

For program information visit www.chba.ca/conference/program.php.

CRB Courses - Fall 2009 

If you do not have your Certified Residential Builder (CRB) designation, or, if you need a refresher, now is the time.  

The complete package of CRB courses is being offered in the Fall. These are mostly single day courses with an “at home/online” component. Sign up now to work online so you can be ready for the one-day class. 

The courses are:
Project Management; BC Building Code; Construction Law; Financial Management;
Marketing and Project Sales 

To register online, please visit
http://www.elearning4u-chba.com/ or
contact Michelle Kanters at 1-877 568-9778 or support@chbabc.org  

Why not advertise your inventory of new homes for sale at no charge?  

To help you sell your homes, we have set up the New Homes for Sale page at ww.chbavictoria.com. Our CHBA-Victoria site gets 500 visitors per week – that’s 26,000 per year interested in homes by our professional home builders.  

We plan to make our CHBA site the “go to” web address for new home developments in our region, including marketing our New Homes for Sale page in CHBA’s weekly  Ask a Pro column in the Times Colonist. Check out Wednesday’s column featuring Bob Gill, CHBA President in the Homes section.  

New Homes for Sale is more value for your CHBA membership. No additional fees apply.  If you have new homes for sale, and they’re not on our page, contact Shelly at sportmann@chbavictoria.com or call the CHBA office so we can get them online. Check out the page once and awhile just to make sure your listing is still correct!