Suite Living 2004
Once again our conference & trade show committee put forth a tremendous event that was well attended despite the inclement Manitoba weather.
While the winds outside were reaching 70+ km/hr, whipping up the light snow to reduce visibility to almost nil, the more than 150 seminar participants (property owners/managers, resident managers, maintenance staff and associate members) gained much valuable knowledge from the 15 speakers in 12 different seminars.
The seminars were well received with a good variety of topics and speakers ranging from Marijuana usage to Media Relations. The Event Committee of Laurie Socha, Avrom Charach, Don Preteau (trade show), Carol Laurence and Tonya Moreton (conference) strived to provide a range of topics so that all in attendance would find them useful and informative.
The sessions were industry related and conducted by individuals that deal with those issues in their daily lives.
After grace by Peter Ewert of W.R.E. Development, our key note speaker Constable Michele Benoit of the Crime Prevention Division gave an insightful power point presentation on a number of safety issues with a focus on “Dealing with Conflict and Difficult Persons in the Workplace”.
A tremendous amount of planning, organizing and executing (most of it behind the scenes) goes into making this event the tremendous success that it is and we cannot thank our committee members and volunteers enough for their hard work. We are looking forward to planning Suite Living 2005 and as always look to PPMA members for suggestions on what they would like to see for topics and speakers.
Another huge debt of gratitude goes out to all of our speakers who donated their time and talents for Suite Living 2004. Most professionals such as these charge thousands of dollars to speak, but due to their respect for our association, they continue to donate their time so that we can keep the price for this event very modest to allow full participation by our members. Please remember to thank them with your patronage if you have the opportunity.
And last but certainly not least are the 29 exhibitors of the trade show and the six generous sponsors (Amre Supply, Coinamatic, Coast Wholesale Appliances, Shaw, Superlite and RentCanada) of Suite Living 2004. Without all of you, this event would not be possible...so from the Event Committee and all of the PPMA members...THANK YOU!
On a sad note, we will be saying good-bye to Don Preteau as chair of the trade show. In November of 2003, Don was promoted to Call Centre Manager for Shaw in Manitoba and North West Ontario. We will be looking to have someone fill the huge void that Don leaves behind as the founder of this event.
If you would like to get involved with Suite Living 2005, please contact the PPMA office at 444-4832 or
ppma@mts.net for more information.