President's Message
I hope this message finds you and yours well and in good health
BOA is now offering corporate memberships to management companies. This membership will give their property management staff full access to the association.
BOMA Calgary will notify its members through its electronic newsletter, providing BOA meeting dates and times along with details on the guest speakers and topics to be presented. We hope this will encourage more operators to attend the monthly educational sessions.
The Building Operators Association is planning to host a trade show this year. It has been quite some time since our last one, and there has been clear interest in bringing it back. We will be reaching out to companies that had a booth at previous shows to see if they would like to participate again this year.
If you did not have a booth at the last trade show but would like to take part, please contact me at president@boacalgary.com and we will reserve a table for you. The prices for the afternoon show are very reasonable, and we have approximately 35 booth spaces available. Our last pre-COVID show had 35 booths. It is a very intimate event — I believe it is much better than the larger industry shows.
The trade show will likely be held at the Thorncliffe Community Centre, which is an excellent venue for our monthly meetings and has more than enough room to accommodate a trade show of any size. We will provide a room layout and confirm pricing shortly. At the last show, tables were $350.00 each and larger corner booths were $500.00. We had 750 people walk through during the afternoon. Coffee and finger foods were provided, along with plenty of door prizes for visitors.
It has now been five years since our last trade show — we are definitely due for another!
If you would like to volunteer and help organize the trade show, please reach out. Many hands make light work.
The guest speaker meeting dates and times will remain the same: the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings run from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Thorncliffe Greenview Community Association, 5600 Centre Street North. There is plenty of parking available, and the meeting rooms are a great space for our gatherings.
Thanks Les,
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Les
