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Newsletter 2007/08 CANADIAN CHEF EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING June 22, 2007 1. Call to Order – Welcome and Introductions – Terry Larsen Introductions - 17th Annual Meeting of CCEA Thank you to Greg Poile and the Alberta Conference Committee
2. Motion to Approve AGM Minutes of June 2006 as printed in the Newsletter. Moved by Linda Galenzoski 2nd Rick Barnum Carried 3. Additions/Changes to the Agenda a) Website – Matthew Stinson under VP report b) Healthy schools initiative – Ralph Walker under E 1) 4. Executive Reports:
A. President’s Greeting and Report – Terry Larsen
A big thank you in advance to Greg Poile, Maureen Smith and Karen Peters and the Alberta Committee for the hard work and effort they have put in over the past year to organize and host us in conference this weekend. For whatever reasons, it is regrettable that we don’t have a larger group of delegates with us today. Those that are not with us today are missed and are truly missing a weekend of great collegiality and good times. Those members able to make it here for 2007 will not be disappointed. The Alberta committee has set out a fascinating agenda and itinerary for us this weekend and it is up to the delegates present to make the most of their organization and hospitality. This conference, as all our previous conferences have been, is a combination of good times, collegiality, information, and education. It looks like we will be treated to some fun events this weekend. It is always a challenge to get the right balance of education and entertainment organized for a national conference and it looks like Alberta has done it again barring any lost venues (remember St. Albert’s Market in 2005?). Again, as we meet in conference it is important, in addition to a renewed focus on culinary education that we also renew ourselves personally through the meeting of old friends and the making of new ones. Interactions, formally in workshop and demonstration sessions and informally over a glass of wine or a beer, are extremely important in the rejuvenation of our selves, and others, in the sake of our long- term educational goals. We often teach and instruct in a vacuum and need the reassurances of our colleagues that what we do is valuable and worthy. As I have probably stated before, but bear repeating, we need times like these together to reaffirm our commitment to education and Instruction and these meetings in conference do just this for us. We are given a chance to share and exchange ideas in an atmosphere of Fellowship and collegiality. We come from diverse areas of our great Country, but each of us holds the shared interest of instructing young People in the field of Culinary Arts and it is at events such as our National conferences that we are able to renew this interest and the Commitment that each and every one of us displays each day in our Teaching careers. So let us enjoy this weekend together, meet new friends, and renew old Acquaintances network and find that we all have similar goals, problems, and successes, and leave for our places of residence and employment with renewed desire and commitment for education, for ourselves, and for our students. At this time I would like to thank all the members of the Canadian Chef Educators Association and the Executives of 2003-2005 and 2005-2007 for your continued support and advice over the two terms that I have served as your President. And I wish all the delegates of the 17th Annual Canadian Chef Educators Association conference a great weekend of learning, camaraderie, and hospitality here in Alberta. Let us enjoy our short time together in Calgary and the surrounding areas and once again let us give a heartfelt thank you and a great round of applause to Team Alberta for hosting this great Conference.
Moved by Terry Larsen President 2003 - 2005 & 2005 – 2007 2nd Eric Anderson B. Vice President- Membership Report – Matthew Stinson
Our CCEAWebsite is a valuable tool for educators, allowing them to put ideas out, and also have a refreshing look back at the conference. Statistics from the web page show 40,000 hits over the year, so members and non-members are using it – the most popular are the gingerbread and fat sculpture competitions. Students are using it to a greater extent than the members. Lots of hits on Malaspina and Lac La Biche pages. We are getting queries from students all over the world, however, not very many from the U.S. Provincial Directors should be inserting local information on the site. Matthew will train new provincial directors in the use of the website. When you send information to be published on the web site, send information on a disc to make easier to insert information on website. Matthew has dial up internet. When you access our website, be sure to hit 20 or 30 of the ads as we get paid for advertising. Moved Matthew Stinson 2nd Hal Carried
C. Secretary’s Report – Darlyn Brajkovich None sent. Darlyn not in attendance
D. Treasurer’s Report – Kathleen Hancock The Treasurer’s job these last several years was onerous because I ended up doing all of the duties listed as Secretary’s duties as well as a large amount of data entry to supply missing information on membership, conferences and contributions of the membership at the Provincial and the national levels. Due to Life Member requirement for 10 year membership and Service to the Association; I entered data for the executive positions for the years since 2003 and membership years for 2003-2007 where I had data. I emailed many early members of the Association and also the present executive, asking for any old newsletter copies, AGM minutes etc to help me fill in the paid members for the years previous to 2003. Received from Terry Larsen, and Allen Holtz and added what I could to the data base. Andy Ormiston sent me a list of all of the active culinary educators in Manitoba and they were entered into the data base. I printed and mailed150 letter membership dues reminders along with invoices and data sheets. I also printed approx 25 Newsletters to send out to Executive members for filing in their binders and also to members who do not have emails or access to our web site. The Newsletter was posted on our website and also sent via email to all 2006/07 paid members with valid email addresses. I have accurate membership data from 2003-2007 documented. Prior to that I have only the lists of people who attended conferences as published in the Newsletters as follows: 1991-1996 Executive members only 1997 -2002 Conference attendees only Any old newsletters, AGM documents, membership lists that any of you have saved and could forward to me would be greatly appreciated. We will pass them on to our Historian after they are added to the data base. CCEA 2005/2006 FINANCIAL REPORT July 01, 2006 to June 30, 2007 Kathleen Hancock, Treasurer BOOK BALANCE AS OF JULY 01/06: $4218.87 INCOME: Membership Dues as of June 30/06 for 2006 Membership 420.00 Membership Dues to June 20/07 48 members@60.00 2820.00 Conference “Seed Money” Cheque #10 returned, not needed 1000.00 Income from Web Site 111.05 Deposit re Investment Earnings 97.77 Income from Web Site 128.10 Deposit re Investment Earnings 97.23 _________ TOTAL INCOME 4674.15 $8893.02
EXPENSES: Bank Fees to July 01: 12 months at $5.00/month plus charges 2.88 62.88 Chq # 012 Vital Effects Inc Inv# 0982 44.42 Chq # 013 Vital Effects Invoice #1466, 1467 70.92 Chq.# 014 L Larsen re Gifts, Conference 2006 108.99 Chq # 015 Vital Effects Invoice #2002 Web Hosting 44.39 Chq # 016 Postage, Printing Costs – Newsletter, Letterhead, Membership Cards, Membership Mailout, Labels 206.27 Chq # 017 Vital Effects Invoice # 2098 44.39 Chq # 018 K Hancock re Postage, Paper, Printer cartridge 74.37 Chq# 019 Industry Canada Non-Profit Association Fee 30.00 Chq # 020 D Perron – Data Entry and Data Base Update– 8 hours 80.00 Chq # 021 K Hancock re Postage, Cartridge, Paper etc 142.26 Chq# 022 AGM Recording Secretary 100.00 _______ TOTAL DEBITS 1008.73 $7884.32 Transfer Investment Earnings to Investment Account 4195.00 $3689.32 ($97.23+$97.77+$4000.00) BOOK BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2007 $3689.32 Items outstanding: Additional Membership Dues received at conference Executive Meeting Expenses INVESTMENT JUNE 13/06 TDCT A/C#8312-8111406-01 $ 5000.00 INVESTMENT JUNE 13/07 TDCT A/C#8312-8111406-01 $ 4195.00 Moved Kathleen Hancock 2nd Janet Fisher Carried
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E. 1) New Members: Introduction and Induction - Matthew Stinson New members for 2007 include: Kerri Deller MB, Carl Everitt BC, Doug James ON, Olubusola Kolade ON, Joanne Krahn AB, Bozena Skurski AB, Xavier Bauby BC, and Tobin Baziw BC
F. Scholarship Chair Report – Matthew Stinson
Susanne Mikler susanne@liaisoncollege.com Ron Dobrinsky rondob@mts.net Terry Larsen tolarsen@uniserve.com Matthew Stinson m2stin@syban.net Moved Matthew Stinson 2nd Cal Nikiforok. Carried
5. Provincial Directors’ Reports:
A. British Columbia - Renee Thomas September 8, 2006 BCTF members voted overwhelmingly to accept the five-year collective agreement reached at the end of June 2006. The ratification vote passed by 93.4% with a total of 25,129 teachers casting ballots and 23,468 voting in favour. Key elements of the contract:
The government acknowledged through Bill 33 the need to address class size and composition. No additional funding has been provided to school boards to ensure that the provisions of the legislation can be fully implemented. BCTF withdrew teacher participation in School Planning Councils because continued participation supports the ministry’s bureaucratic accountability scheme, which takes time away from real teaching and learning and replaces it with standardized testing and relentless data collection. The data collection that has yet to lead to any increase in resources or support for teaching and learning. March 26-30, 2007, Education Week, the provincial government introduced three bills-20, 21 and 22. Bill 20, The School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007.Bill 20 includes the following amendments to the school act:i) Creates superintendents of achievement who may inspect the board records, enter schools and interview employees and students. ii) Establishes Boards of Education and mandating that boards prepare an achievement contract with respect to student performance, plans for improving student achievement, early learning programs and literacy. iii) Provides for the appointment of a special trustee if a board does not comply with an administrative directive to meet its obligations under an achievement contract. iv) Requires boards to establish district literacy plans. The legislation provides the ability for parents who are “dissatisfied with a board ruling, such as suspension of a student” to appeal to the superintendents of achievement. Adding another level of bureaucracy and infringes on the autonomy and responsibility of school boards. The legislation defines special academies and allows for students to be charged fees to attend the academy. The school planning council has the power to approve charging fees meaning that possibly as few as three parents and the principal can make the decision. It also allows for fees to be charged for some courses and materials. This not only infringes on the autonomy and responsibility of school boards, but paves the way for publicly funded schools to be operated as private schools with fees. The legislation broadens the ministers’ capacity to create provincial demonstration schools. The recent changes to the school act make it possible for students to sign up for courses from private schools while attending public schools. A public secondary school on the west side of Vancouver learned that a significant number of its grade 12’s who were doing poorly in English 12 were taking the same course at a local private school. The students were getting As in the course from the private school, failing the provincial exam, but passing the course because ministry policy is to accept the higher mark, in this case the mark from the private school. School Boards have been renamed Boards of Education and their responsibilities have been expanded ‘into early learning and literacy communities throughout the province.” No new resources attached to the expanded responsibilities. Bill 21Introduced legislative amendments to the school act and the teaching profession act to pave the way for a discipline registry. The BC College of Teachers is required to create an online registry accessible to the public. That registry must include:
Reprimands may be removed from the registry after 5 years but there are no provisions for the removal of suspensions or cancellations. The college is required to publish the names of disciplined members along with the reasons they were disciplined. The college is also required to create an employers’ registry with a list identifying members and their employers. The information in this registry is available to all school boards. Bill 22Every school must have a ministry approved code of conduct for students. Bill 22 allows the government to use the teachers’ college to send their message directly to the teachers. It states the “The college must distribute information requested by the minister to the members at large at the time and in the manner requested by the minister.” The government (taxpayers) must reimburse the college the costs. BCTF is not aware of any other professional college that can be used this way. The legislation has provisions for the minister to reimburse students for expenses incurred for educational activities “if the child demonstrates a standard of achievement, satisfactory to the minister.” The minister can designate the activities, set a limit on the number of activities that can be reimbursed, and set the amount of the reimbursement. Students may be able to participate in activities that cost money in the hope the government will reimburse them for all or some of their costs. School District Business Companies are companies the government encouraged school boards establish to raise funds. One district operates a pre-school in Poland another opened private schools in China where students can get a BC Dogwood Certificate. To date none of the District Business Companies have made money. The government is still tinkering with the rules for these companies. The BCTF is applauding the latest Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that ruled in favour of the Health Care Unions’ appeal. The BC Liberal Government did not have the right to unilaterally strip provisions from their collective agreements in January 2002. The BCTF was granted intervener status in this case and its arguments played a role in the courts precedent-setting decision. The ruling assures workers throughout Canada given that their right to bargain a collective agreement is enshrined in the charter and cannot be taken apart at the whim of a government. October 20, 2006 BCCASA hosted an excellent conference in Duncan, BC. The members met at the Heritage Centre on the Cowichan River where the native chefs demonstrated the traditional style of filleting and preparing whole salmon cooked over an open fire for lunch. Lunch was served in traditional native style on long cedar planks and bowls wrapped in cedar. The conference featured locally grown organic products paired with local wines and beer. The delegates also toured a water buffalo farm the milk produced is being made into “Buffalo Mozzarella”. The Industry Training Authority (ITA) was created in 2004, its mandate to significantly expand training in BC through the development of an industry-led training model. go2 designated as the Industry Training Organization for BC tourism has been sanctioned by the ITA to take on a new industry training mandate for the tourism industry in BC. The mandate for this new division of go2 will be to provide an effective industry driven training function by defining training needs, setting industry training and occupational standards measuring industry training results, and directly interfacing with public, private and K-12 training providers. The apprenticeship programs for Cook, Baker and Meatcutter will fall under the jurisdiction of go2’s industry training mandate. go2 is already doing labour market research, career awareness and certification programs like Emerit and Serving it Right. This mandate will increase the number of students in tourism education programs, improve laddering among tourism occupations and industry training programs and increasing employer engagement in tourism education, training and career development. A few changes have been made to the ACE-IT (Accelerated Credit Enrolment in Industry training) program this year. The students now write the ITA (Industry Training Authority) First Year Apprentice Exam, the secondary school teacher will add the student’s practical mark to the theory mark, the overall average must be 70% or better for the students to receive credit for the First Year Apprentice Technical Training. Camoson College also gives the student credit for Culinary Arts Level 1. If the student does not obtain 70% or higher Camoson College offers a one month top up class to the students in the month of July; the curriculum is the First Year Apprentice Technical Training. Pacific Institute Culinary Arts celebrated its 10th year supplying the food service industry with cooks and coinciding with the Institutes anniversary it was the proud recipient of the 2006 Consumers’ choice Award for business excellence. Selected by consumers and local businesses, a first trade school and first culinary school to receive this commendation. Pacific Institute Culinary Arts has over 1,300 of its graduates representing the institute of fine dining establishments world wide. NorthWest Culinary Academy of Vancouver is hosting its first Black Box Competition July 8, 2007 for secondary students in the lower mainland offering six $3,000.00 scholarships to the successful participants. They are responding to industry requests to train more local students that will stay and work in the lower mainland. Junior Competitions that promote and educate youth. 1) 5 to 10 A Day Healthy Chef – co-sponsored by BC Chefs Association and BC Produce and Marketing Association took place at the Hyatt regency Hotel, Vancouver, BC on April 4, 2007. Eleven restaurants and culinary institutions participated, the greatest number of teams competing teams since the inception of this competition. Each team prepared 65 services to present to the 462 guests of the fresh food industry. Best Entrée: Ramada Plaza & Conference Centre, Abbottsford, BC. Best Dessert: Cannery Seafood House, Vancouver, BC. Best Table Showcase: Pacific Rim Grill Peoples Choice: River Rock Casino, Richmond, BC. Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC. 2) Knorr National Youth Competition – one Representative from each Province after Regional Competitions are held to determine the Provincial Representative. BC Gold medal won by Robert Lockwood (working at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC)
3) Junior Hot Competition – co-sponsored by BC Chefs Association and BC Restaurant Association at the Food Service Show.
Bronze: Feydra Romanovsky Enver Creek Secondary, Surrey, BC. Instructor Terry Larsen 4) Karl Shier Competition - a Black Box Competition hosted at VCC. Ten of BC mainland’s best chef apprentices met at the annual cook-off. 1st Place: Michelle Meyer 2nd place: Sarah Kruk (Graduate of Queen Elizabeth Secondary Culinary Arts Program, Surrey, BC.) 3rd Place: Hiro Takeda 6) Grand Culinaire Salon - a Cold Competition sponsored by the Canadian Culinary Federation in association with Eat Vancouver! 7) Chaine du Rotisserie (an elite group of Chefs and Consultants) - an Apprenticeship Competition hosted at VCC, judged on a three-course meal. 8) Skills Canada - a Black Box and Common Table Ingredients Competition open to Secondary and Post Secondary Students. Skills Canada Secondary Culinary Arts B.C. Provincialresults: Gold: Colton Carew Hatzic Secondary , Mission, B.C. Silver: Michele Chailler Ladysmith Secondary, Ladysmith, B.C. Bronze: Voula Rounis Ladysmith Secondary, Ladysmith, B.C.
Skills Canada Secondary Provincial Baking results: Gold: Caitlin Mayo RE Mountain Secondary, Langley, B.C. Silver: Jeffrey Derkson Templeton Secondary, Vancouver, B.C. Bronze: Carissa Sundeen Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary, Surrey, BC
Skills Canada Post Secondary Provincial Baking results: Gold: Jaclyn Moyer Wickannish Inn & Patiseria Conradi Silver: Laura Barona VCC, Vancouver,
9) Apprentice of the Year - open to Apprentices who have taken Post Secondary Cook Training. 10) Student of the Year - 2004 the first year this competition was held at VCC for students at VCC.
Surrey School District Provincial Competitions:
4) The 5th Annual Chowder Competition hosted by Daniel Lenses, Garibaldi Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC. One District participated, 3 schools, 8 teams and 14 students participating. The judging was done by peer evaluation. Each team evaluated its peers. The participating chef instructors were very pleased to witness the involvement of every participant at completing this task, opening communication and taste bud development. Bocuse D’Or Competition in Lyon, France. Scott Jaeger (Chef / Owner, the Pear Tree Restaurant, Burnaby, BC) competed in the January 2007 competition representing Canada. Scott placed 7th and was named “Chef of the Year” by the BC Chefs Association. Scott a graduate of Queen Elizabeth Secondary Culinary Arts, Surrey, BC and Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC. British Columbia Culinary Arts Specialist Association (BCCASA) co-hosted with the B.C. Chefs’ Association the Annual Scholarship Brunch at the Vancouver Golf Club. BCCASA gave out 10 scholarships and the BC Chefs Association gave out 23 scholarships. Pierre Dubrulle, Chef Instructor at Samuel Robertson Technical Secondary School, Maple Ridge, received induction into the BC Restaurant Hall of Fame; 2007 Back of the House Industry Award. Pierre was recognized for his service as a chef, teacher, restaurant owner (Le Gavroche) and founder of the Dubrulle Culinary School. B.C. Chefs are to be commended for the calibre and number of competitions and entrants participating in Provincial Competitions and the variety of programs and experiences being offered to students in B.C. Moved by Renee Thomas 2nd by Eric Anderson Carried B. Alberta – Maureen Smith We had a fairly uneventful year. Our mini conference never got off the ground; we could never get a weekend we could all agree on. We did not send any students to skills this year, between Greg's Basketball and myself being off for almost 3 months, time got away from us. But Matthew Stinson's student Thomas Hart brought home a silver medal and rumour has it that one of Hal's students took home a silver in baking. Congrats to both of them for a job well done. Hopefully the coming year will see a little more activity.
Moved by Maureen Smith 2nd by Russ Brandt Carried
C. Saskatchewan – Linda Galenzoski No report. Linda needs to get past materials and binder so that she can get busy increasing the membership. Looking forward to hosting Conference in 2009. Saskatchewan hosted the Nationals on June 4, 5 and the Provincials were completed just 2 days earlier. This made it very difficult for the student competitors.
Moved Linda Galenzosk 2nd Tim Yzerman Carried
D. Manitoba – Andy Ormiston was not able to be present; Terry Larsen presented his report.
Manitoba report to CCEA, June 2007 Competition:
Technical Vocational Initiative
Enrollments
New developments
Staffing – retirements and new hires
Respectfully submitted Andy Ormiston CCEA Manitoba
Moved by Terry Larsen 2nd Hal Buechner Carried
E. Ontario - Suzanne Mikler I very much regret that I can not be with you this year for the annual conference. My family is taking a vacation to the Baltic Sea, and as this report is being reviewed by you at the conference, I will be in Copenhagen. I’ll raise a glass of beer in a toast to the CCEA!A special thank you and kudos to Greg Poile and co. for their organization of this year’s event!! I know the amount of time an energy a conference can absorb, and then, like a wedding, it’s over in a couple of days! Good job!Since last year’s conference in Ontario, there has been little communication among Ontario members of the CCEA. There are a few factors that come in to play for the CCEA in Ontario, and here is a list of the goals I would like to work on in the coming year:1) Funding: there are presently no means in place for generating funds to the CCEA in Ontario. The conference last year broke even, and the small balance that Liaison College donated has been eaten up by doing one mailer (newsletter and bank charges. The goal is to get proper documentation to prove that we are a non-profit so the bank stops charging us the $14 per month fees and host a event(s) to raise funds and awareness of the CCEA in Ontario.2) Membership and Awareness: there is relatively little knowledge in Ontario about the CCEA and as a result, there is little interest in membership. With events to showcase the association and more funding in place for communication, we will be able to alert all culinary educators to the CCEA.3) Profile and Marketing: With additional funds it will be possible to participate in more marketing efforts.I am hopeful that a new Ontario Director will bring renewed energy and resources to the group and I am eager to assist the CCEA in Ontario reach new heights.Now, on to what’s happening in the province:1. OYAP: The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship effort continues to be a big success in Ontario. School boards, particularly the Halton Region, are making big strides in bringing attention and money to the trades. The Halton Region has launched a very successful site called: www.apprenticesearch.com which allows trainers, trainees and employers to connect on line. The model is being used more throughout the province. The OYAP program has drawn attention to the fact that the interest and passion for the trade comes from the high school level and as a result, certain school boards are developing programs to link high school trades programs with an apprenticeship more easily. The website defines OYAP as follows:What is the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program?The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) is a School to Career program designed to help students make a smooth, successful transition into or to their post secondary education apprenticeship programs. 2. Master Skills: The Limestone Regional School Board has developed a “Focus Group” learning model to facilitate the link to OYAP. The board has created specialized schools, and for the trade of culinary, this is located in the Kingston area. School kids from up to 100km away will be bussed to the high school for a specialized program in culinary (other specialties go to other schools). The curriculum at the “focus group” school is centered around culinary, hospitality and tourism; students are able to select from a list of classes geared to the industry for credits in addition to core subjects like math and English. The students are more keen, efficient and present. The creators of this model are now showcasing the program to provincial groups and the master skills is now being tested in schools throughout the province. You can check the provincial website for a listing of test site schools.Here is the outline from the Limestone School Board site:Prepare for an exciting career in the hospitality industry as cook or chef. This practical food theory course focuses on the skills you will need in order to work in the industry for apprenticeship hours. Approved Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program. English (ENG4C), Hospitality (TFH4E or TFS4C), Tourism (TFT3C) and Co-op. Doug James 613 546-2050 ext 337PDF AttachedURL: http://focusprograms.limestone.on.ca/on_youth_apprent.htm3. Skills Ontario: Another big year at the competition held at RIM Park in Waterloo – the 18th year! There were over 600 skills in competition and schools from all over the province were represented. The competition took place over 2 days with a day prior for grade 7 and 8 students to come and experience workshops in the trades. The fourth day was reserved for the awards breakfast where prominent guest speakers congratulated the students and presented awards to the winners. Attached are the winning rosters from this year’s competition held April 30 to May 2.URL: www.skillsontario.com4. CCFCC – the annual conference was held at the end of May in Toronto. Check the site below for more details about the conference, the culinary salon and the presenters.URL: http://www.escoffiertoronto.com/ccfcc_conference/5. Ministry of Training: Chris Denholme is the present director, provincially, for the trade of cook, chef and patissiere. Since the new trade of chef was created last year, no schools have offered the training, but it appears that Humber College (Toronto) will be the first to offer the program as an in-school trainer. The Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) had identified a need for the chef level of trade, but so far there has been no interest/demand. The chef level requires a Red Seal as Cook and a certain number of years working as a management level cook in the kitchen for entry into the program. A successful candidate will achieve the trade of “chef”. There is a new exam in place for the cook seal; the new exam is more current on knowledge and recipes – while the classic is still there, the changes reflect what today’s employers are doing.URL: www.serviceontario.com6. Food Safety: the Province of Ontario has drafted some really tough new legislation on safe food handling. Foodservice operators will have to train staff and have a card holding staff member on each shift. Also, the province is talking about posting the inspection report on line for everyone to view what deficiencies exist. There are new stiff fines and even the authority to immediately close establishments found to be in gross violation. The regulations can be found on line at: www.e-laws.caThat concludes the Ontario report for 2006 – 2007.P.S. Happy Birthday to Matthew Stinson – June 25th!!Moved by Terry Larsen 2nd Ralph Walker CarriedN. B. Allen Holtz has sent material as a supplementary report. Terry Larsen, President stated that input from other members within the province should be submitted to the Provincial Director for inclusion in Provincial Report rather than being presented separately. We feel that Supplementary Reports are divisive and not correct procedure. Allen’s information can be accessed by emailing him at allen_holtz@sympatico.ca to request the reports as: ONTARI_1.DOC Skills_2007__Baking_HS.pdf PPM139_EnglishFinal_Feb1_20.pdf Grade_12_Workplace.doc Grade_10_Open.doc Grade_12_College.doc Grade_11_College.doc COOKS_1.pdf Grade_11_Workplace.doc culinarysec.pdf bakingsec.pdf culinaryps.pdf 03_Cooks_Internship.pdf
Discussion: Eric Anderson We have now had a student in B.C. who has competed in Australia internationally. He was offered a job in Australia and has been in Paris at a cooking school as part of his winning. He was a pre-employment student with us.
6. Old Business: 7. New Business: A) Ralph Walker – Healthy Schools Initiative B) Issue of Supplemental Reports – stated earlier with Ontario Report. C) Report of the 2007 Audit Committee – Financial Statement will be audited tomorrow and will be published in the Newsletter but not on the Web site. Auditors appointed are Eric Anderson and Janet Fisher. D) Bestowal of Life Memberships: Committee of 2 chosen for committee. Ron Dobrinsky – Reviewed and Accepted. Served since 1994, served by Provincial and National . Approved at Executive meeting. Kathleen Hancock retired as teacher in January 2007 – active membership for 10 years. Approved at executive meeting. Presented With Life Membership Fred Kolar, Allen Holtz have not been approved as applied. These members can re-apply at a later date when Allen has officially retired, and after 10 years of active service.
E) Proposal to change the designation of the position of Secretary to be renamed Vice- President Communications. This position would do Newsletter and all printing. Any discussion? It will be made a Notice of Motion to be voted on in 2008. We will change the name at present; and duties will be commencing immediately after this meeting.
F)Proposal that CCEA and CCFCC meet at one Annual Joint Conference Proposed by CCFCC, though Western Vice President Mark Davies of Victoria, BC, that the two groups CCEA and CCFCC meet jointly to emphasize education. This would entail both groups agreeing on an annual date for joint conferences (they realize why we use the third week in June) and how the agenda of such a venture would look - would we all attend the same venues and agenda or only a joint educational AGM and then go about our own agendas for the remainder of the conference weekend?
DISCUSSION: Memberships at CCFCC and attendance at conferences has been dropping. They would appreciate our working with them again and they have increased the educational component of their conferences. It would entail both groups meeting for educational conferences, separate AGM and they would move their conference dates to make a joint venture with us. Dual Members then would not have to secure funding and time for 2 conferences. Ralph Walker suggested that future Conferences have a theme. Hal Buechner seconds this idea. In Peace River “Value Added” associations work with them in Trade Shows, Menu Competitions etc. Speakers are chosen with the theme in mind. We need things that we can take back to our administrations to show that we can use the materials, knowledge and connections that we have made at Conferences; that way we can show the value of conferences. Terry Larsen indicated that BCCA has themed conferences. Tobin Bizeu suggested that we promote “themed” conference from this date. This proposal is seconded by Ralph who is willing to help promote this idea for Conference 2008. Eric Andersen – Has spoken with Mark Davis. They would really like us to attend conference together. He did not get the impression that we would be swallowed up. Advantages include – less expensive than 2 separate conferences, dual members would benefit, recent CCFCC conferences have had a much better educational component, spectacular Gala evenings, helps them with numbers. Disadvantage – the CCFCC conferences usually have a $450.00 fee. Linda Galenzoski – belongs to Regina branch CCFCC. The CCFCC conferences have excellent displays to share with us. More information could be presented. Matthew Stinson – Likes the purity of having our own individual conference, the need to be in touch with educational function and the autonomy of CCEA. Our voices need to be heard. Joint conference may not be funded by our School Boards, especially if higher cost. Autonomy as educators is very important. CCFCC National conference has not emphasized education in the past. Does not wish to be swallowed up just to be more financially available. We gave John Bond the opportunity to speak at our conference in Edmonton. Matthew thinks this would not necessarily increase the number of attendees at conference. Ralph Walker – Can we have our cake and eat it too? No uncommon for 2 associations to meet together in one venue. Perhaps we could meet one day earlier for our own sessions and then join the CCFCC sessions. Would this give us more attention on the National stage? Could we consider this on a trail basis? Eric is in agreement. Xavier – lots of CCEA members have dual membership. It is difficult to attend 2 conferences each year. Ralph – We need to be able to sell the conference to our members and to our School Boards. We could build such a conference around a current theme “near and dear to us”. All BC high schools must be “healthy” schools by 2009. Ralph’s school is starting this initiative in 2007. This would be an excellent theme to build a conference around. Share our “best practices” with the community. Easier to sell to members and to administration and to bring in new people. Cal Nikiforoff – Is just back from a week long conference in Massachusetts on Health and Wellness. Based around buying locally, on the use of plant proteins and nutrition. Both suppliers and Dieticians spoke at this conference. Also sponsored by the American Peanut Association. By having a theme, we will bring in a certain amount of outside interest e.g. 100 miles cuisine. Have local Canadian speakers of World Class renown. #1 Nutritional Analysis software was developed by a person from Red Deer – it is being used by 6000 venues already. Another hot button is the topic of Obesity. G.Dates for Future Conferences 2008 - June 19-22 2009 - June 18-21 2010 - June 24-27 2011 - June 16-19 2012 - June 21-24 2013 - June 20-23 H. Sites for Future Conferences 2008 – British Columbia- looking at working with Bruce Corbeil at Chilliwack or Pierre Dubrulle at Maple Ridge 2009 - Saskatchewan - 2010 -
8. Election of Executive Officers for 2007 – 2009
Current Chair of the Board - Kathleen Hancock to conduct election Thank you to the executive officers of 2005 – 2007 as they step down.
Motion to Dissolve Executive of CCEA who have served 2005- 2007. Moved by Kathleen Hancock, 2nd Matthew Stinson. Carried.
President: Nominations: Greg Poile, Eric Anderson (declined). Greg Poile has been elected as President for CCEA 2007-2009. Vice President/Membership:
Vice President/Communications (Secretary) Kathleen Hancock elected by acclamation. Treasurer: Nominations: Terry Larsen. Elected by acclamation. _ Provincial Directors: Alberta: Nominations: Tim Yzerman. Elected by acclamation. British Columbia:
Saskatchewan: Nominations: Linda Galenzoski has agreed to let her name stand as she has been completing term for previously elected director. Linda Galenzoski elected by acclamation. Manitoba: Nominations: Andy Ormiston. Elected by acclamation. Ontario: Nominations: Sebastian Cugno, Allen Holtz. Sebastian Cugno elected by acclamation.
9. Motion to destroy the Elections Ballots . Moved by Cal Nikiforoff 2nd Tobin 10. Motion to Adjourn. Moved by Eric Anderson
Thank you to the members who have agreed to be executive officers for 2007- 2009. |