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01Annaul Report 20102011 Annual General Meeting

April 15th, 2011

The Honourable Thomas LukaszukMinister of Employment and ImmigrationLegislature Office#418, Legislature Building10800 – 97 AvenueEdmonton,AB.T5K 2B6

Dear Sir;

The College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists is pleased to present our8th Annual Report to you, and through you to the Legislative Assembly.

This report has been prepared in accordance with Part 1, Section 4 of the RegulatedForestry Profession Act for the period of January 1, 2010 throughDecember 31, 2010.

Respectfully,

Barbara de Groot, RPFTExecutive Director/RegistrarCollege of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists

02 College of AlbertaProfessional Forest Technologists

VISION“Forested Land Management by professionals who care”

MISSION“The College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists will promote theprofessional management of all forested land in the Province of Alberta”

VALUESTo obtain ourVISION and deliver our MISSION, ourVALUES are fundamental to allour interactions and communications

WEVALUE

FairnessCompetencyRespectIntegrityEquality andConfidentiality


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College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Annual General . . . . . . . . . .04Meeting Minutes - April 16, 2010

President’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Vice President’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Past President’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Finance Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Financial Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Continuing Competency Committee’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Hearings Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Communication Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Executive Director/Registrar’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Exam Director’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Membership Director’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Membership Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Members in Good Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

NAIT Representative’s Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Technical Session Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Annual General Meeting Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Table of Contents


College of Alberta Professional ForestTechnologists - Annual GeneralMeeting Minutes - April 16th, 2010I. Call to order

Jed Begin called to order the 2009 Annual General Meeting at 9:15 am onApril 16th, 2010 in the Holiday Inn Convention Centre, Edmonton,Alberta.

II. Approval of Agenda

Moved to accept Agenda as presented by Jed Begin

2nd by: Rick Stewart

All In Favour: 100 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0

Carried

III. Welcome Address by Rick Stewart

IV. Rules and Procedures For the 2009 Annual General Meeting presented byTrevor Pratt

V. Approval of Minutes

Moved to accept Minutes of the 2009 with amendments Annual GeneralMeeting by Jed Begin

2nd by: Norm Begin


Carried

VI. Council and Committee Reports

Moved Annual Reports be accepted as presented by Jed Begin

2nd by Diane Lussier


Carried


VII. Approval of 2009 Financial Statements

Moved that 2009 Financial Statements be approved as presented by DerekFisher

2nd by: Pat Gallupe


Carried

VIII. Approval of 2010 Budget

Short explanation of Budget items

Moved that 2009 Budget be approved by Derek Fisher

2nd by: Pat Elliott


Carried

IX. Online Management System and CCP Presentation

Wes Baker ( Acting Communications Director) gave members an update onthe on line management system and the improvements planned for this year.Also gave a short preview of the new website that will be up and running thisyear.

Pat Gallupe (Competence Director) explained why some items are no longerincluded in the new reporting system. i.e. Reading. A new course list is beingworked on. Mentors are needed for the FTT’s.

Thanked his committee members for their hard work.

Mark Froehler Wally Peters Jeff ScammellChantelle Bambrick Glenn Dobransky

X. NAIT

Rodger DeChamplain was asked to give a brief up date regarding NAIT.

• Classroom quota has been cut to 30 students for 2010 year

• The Forestry Program has not been cut

• Bernie Thiel is on sabbatical and Bruce Avery is standing in for him.

• Noted MikeWatson’s passing. He will be missed

• Looking for a new internal and external audit on programming

• 2010 will be a 15 week semenster, down from 17

• Asking for suggestions on programs

• Brian Adams is working on DVD

XI. Break 10:30 am. Resumed at 10:55 am.


XII. Bylaws

2010 – 1 (See attached Bylaw)

Moved by Jed Begin that Bylaw 2010 – 1 be accepted as presented

2nd by Phil Robert


Carried



2nd by Daryl Hemery


Carried



2nd by FarrahTerpstra


Carried



2nd by Pat Gallupe

Discussion on wording of the bylaw

Change wording to read well as other organizations

Moved to defeat motion as presented by: MikeWoods

2nd by: Jed Begin


Defeated


Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 4 with changes by Jed Begin

2nd by Ashley Lawson


Carried


Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 5 with changes by Jed Begin

2nd by Bruce MacGregor


Carried



Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 6 by Jed Begin

2nd by Derek Fisher


Carried

2010 – 7 (See attached ByLaw)

Moved to accept Bylaw 2010 – 7 by Jed Begin

2nd by Pat Gallupe

Discussion

Asked about security for the voting procedures

Wally Peters asked Barb de Groot to read 6.06 again

Butch Shenfield clarified motion

Bill Black says that Council has permission to make decision on votingprocedures


Carried

XIII. Presentations

10Year Pins

10 year pins were presented to:

Norm Begin Bill Black Sr. Garth ChristensenJohn Collins Christina Cripps-Woods Cory DavisMark Froehler Mike Gabourie Howard HermanTrevor Chibry Tom Plouffe Cory RhettPat Scobie MikeWoods

15Year Pins

15 year pins were presented to:

Rod Houle Mike Kakoullis Wally PetersChrisWalsh

Members who did not attend will have their pins mailed to them.

Outgoing Council Members

Presentations were made to the following Council & Committee Members

Ed Koehler Ashley Lawson Mike BenedictsonMichaela Jenkins Derek Fisher


A special presentation was make to Rick Stewart out going past president.

Rick spear headed the beginning of the College. His is our founding father.He was the 1st chairman, 3 times president.

Rick was presented with a Swiss ArmyWatch thanking him for all of hiscontributions to AFTA and the College.

Forest Technologist Annual Achievement award was presented to DennisMarycz.

XIV. Elections

Nominations forVice President

1st Nomination: Mike Poscente by: Bruce MacGregor

No more nominations

Will you let your name stand? –Yes

Mike Poscente elected by acclamation

Nominations for Communication Director

Wes Baker nominated by: Pat Gallupe

No other nominations


Wes Baker elected by acclamation

Nominations for Finance Director

Derek Fisher nominated by: Butch Shenfield



Derek Fisher elected by acclamation

Nominations for Membership Director

Cindy Schmidt nominated by Ashley Lawon



Cindy Schmidt elected by acclamation

Nomination for Hearing Director

Mike Benedictson nominated by: Rick Stewart



Mike Benedictson elected by acclamation


XV. Motion

Moved to adjourn 2010 Annual General Meeting by Rick Stewart

2nd by MikeWoods

All In Favour: 100 Against: 0 Abstained: 0

Carried

XVI. Break For Lunch 12:00 pm. Resumed at 1:00 pm

XVII.Guest Speakers

Todd Hirsch – Senior Economist, ATB Financial

Talked about the economic conditions in Alberta

After his presentation there were questions & answers and short discussions

Rob Flemming – FPAC spoke about the Future Bio-Pathways project

After his presentation there was a question & answer period

XVIII. Break at 2:00pm . Resumed at 2:15 pm

XIX. Special Guest SpeakerDanielle Smith – Leader of theWild Rose Alliance Party

Talked about the philosphy of theWild Rose Alliance Party

There is no quick fix for the problems facing Alberta

Would repeal several of the Bills that have passed recently with the currentgovernment

Admitted that she didn’t know to much about the forest industry but willresearch the needs to turn the forestry industry around

After her presentation there was a question and answer period

XX. Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Jed Begin outgoing President

Butch Shenfield incoming President

XXI. Transitional Council Meeting for Outgoing and Incoming CouncilMembers

Group Photo

Minutes approved by:


AGM is quickly coming upon us and presents a great occasion to presentopportunities and issues to the membership, as well as to meet each other againface to face. There are currently few times in a year members, executive and councilare all gathered together in one room. I hope you plan to attend, express ideas andvote on several items of governance of the College. We hope to have Minister TomLukaszuk of Employment and Immigration speaking to us, representing thedepartment which oversees our College. As usual we have a high quality technicalsession the day before that should be of interest to all our members.

There will also be time for elections; this year we will be looking for a newVicePresident, Complaints Director, Competence Director, and Exam Director, andpotentially another vacancy. Please take time between the AGM and now to considerpersons around you who would benefit from the experience and exposure Councilbrings to every individual. I hope you will consider such positions yourself and theopportunities to serve others and build relationships that will be to your gain aswell as with those of fellow members and the public. There is a huge amount oflearning and development that takes place in this service. We also plan to have a lotmore fun in these roles.

Much is going on for all Council members and their specific roles, and I will notrepeat their reports in mine, but encourage you to review their reports carefully,and observe how the workings affect you and influence your professionalism. Ihope you will also be aware of the business plan that has been completed for thisnext year as well as securing our direction for the next few years. We’re still in ourvery early years and there is much opportunity ahead.

President’s Annual Report


A big question that should be on all our minds is what will we look like in threeyears? Five years? The public is demanding greater understanding andaccountability of the forest resources and how they are managed. Albertansunderstand that the forests provide much more than just trees, wildlife, clean water,clean air, recreation, and business opportunities. We are intricately connected in anecosystem that involves a great deal of professionals including Forest Technologists,Foresters, Biologists, Agrologists, Engineers, Chemists, Hydrologists, Soil Scientists,and others. Many of these are linked in groups such as PRO 6 or JEPP boards whichhelp sort out the complexity of “managing the management” of organizations andhow we collectively serve Albertans. We compare standards and need to spendmore time sorting out who is responsible for what and making sure we eitheroverlap or come together seamlessly, reducing conflicts or misunderstandings ofour interpretations and forecasts of outcomes.

Pick up a newspaper on about any given day of the week and you’ll read aboutchallenges to government, industry, non-government organizations, stakeholders,land owners. There are constantly different interpretations of what impacts we haveon our public or private lands with as many differing outcomes predicted as thereare people concerned about them. Where do people go to find trusted informationor professional advice? Our College recognizes and regulates professionals for thepublic trust. We provide technical sessions and are developing services to respondto questions. We require continued education and development of our members.We need to grow with the expanding demands on our skills, talents, and thepressures on our resources. Government and industry alone cannot provide theservices necessary for serving the public and continued value of our resources.Albertans expect high standards and we are here to deliver.

High on our College’s priorities for the next few years is how all these professionswill work together and well as individual organizations. We will be exposed topartnerships, mergers, and need to take full advantage of opportunities to worktogether. We will likely see structure changes, preferably self-imposed. We mustconsider the output of our education providers in tech schools as well asuniversities. These institutions are at critical survival levels in forestry trainingacross Canada. Other hybrids of what we were are cropping up and we need toadapt if we are to survive and provide the public with the services necessary for thesustainability of our resources and the benefits to Albertans. We need to fill the gapsof resource management that are not being addressed by legitimate professionalstoday. We need to ensure we are keeping up with new technologies and discoveriesof better management understanding and techniques.


These are exciting times. I hope you will recognize your part in all this and be veryactive with your membership. Each Council member has special purposes andmost work with College members on very active committees to help deal with thechallenges. Many hands make the work lighter for each individual and create anoble and gratifying network of people who will be linked in some way for yearsand decades ahead. This is your time to make a difference and leave a legacy forthose who follow in our footsteps now and in the future.

Thank you for your part in our future.

Butch Shenfield RPFT, PresidentCollege of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists

Vice President’s Annual Report


I would like to start out by thanking all of the CAPFT council members, volunteersand employees for their dedication and commitment. It is an eye opener toparticipate in the operations of the college.We have an administrative governanceboard, which relies heavily on volunteers.Without volunteers we would not havethe resources to accomplish what we need done.Thank you! For those of youthinking that you would like to become involved in the college, please do so. It istremendously rewarding and will provide you with an opportunity to guide ourfuture.

A significant achievement of the Council over the past year was the development ofthe 2011/12 business plan. Our intent for the business plan was to guide ourdirection, focus our efforts and direct our resources to priority actions. A planupdate and performance report will be conducted annually. It is my vision that theVice President will be tasked with leading the annual updates for Council’s approval,and the President responsible for reporting back to our members on the progresstowards meeting our targets.The business plan will provide continuity of directionas the leadership changes, since most initiatives will take longer than one year toaccomplish. An incoming president will have three years to carry out strategicactions that he or she started.This approach provides a degree of certainty thatimportant initiatives will not be terminated just because the presidency changes,while at the same time enable us to be responsive to new challenges andopportunities.

I will not report on the content of the business plan because I want you to read ityourself! The plan is written for and intended to be a public document. It will helpthe public, stakeholders and new members to understand what it is we do and whatwe stand for. Our vision and mission are prominently stated.The ethics we abide byare proudly displayed.


The business plan strategies are categorized by strategic priorities and operationalpriorities.

Our strategic priorities have three main themes:

• Sustainability (of our college)

• Managing relationships

• Response to labour and mobility agreements

Our operational priorities also have three main themes:

• Council due diligence in fiduciary and governance

• Increasing value and benefit to our members

• Increased participation of forestry students in the college

The budget is included in the business plan; our planned income and expendituresare open and transparent to the members and public.We identify the issues we arekeeping an eye on, to determine what impact they may have on our college, and/oron forest management.The day to day and annual activities that our college isengaged in are listed in the Core Activities section.This latter section is importantbecause it describes the large amount of work that the college is obliged to conducton an annual basis, over and above the strategic and operational priorities.

When you read the business plan and study the budget and resources available tous, your first though will probably be, “How the heck do they expect to get all ofthis done?” Good observation. I stated out my message by talking about volunteers.As you peruse the business plan, if you see something you are interested in andhave a desire to become involved, please contact one of the executive.We will beecstatic to have the help and will be pleased to arrange for a task group to work ona specific project.

Mike PoscenteVice PresidentCollege of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists

Past President’s Annual Report


Happy NewYears, I hope this communication finds you all well! Another year comeand gone just as fast as those previous, sometimes it is amazing when you look backat all the time a person thinks is available in 365 days and then its over. I look backover the past three years that I have had the privilege to serve as theVice President,President and finally Past President and wonder where the time went.

Its 2011 and I hope you share my satisfaction with where our college is at.We havehundreds of members across Alberta and are recognized as professionals committedto a high level of occupational performance. As I follow the job opportunities forForestry professionals posted on our website I continue to be amazed at thediversity of organizations interested in the skills we possess. I work with a stronggroup of dedicated staff, council and committee members that are committed to thesuccess and continual improvement of the College.You as members continue toimpress with Continuing Competence program audits consistently yielding resultsgreater than 80% showing your dedication.We have come a long way and I amexcited to see where we go from here!

I was very lucky to have highly motivated and very supportive council help mesuccessfully complete the items I identified as priority though the business planprocess during my term. I am happy to report that as my tenure comes to an end Iam able assist Butch and Mike with their priority items rather than struggle tofinish things I set out to accomplish.The dedication and commitment I have seenfrom Butch and Mike as well as the experience they bring to the presidency ofCAPFT is going to be extremely beneficial to us, I see big things happening!

I am extremely pleased to see progress is the communication between CAPFT andCAPF. The collaboration between our two colleges in recent months is allowing usto tackle issues that affect both our groups rather than doubling the effort as we


work in seclusion. As many of you know the college executive’s meet regularly tokeep each other informed, develop communication strategies and posture forfurther alignment of business as both colleges progress. I suspect we will begin tosee more and more joint initiatives as we move through the year.

We have now solidified a process to ensure members of our college who ignoretheir responsibilities as registered professionals are brought efficiently andeconomically to task.These are the folks that in some way do not meet therequirements of the annual practice permit and are notified with an action plan,then suspended and finally cancelled. For years an unfortunately high number ofindividuals in this situation sat on the fringe of our membership with councilstruggling with uncertainty on how to deal with them. I am happy to report thatthe Delinquent MemberTask Force that was formed to deal with the problem willbecome an annual process with the intent of wiping the slate clean each year.

I have been a member of the college eight years now, seven of them spent oncouncil. I began as a student, very unhappy at the requirement to become amember and pay annual membership dues to the President of the organization whounderstands the value that the college provides to Forest Technologists in Alberta. Iencourage any members out there who think they may want to be involved withcouncil to come out to this year’s AGM and let their name be nominated, or betteryet, contact the current council members and get your name in early.Take it fromme, it’s a great opportunity to learn and influence the future of our profession. Iplan on taking a break from the council for a while after my term is finished inApril but I plan on serving again in one way or another with a future council.Thanks for all your support, hope to see you all at this years AGM!

Jed Begin, RPFT

Finance Director’s Annual Report


I would like to wish everyone all the best in 2011 and hope that 2010 was a goodyear for all. I would like to thank all of the council members on all the hard workthey put forth throughout the year as this is not easy at times given budget cuts andtime restraints throughout the Forest Industry.

Overall, the financial position for CAPFT is a good one with revenue over Generaladministrative expense for the year of $3556. I will summarize some key points inwhat follows and remember to have a look at the new proposed budget which canbe found within this annual report along with the unaudited financial statements(SVS group LLP) for year ending December 31, 2010.

Credential Securities

As of December 31, 2010, the short term investments were:T-Bill savings (General) =$47,137.00T-Bill savings (Management system fund) = $6,685.00Term GIC (Contingency fund) = $204,326.00

GIC’s mature between May 2010 to May 2013 with interest rates varying from1.2% to 2%.

2010 Revenues

Last year’ budget membership revenue was estimated at $218,850, and the actual asof December 31, 2010 was finalized at $213,204.This was a decrease of about$5646; the, decrease in revenue was primary a result of members going through atransition period into non-practicing and over forecast of new members.Thisshould balance out properly in 2011 budget compared to actual at year end.Therewere two other sources of income which was the AGM of $14,848 and jobadvertising/interest from investments of $9,615, making the total revenue$237,667.


2010 Expenses

The expenses as a whole were down from last year and down from 2010 budget;however, there was an influx on a few line items in the office expense, but it cameout positive in the end.The overrun in the office expense vs budget was primarilyfrom updating the CAPFT library of Act, Regulations, Legal documentation, andother office literature to stay current.

2011Budget

Council approved a budget on December 6, 2010 with a projected deficit of$3,381.The intent of the CAPFT council is to manage expenditures towards abalanced budget; however, the deficit is the reality of operating expenses incomplex & dynamic environment. Staff and council of CAPFT will regulate and findcost cutting measures throughout the year to try bring a balanced budget at 2011year end.

2011 Revenues

Total Revenues are projected to be $242,800, which is up from last year to betterreflect the membership numbers increase.

2011 Expenses

Total expenses are projected to be $246,181 to maintain program spending inpriority areas.The Prediction made last year was that the online managementsystem would progressively need less maintenance as time progressed and for the2011 budget we would need approximately $10,000 for annual maintenance.Thisis not the case in the 2011 budget because we are investing more funds to create amore diverse and user friendly tool for members. Council has budgeted $25,000for 2011 and as the management system becomes more self-sustaining, meetingmembers needs, the annual cost of maintenance will go down; therefore, revenueover general expense will be more favorable to enable more contributions tocredential securities (Contingency fund).

Further clarification will be given during my presentation at this year’s AGM;however, if you would like immediate clarification or won’t be able to attend thisyear’s AGM please feel free to contact me either by phone or email.

Hope to see you all at the AGM!

RegardsDerek FisherCAPFT Finance Director











Continuing Competency Committee’sAnnual Report


It has been a very busy year for me as the Competency Director of the College. TheContinuing Competency Committee has been involved in 3 major projects over thelast year.

1. Competency Program –The committee has been working to update thecompetency program and plans on having the following are the changesimplemented by this year’s Annual General Meeting:

• Adding areas to the program to allow members to claim for self study whenchallenging an exam, studying for the College’s professional exam andreviewing legislation and related documents that are relative to a member’sjob.

• Reworking Category 2 – Participation and Involvement, Area 3 - Mentorshipso that it lines up with the College’s Forest Technologist inTraining (FTT)program and expanding Category 3 – Profession Contributions, Area 3 –Executive Committee Membership to handle sub-committees.

• Updating the Continuing Competency Program manual to correspond withthe above changes as well as the College’s implementation of the newwebsite and the On-line Management System (OMS). Also, roledescriptions for the Competency Director and committee members will beadded to the manual. The committee’s goal is to have these initiatives readyfor this year’s Annual General Meeting

2. Competency Course Listing –The committee has spent numerous hoursresearching and updating the course list that is available on the website and isused as the drop down listing in the OMS. This listing is intended to be used bymembers when entering their reporting hours into the OMS and is used by thecommittee when it conducts the Annual Competency Audit on our members.Of course it does not contain every possible course that is available for members


to take, but it has most of the government sponsored training that is relevant toforest practitioners, plus other relevant training presented by technical schools,post-secondary institutions, private vendours and on-line. It provides themaximum hours that can be claimed for the activity under normalcircumstances. Please use these, when you can, when entering yourcompetency hours into the OMS, it not only makes it easier for you as membersto enter your hours but makes it easier on the people that need to administerthe program.

3. Annual Competency Audit –The audit results from this year were very positiveindicating that approximately 87% of the members audited passed. This is aslight drop from last year but still a great accomplishment. I would like to givea big thanks to the committee members for their effort in completing the audit,this is quite a time consuming event for them. Also, thanks to all thatparticipated in the audit and thank you to the members who have beendiligently keeping up with their competency requires. Keep up the good work.

Now looking forward to the rest of 2011 the focus of the committee will be:

• updating the course listing,

• reviewing Continuing Competency Program (CCP) manual and forms,

• reviewing the by-laws and policies and amending them as necessary,

• developing or co-developing online courses for members and

• encouraging more members to use the OMS for tracking and submitting theircontinuing competency hours;

- it is the College’s goal to stop accepting the paper copies of the forms, to“GO Green” and only use digital information through the OMS.

2010 has been a successful year for the Competency Committee. The committeehas worked well together and has met the goals it set out for itself at the start of theyear. I would like to thank the current members for their dedication and effort overthe past year. The members are:

• Chantelle Bambrick,Tyler Caddey, Glenn Dobransky, Mark Froehler,Wally Petersand Jeff Scammell.

I will be stepping down as the Competency Director after this year’s AGM to pursueother challenges within the college. It’s been my pleasure to work with all of thegreat professionals who have dedicated their time to the College. I have gotten toknow many people and have made some good friends from my time onCompetency Committee. I must admit, when I was first approached about being


on the committee back in 2004 I did not know what to expect from the experiencebut now I can say it has been rewarding and worth my time, it has allowed megrow as a professional and changed my views about our profession and college. Iencourage anyone that may have interests or even doubts about the College or ourprofession to get involved. It changed me and would probably do the same for you.

If you are interested in the Competency Director position or may know of someonewho is and would like to discuss the position please contact me([email protected].) or Barb de Groot, Executive Director/Registrar of thecollege ([email protected]).

Pat Gallupe

Complaints Director’sAnnual Report


There were no complaints received last year.

Hearings Director’s Annual Report

There were no hearings conducted last year.


Communications Director’s Report


This last year was busy for communications at the college.The new website(www.capft.ca) has been developed and is now up and running.Within the newwebsite we have added some new features such as upcoming events, the newsletteronline in the form of a blog, practice permit issuance, online bug submissions andforums for users to share information.The new website has an easier to use contentmanagement system so the administrators can make changes more easily.

The development of the website was not an easy undertaking as it took a lot of timeto review content and get familiarized with the new system. Many thanks to thepeople involved with the development of the website and making it happen thissummer. As people were entering information, numerous suggestions wereprovided on where the system could be enhanced to make it easier to use.We areformulating a plan to implement some of these changes and make the system easierto update and get the information that users would like to see as part of somefuture enhancements.The largest concern was around the challenges enteringcompetencies. A solution will be implemented prior to the next permit applicationperiod to make this easier.

The college has also made some steps in standardizing our branding. As those whoattended the AGM in the spring have seen, the college has developed a couple ofbanners that can be used at tradeshows or events.The college has developed anadvertisement and flyer for our future use keeping our branding the same throughthe website and advertising material.

A joint communications group with many different organizations has been startedto focus our efforts on communications around forest related items. Many have seenthe email requests sent out in regards to subject matter experts for responding toquestions about our profession.This is an example of the goals that the jointcommunications group is looking to assist with in addition to promotion of ourprofession throughout Alberta.

Wes Baker

Executive Director/Registrar’sAnnual Report


NewWest Partnership Agreement & Alberta RegisteredProfessional ForestTechnologists Regulation

-Briefing Note –April 8, 2011

Discussions between the Alberta and BC governments concerning the proposedchanges to the Registered Professional Forest Technologists Regulation and theestablishment of the new Registered Forest Technologist register continued through2010.

Between January 2010 and March 2011 CAPFT council met with representatives ofthree Alberta government agencies tasked with assisting CAPF, CAPFT and theABCFP. Agencies included:

1) Alberta Employment and Immigration/Professions and Occupations,

2) Alberta Employment and Immigration /Workforce Support Division - LabourMobility

3) International and Intergovernmental Relations

Following a year of discussions between the Colleges and Alberta governmentagencies it became apparent from that the BC government representatives had notobtained agreement from the ABCFP back in August 2008 when they agreed toAlberta’s changes to the Registered Professional Forest Technologists Regulation.

On March 7, 2011 a meeting between government representatives, ABCFP, CAPFand CAPFT representatives was held at the CAPF/CAPFT offices. This meetingsignaled the first official interprovincial communication between Alberta and BCsince 2008 and had two purposes.

First, to inform BC about the proposed forest technologist register and second -- tounderstand differences in the scope of practice between forest technologists in BCversus forest technologists in Alberta. These differences form the basis of Alberta’s


position that the proposed changes to the Registered Professional ForestTechnologists Regulation and the establishment of the RFT registry is a legitimatemeasure to ensure that forest technologists transferring from outside of Alberta arefully prepared to practice professional forestry in Alberta.

The descriptions and practices offered by BC in the March 7th meeting revealedpotential contradictions between legislation and unofficial policies in BC withrespect to the scope of practice of BC Registered Forest Technologists. At the requestof the Alberta government, the College provided assistance in interviewing BCpractitioners in industry and government about the differences in the scope ofpractice between RPF’s and RFT’s in BC.

A 2005 Ministry of Forest and Range publication provides an example of the kindof official language that allows the BC government to continue to insist that RFT’s“may” sign-off and take responsibility for Forest Stewardship Plans and Site Plans --“…most field assessments may by carried out byTechs …but analysis of, anddecisions resulting from, the data collected usually requires a” [RPF]. Thus, it isconceivable from this statement that at least some RFT’s sign off on foreststewardship plans in their professional practice in BC.

Interviews conducted with both industry and government officials confirm that thepractice of RFT’s in BC is more restrictive than the above excerpt suggests. Forinstance, while RFT’s are responsible for “aspects of the practice of professionalforestry” -- they do not in practice or in fact share an equal scope of practice withRPF’s in at least two examples -- forest stewardship plans and site plans.

A member of the ABCFP working in the Ministry of Forests, Lands and NaturalResource Operations who is responsible for forest stewardship plan approvalsasserted as recently as last week that RFT’s in BC are never permitted to sign off oneither Forest Stewardship Plans or site plans. He describes this is an unofficialpolicy that originates from an “agreed interpretation” of professional reliancebetween the BC government and the ABCFP.2

These facts demonstrate how BC publications and official claims versus thestatements of government officials in BC’s forest districts have proven to bemutually contradictory. The affect of the unofficial policy against RFT signoff offorest stewardship plans is to limit the scope of practice of all BC RFT’s.

The rationale provided by senior staff of the ABCFP for limiting the RFT’s practice inlegislation, guideline interpretation and through the enforcement of unofficialpolicies has a long history. Between December 2004 – November 2005 the ABCFPdetermined to grandfather in ASTTBC (technologists and technicians) who werepracticing “aspects” of Forestry in BC. The offer provided individuals who wantedto become RFT’s but who were without a recognized diploma, or who had nodiploma, with a “route of entry” without any further empirical testing of theircompetencies than to write a “registration exam.” The decision to include


individuals who lacked the minimum education requirements for registration withthe ABCFP into the RFT category is one explanation provided for limiting the scopeof practice of members registered in the RFT category in BC through a variety ofmeans.

The Alberta Regulated Forestry Profession Act (2002) confers an equal scope ofpractice to members of the College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists(CAPFT) and the College of Alberta Professional Foresters (CAPF) in law.

In Alberta, an RPFT’s ability to undertake professional forestry practice within his orher area of competency is based on empirical evidence of having:

1) A two year diploma from a recognized forestry program of study,

2) A minimum of two years of forestry work experience [with RPFT sponsor], and

3) Having passed the professional jurisprudence exam with a mark of 65% orhigher.

The fact that the BC government and ABCFP restricts the scope of practice of RFT’sin BC in legislation, guidelines and through unofficial policies in order to includelesser qualified members in the RFT category should be a matter of significantinterest to all Albertan’s and their government.

The NewWest PartnershipTrade Agreement allows a party to maintain measuresand establish new standards of regulations for “legitimate objectives” provided that“the measure is not more restrictive than is necessary to achieve the legitimateobjective.”

The CAPFT urges the parties to approve the adoption of the RFT registry and therequirement to write the professional exam for Forest Technologists transferringfrom outside of the province as a “Legitimate Objective under Article 6 of the NewWest PartnershipTrade Agreement.”

It is the CAPFT’s position that the registration and regulation of transferring RFT’sin the proposed RFT registry, and the requirement to write and pass theprofessional jurisprudence exam is a minimum measure to ensure the legitimateobjective of protecting the public interest and the forest environment in Alberta.

This article confirms that the BC Government and the ABCFP enforce legislation andimpose guidelines and unofficial policies as measures to protect the interests ofBritish Columbians in their jurisdiction. The proposed changes to the RegisteredProfessional Forest Technologists Regulation and the establishment of the newRegistered forest Technologist register, are measures that are not only less restrictivethan those enforced in BC [where practice rights for all RFT’s are unilaterallyconditional] but can be demonstrated to be both legitimate and reasonable, basedupon the existing measures and known actions of the BC government and theABCFP.

Exam Director’s Annual Report


When I first started as exam director I questioned how I would have an impact onthe exam as my predecessors’ have had. Mike Benedictson compiled our very firstexam, essentially laying down the framework we were to follow. Paul St. Johnbrought out the summary documents, a study resource seemingly straight fromheaven to all those lost in the boggling amount of information. Barry Shellianbrought the Exam Marking Committee together for a one-day marking extravaganzawhich reduced the delivery time of results from months to only days.

And I… well, it remains to be seen how I will bring my own unique set of skills tobear for the College and for the exam. I feel a great sense of accomplishment everytime I call a writer to tell them they’ve passed their exam and now we’re gettingthese results out to people the day following the exam.The College sponsored meto attend “Becoming a Master Instructor”, a class offered by NAIT and one that isrequired for all NAIT instructors to complete. And I know a lot more aboutLegislation, which is very useful at parties and such. I encourage all of you to findyour own unique place in the College.

Fall 2010: 2010 was the first year with two exam sessions. Included in each were astudy session, exam writing and exam marking, each of which involved a numberof people in a variety of capacities. Special thanks to the Exam Committee and theExam Marking Committee who doubled their involvement for the year!

Keep the Flame Alive: Following past positive responses, exam results weredelivered to the writers the day following the exam.This was done again for theSpring 2011 exam, where we had 22 writers, with 21 being successful.While I amsure every writer was happy to have their exam over and done with, I encouragethose who wrote this past year to keep the flame alive by:

• Sharing their study notes/cards/comments with future writers and the College

• Mentoring future writers through their studies


• Becoming a member of the Exam Committee (question composers) or theExam Marking Committee

• Become a Proctor for a future study session or exam being held in your area

• Keep in touch with CAPFT on Facebook at “College of Alberta ProfessionalForest Technologists”

ClaimYour Continuing Competency Hours. Make sure you claim your hours for the2010 & 2011 years:

• studying for the exam

• successfully writing the exam

• attending the study session either as a student or a mentor

• proctoring the exam or study session

• reviewing legislation and supporting documentation

• being a member of the Exam Committee or the Exam Marking Committee

• talk to the Continuing Competency Committee and review the updatedstandards for more info

Have you heard the Alberta Forests Product Association’s radio ads forWorkWildAlberta? It’s a campaign aimed at young people, encouraging them to considersome of the career opportunities in the field of Forestry. Check it out online at“WorkWild.ca” or on Facebook.

FarrahTerpstra

2011 Spring Exam Marking Committee (from the right): Barry Shellian, Leah Lovequist, CandacePerih, Barb DeGroot (Registrar and Executive Director for the College), and FarrahTerpstra(Exam Director)

Membership Director’s Annual Report


2010 was my first year as Membership Director and sadly my last...at least for a fewyears. I am going to resign from my position as member ship director at this timebecause I am off on maternity leave and very busy raising my son. In December Ihad a bouncing baby boy named Rayden.

I learnt a lot about CAPFT and college business. I would encourage members to stepforward and volunteer on council or a committee, it is great to learn more aboutthe college you are a member of. CAPFT council is always looking for new minds tojoin the team. Before I step down I am leaving the president with some incentiveideas to help make volunteering more desirable. Please contact Barb or Butch tofind out more about joining.

I would like to thank the members of the committee, Cassie Corbin and RyanMinchau for all their hard work and brain storming this past year.

It is wonderful to see that the college keeps growing and moving forward. Pleasesee to the right the membership numbers.

Cindy Schmidt, RPFT

As of March 2011 the Membership consisted of:

Total Membership 652 Suspended Members 8RPFT 579 Associate Members 0RFT 28 Student Members 0FTT Members 31 Non-Practicing 6Temporary Members 0


Growth Report - 2011 growth will increase by approximately 30 new member’sfollowing registration/processing of applications received in the new year.

Cumulative Growth - 2011 cumulative growth will increase by approximately 30new member’s following registration/processing of applications received in thenew year.

Growth Report

Cumulative Growth Report


Members in Good StandingDaniel Adams RPFT

Stuart Adkins RPFT

Wade Aebli RPFT

Juri Agapow RPFT

Richard Alguire FTT

Richard Alguire RPFT

Kevin Allen RPFT

Rayanne Alm FTT

Elaine Anderson RFT

Jeff Anderson RPFT

Robert Anderson RPFT

Robert Anderson RPFT

Nathan Antoniuk RPFT

Morris Archibald RPFT

Thomas Archibald RPFT

Michael Ardiel RPFT

Brandi Arndt RPFT

Richard Arthur RPFT

Bonnie Aubrey RPFT

Mark Bablitz RPFT

Andre Bachman RPFT

David Baier RPFT

Wesley Baker RPFT

Chantelle Bambrick RPFT

Richard Bambrick RPFT

Edward Barnett RPFT

Stephen Barnett FTT

Jesse Baron RPFT

Jason Barrie RPFT

David Bartesko RPFT

Lee Barton RPFT

Bryan Bates RPFT

Darren Bath RPFT

Aaron Batke RPFT

Riel Batt RPFT

Wayne Becker RPFT

Jedidiah Begin RPFT

Norman Begin RPFT

Greg Behuniak RPFT

John Belanger RPFT

Darryl Bell RPFT

Bernard Belland RPFT

Edward Bend RPFT

Chase Bendick RPFT

Michael Benedictson RPFT

David Bennis RPFT

Colin Bentley RPFT

Keith Beraska RPFT

Robert Beringer RPFT

Miguel Bernard RPFT


Dan Berry RPFT

Stephen Beson RPFT

Stefan Best RFT

Andrew Bibo RPFT

Kenneth Birkett RPFT

Stefan Bittner RPFT

William Black RPFT

William Black Sr. RPFT

William Black, Jr. RPFT

Rodney Blades RPFT

Steve Blanton RPFT

Jeffrey Blocka RPFT

Boris Bochon RPFT

Victor Boisvert RPFT

Kelly Boreson RPFT

Andrew Borle RPFT

Walter Born RPFT

Cameron Borschyk RPFT

Kurt Borzel RPFT

Patricia Bosch RPFT

Jennifer Bowlby RPFT

Wayne Bowles RPFT

Christina Bowman RPFT

Greg Boyachuk RPFT

Hugh Boyd RPFT

John Bradley RPFT

Dan Branter RPFT

Nicole Braun RPFT

Harry Brewer RPFT

Darrin Britton RPFT

Jeffrey Brooks RPFT

Shelley Brost RPFT

Dennis Brown RPFT

Darren Brownlie RPFT

Vladimir Broz RPFT

John Bruce RPFT

Clarence Budal RPFT

Ashleigh Bulmer RPFT

Lindsay Bunn FTT

Timothy Burggraaff RPFT

Ashley Burley FTT

Andrew Butler RPFT

Craig Bylsma RPFT

Tyler Caddey RPFT

David Caldwell RPFT

John Caldwell RPFT

Blair Campbell RPFT

Colin Campbell RPFT

Keith Campbell RPFT

Kevin Campbell RPFT

Roy Campbell RPFT

Marc Carbonneau RPFT

Christopher Carew RPFT

Darren Carnell RPFT

Jacques Caron RPFT

Brett Carpenter RPFT

Donald Carr RPFT

Stuart Carter RPFT

Traci Carter RPFT

Bruce Cartwright RPFT

Stephen Casault RPFT

Dale Chaffey RPFT

Caroline Charbonneau RFT

George Charlebois RPFT

Edward Chartrand RPFT

Trevor Chibry RPFT

Travis Chisholm RPFT

Garth Christensen RPFT

Eric Christiansen RPFT

Mathew Christie RPFT

Reid Cleghorn RPFT

Timmy Clowater RPFT


James Cochrane RPFT

Brian Colbourne RFT

Geoffrey Cole RPFT

Barry Coleman RPFT

John Collins RPFT

Barry Congram RPFT

Mark Coolen RPFT

Shauna Cooney RPFT

William Cooper RPFT

Andrea Coote RPFT

Cassie Corbin RPFT

Joel Cornish RPFT

Brian Cote RPFT

Donald Cousins RPFT

Tracey Cove RPFT

Stephen Cowan RPFT

Ken Cox RPFT

Jeffrey Cran RPFT

Christine Cripps-Woods RPFT

Brent Currier RPFT

Brian Davies RPFT

Samantha Davies RPFT

Cory Davis RPFT

Robert Davis RPFT

Tammy De Costa RPFT

Barbara De Groot RPFT

Kerri DeVries RPFT

Damon Deacon RPFT

Leslie Dean RFT

Clayton Dearden RPFT

Rodger DeChamplain RPFT

Oliver Dechant FTT

Nicholas Deltombe RPFT

Michael Dempsey RPFT

Carmen Densmore RPFT

Ryan Derksen RPFT

Emile Desnoyers RPFT

Patrick Didyk RPFT

Domenico DiFiore RPFT

Glenn Dobransky RPFT

Gary Dodsworth RPFT

Aaron Doepel RPFT

Connie Down-Cicoria RPFT

John Downey RPFT

Jonathon Doyle RFT

Nina Dragicevic RPFT

Devon Dreger FTT

Kelly Drolet RPFT

Brian Dryer RPFT

Philippe Dube RPFT

Jade Duchesneau RPFT

Dale Dunand RPFT

Robert Dunn RPFT

Kevin Dwyer FTT

Jordan Dyck RPFT

Jeff East RFT

Keith Ebbs RPFT

John Edwards RPFT

Vincent Eggleston RPFT

Susan Eliuk RPFT

Samuel Elkins RPFT

Barton Elliott RPFT

Paul Elliott RPFT

Carla Ellis RPFT

Douglas Ellison RPFT

David Erkamp RPFT

Adam Esch FTT

Patrick Ewan RPFT

Michael Fedun RPFT

Jennifer Filax RPFT

David Finn RPFT

Alan Fisher RPFT


Derek Fisher RPFT

Kelly Fleetham RPFT

Vincent Fleming RPFT

Victor Fobert RPFT

Hudson Foley RPFT

Grant Forster RPFT

William Foster Non PracticingMember

David Fox RPFT

Darren Frederick RPFT

Marc Freedman RPFT

Kevin Freehill RPFT

Dallas Frith RPFT

Douglas Frith RPFT

Mark Froehler RPFT

Michael Gabourie RPFT

Glen Gache RPFT

Marc Gamache RPFT

David James Garton RPFT

Laressa Gauthier RPFT

Joshua Gerling RPFT

Andrew Gesner RPFT

Keith Getschel RPFT

Sheila Ghostkeeper RPFT

Mark Gibb RFT

Robert Gibb RPFT

Barry Gladders RPFT

Danielle Glasier FTT

Jonathan Goertzen RPFT

Emery Gorman RPFT

Derek Gough FTT

Richard Goy RPFT

Gordon Graham RPFT

Ross Graham RPFT

Christopher Grainger RPFT

Conrad Gray RPFT

Yves Grenier RPFT

Melissa Grogan RPFT

George Gross RPFT

Trina Grosse RPFT

Cary Gulka RPFT

Peter Haggerty RPFT

Nicole Hahn RPFT

Kevin Hakes RPFT

Christopher Hale RPFT

Robert Hall RPFT

Dennis Halladay RPFT

Mark Hamilton RPFT

Jason Hancheruk RPFT

Ian Hancock RPFT

Christine Hansen RPFT

Jon Harbourne RPFT

Ginger Harke RPFT

Craig Harriott RPFT

Amanda Harrison RPFT

Rick Harrison RPFT

Norman Hawkes RPFT

Kevin Heartwell RPFT

David Heatherington RPFT

Ryan Hee RPFT

Barbara Helm RFT

Leslie Helm RPFT

Darrell Hemery RPFT

Kali Hennessey RPFT

Jeff Henricks RPFT

Howard Herman RPFT

Jacqueline Herodek RPFT

Rupert Hewison RPFT

Brian Hicks RPFT

Raymond Hilts RPFT

Justus Hincz RPFT

Ross Hobbs RPFT


Rick Hoddinott RPFT

Gavin Hojka FTT

Burton Holder RPFT

Trevor Holtze RFT

Rodney Houle RPFT

Katelynd Howitt RPFT

Michael Hudson RPFT

Dave Hugelschaffer RPFT

David Hughes RPFT

Tjerk Huisman RPFT

Jeffrey Hunter FTT

Markus Husch RPFT

Crystal Ionson RPFT

Mikel Jackman RPFT

Benjamin Jamieson RPFT

Laurie Jenkin RPFT

Michaela Jenkins RPFT

Terry Jessiman RPFT

Ryan Jillard RPFT

Troy Johanson RPFT

Brian Johnson RFT

Darryl Johnson RPFT

Travis Johnson RPFT

Caroline Johnston RPFT

Dean Johnston RPFT

Iain Johnston RPFT

Kevin Johnston RPFT

Deborah Johnstone RPFT

Christopher Joly RPFT

David Jonson RPFT

Michael Kakoullis RPFT

Warren Keeler FTT

Morgan Kehr RPFT

Warren Kehr RPFT

Kris Kennedy RPFT

Marianne Kennedy RPFT

Michelle Keohane RFT

Frankie Kerr RPFT

Byron Kessler RPFT

Christopher Killoran RPFT

Tyler Kilmury RPFT

Matthew Kinch RPFT

Michael Kingsbury RPFT

Michael Kirby RPFT

Laurie Kirkpatrick RPFT

David Kirkup RPFT

Nicole Klita FTT

Christian Klitbo RPFT

David Kmet RPFT

Jayson Kofluk RPFT

Brent Korolischuk RPFT

Lorraine Kowpak RPFT

Michael Kozij RPFT

Glen Krawchuk RPFT

Peter Krog RPFT

Kerry Kryvenchuk RPFT

Kelly Krywiak RPFT

Angela Kuysters RFT

Craig Kwiatkowski RPFT

Dwayne Lafreniere RPFT

Trevor Lamabe RPFT

Kevin Landry RPFT

Kelly Laroy App - FTT

Glen Larsen RPFT

Clinton Larson RFT

Dion Lawrence RPFT

Ashley Lawson RPFT

Trevor Laycock RPFT

Jules Leboeuf RPFT

Kevin Ledieu RPFT

Trevor Lema RPFT

Todd Lemire RPFT


Joseph Lennox FTT

William Lesiuk RPFT

Gerald Light RPFT

G. Lind RPFT

David Linfield RPFT

Thomas Listhaeghe RPFT

Roger Littke RPFT

Donald Livingston RPFT

Chris Lommerse RFT

Brian Lopushinsky RPFT

Leah Lovequist RPFT

James Lunn RPFT

Danielle Lussier RPFT

Michael Lutz RPFT

Todd Lynch RPFT

Joseph Lyons RPFT

William MacDonald RPFT

John MacGarva RPFT

Bruce MacGregor RPFT

James MacKinnon RPFT

Michael MacNeil RPFT

Sherry Maine RPFT

Alaina Maitland RPFT

Jim Maitland RPFT

Allan Malcolm RPFT

Gary Mandrusiak RPFT

Joanne Mann RPFT

Ross Manwaring RPFT

Roger Marchand RFT

Brian Martell RPFT

Glenn Martin RPFT

Katherine Martin FTT

Dennis Marycz RPFT

Max Mathon RPFT

Gerald Matthews RPFT

Larry Matwie RPFT

Kevin Maul RPFT

Ross Maxwell RPFT

Wayne May RPFT

Bruce Mayer RPFT

Bob Mazurik RPFT

Bart McAnally RPFT

Kent McDonald RPFT

Matthew McDonald RFT

Wade McDonald RPFT

Barry McElhinney RPFT

Christopher McGuinty RPFT

Clifton McKay RPFT

Brad McKenzie RPFT

Robert McLaughlin RPFT

John McLevin RPFT

Connie McNabb RPFT

Bryan McNallie RPFT

John McNaughton RPFT

Kendra McNutt RFT

Rand McPherson RPFT

Jon McQuinn RPFT

Andrew McWhirter RPFT

Brian Meads RPFT

Normand Menard RPFT

Roger Meyer RPFT

Andrew Midgett RFT

Adrian Mielczarek RPFT

Mark Mill RPFT

Sharon Mill RPFT

Troy Milledge RPFT

Kenton Miller RPFT

Shawn Milne RPFT

Michael Milner RPFT

Valerie Milner RPFT

Ryan Minchau RPFT

Garry Mitchell RPFT


Joleen Molenaar RPFT

Ardyth Moore RPFT

Richard Moore RPFT

Michael Morgan RPFT

Bernard Morin RPFT

David Moseley RPFT

David Mowers RPFT

Sandra Muench RPFT

Dean Muhlbier RPFT

Tom Mulvihill RPFT

Kevin Nahirnak RPFT

Greg Neale RPFT

Wilson Nelson Non PracticingMember

Tomislav Nenadovich FTT

Jeffrey Neustaeter RPFT

Robert Nichol RPFT

Roy Nichols RPFT

Peter Nicholson RPFT

Gabrielle Nicol RPFT

Bonnie Nicolai RPFT

Wesley Nimco RPFT

James Norman RPFT

Leonard Norman RPFT

Tanya Norman RPFT

Everett Normandeau RPFT

Gord Norrie RPFT

Mike O'Rourke RPFT

Vernon Oelke RPFT

Matthew Ogrodnick RPFT

Robert Olenick RPFT

Scott Olsen FTT

Andrew Olsvik RPFT

Barrie Onysty RPFT

Heather Onysty RPFT

Barbara Osterhout RPFT

Melanie Palmeter RPFT

Jason Pankratow RPFT

Kevin Parkinson RPFT

Brian Parlin RPFT

Michael Pasula RPFT

Timothy Patenaude RPFT

Richard Paton RFT

Thomas Patreau RPFT

Karl Peck RPFT

Tyler Pell RPFT

Grant Pelletier RPFT

Henry Pelster RPFT

Michael Penner RPFT

Christian Perih FTT

Candace Perih RPFT

Kent Perry RPFT

Wally Peters RPFT

Robert Petite RPFT

Karen Petrowich RPFT

Michael Pinnock RPFT

George Pinnock RPFT

Allen Plantinga RPFT

Thomas Plouffe RPFT

Donald Podlubny RPFT

Kenneth Podulsky RPFT

Jeff Poeckens RPFT

Donald Pope RPFT

Michael Poscente RPFT

Todd Power RPFT

Michael Pozniak RPFT

Wendell Pozniak RPFT

Richard Prince RPFT

Ryan Radchenko RPFT

Fons Raedschelders FTT

Ernest Ramsum RPFT

Stuart Rankin RPFT


Randy Rawe RPFT

Jeffrey Reynolds RPFT

Neil Reynolds RPFT

Cory Rhett RPFT

Jason Rilling RPFT

Philippe Robert RPFT

Allan Robinson RPFT

Helmut Roeben RPFT

Patrick Rogers RPFT

Christopher Ross RPFT

Steven Rotenburger RPFT

Lee Rueb RPFT

Marcus Ruehl RPFT

John Russell RPFT

Brian Sabatier RPFT

Pierre Sabourin FTT

Gregory Safar RPFT

Gerald Sambrooke RPFT

Bruce Sanders RPFT

Andrea Sandford RPFT

Tanya Sawicki RPFT

Terry Sayers RPFT

Jeffrey Scammell RPFT

Mark Schaplowsky RPFT

Tony Schlenker RPFT

Kevin Schleppe RPFT

Cindy Schmidt RPFT

Darius Schmidt RFT

Bernard Schmitte RPFT

Tyler Schneider FTT

Edward Schneider RPFT

Darcy Schultz RPFT

Marissa Schutz FTT

Patricia Scobie RPFT

Kenneth Scullion RPFT

Stephen Semeniuk RFT

Candace Serben RPFT

Harvey Sewepagaham RPFT

Andrew Shandro RPFT

Michael Shantz RPFT

Tyler Shaw RFT

Brock Sheen RPFT

Barry Shellian RPFT

Alastair Shenfield RPFT

Michelle Shesterniak RPFT

Brent Skelton RPFT

Milan Skrecek RPFT

Len Slipiec RPFT

William Sloan App - FTT

Christopher Smith RPFT

Douglas Smith RPFT

Evert Smith RPFT

Geoffrey Smith RPFT

Kenneth Smith RPFT

Rickey Smith RPFT

Tara Smith FTT

Taya Smith RPFT

Archibald Smith RPFT

Nick Smud RPFT

Kenneth Snyder RPFT

Mark Solkowski RPFT

Philip Sondrup RPFT

Tharen Soroka RPFT

Ross Spence RPFT

Gordon Spencer RPFT

Jesse Spidell RPFT

Quentin Spila RPFT

Paul St John RPFT

Stacey St.Jean RPFT

Brian Stanton RPFT

Clifford Starr RFT

Colin Steeves RPFT


Frank Steil RPFT

Rob Stevenson Withdrawn

Robert Stevenson RPFT

Richard Stewart RPFT

Tracey Stewart RPFT

Mark Storie RPFT

Richard Strickland RPFT

Len Stroebel RPFT

Cheryl Taschuk RPFT

David Taylor RPFT

Andrew Taylor RPFT

Heather Taylor RPFT

Jason Taylor FTT

Michael Taylor RPFT

Billy Tchir RPFT

Farrah Terpstra RPFT

Roger Tetreault RPFT

Bernhard Thiel RPFT

Dale Thomas RPFT

Gregory Thompson FTT

Michael Thompson RPFT

Robert Thompson RPFT

Rob Thorburn RPFT

William Thresher RPFT

Bill Tinge RPFT

Kevin Topolnicki RPFT

Trina Tosh RPFT

Victor Toutant RPFT

Howard Townsend RPFT

Sean Trostem RPFT

Gail Tucker RPFT

Michael Tucker RPFT

Stephen Tuttle RPFT

Albert Van Dijk RPFT

William Van Dyk RPFT

Bruce van Os RPFT

Norman VanVliet RPFT

Lori Vance RPFT

Daniel VanderVeen FTT

Christian Vierath RPFT

Ludo Vitalos RPFT

Norman Volk RPFT

Robert Volkman RPFT

Darren Wald RPFT

Darrel Walde RPFT

Joanne Walde Non PracticingMember

Dean Walker RPFT

David Wallace RPFT

Christopher Walsh RPFT

Mark Walz RPFT

Larry Warren RPFT

Edgar Wassink RPFT

Robert Weber RPFT

Leslie Weekes RPFT

Dwight Weeks RPFT

Christian Weik RPFT

Wayne Werstiuk RPFT

Brian Wesolowsky RPFT

Justin Westling RPFT

Michael Weyer RPFT

Jarret Whitbread FTT

Ian Whitby RPFT

Derek White RPFT

Heather White RPFT

Anthony Wierenga RPFT

Kevin Wilchak RPFT

Chelsea Wilkinson-Martin FTT

Collin Williams RPFT

Don Williams RPFT

Robert Williams RPFT

Wayne Williams RPFT


Greg Williams-Freeman FTT

James Williamson RPFT

James Williamson RFT

Axel Winter RPFT

Peter Winther RPFT

James Witiw RPFT

Brian Wog RPFT

J Wojtowicz RPFT

Kyle Wolfe RPFT

Dean Woods RPFT

Michael Woods RPFT

Therese Yacyshyn RPFT

Christopher Yaremchuk RPFT

James Yee RPFT

Greg Yoder RPFT

Robert Yowney RPFT

Jennifer Zentner RPFT

Shaun Zwerzinski RPFT

NAIT Representative’s Annual Report


Another year has almost come and gone for the students at NAIT Forest Technology.The 2010-2011 school year consisted of 28 first year students and 28 second yearstudents, for a total of 56 students enrolled in the Forest Technology Program. I wasasked this fall with much delight to take on the NAIT Rep. position on CAPFTCouncil. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to remain involved with the college(NAIT), and have the ability to educated upcoming students on CAPFT and theforestry sector.

The fall of 2010 started off in full swing, heading out to Kidney Lake to speak withour new batch of students, with past NAIT Representative Danielle Lussier. Studentswere eager to get free pizza and had many questions on what was going on in theforest industry and prospective job opportunities. Then in October,I attended theBull of theWoods Competition in Hinton and was pleased to see such a largeturnout of students, staff and alumni. Shortly after in November Barb and I gave apresentation to the second-year students along with members of CIF, discussingwhat it means to be a professional and the importance of belonging to aprofessional organization.

December was noted by a season of change, as I joined the NAIT Advisory Council.Items of discussion at the meeting included a review of the internal and externalaudits conducted on the Forest Technology Program, changes to pre-requisites forenrolment, discussion on curriculum alignment with the CanadianTechnologyAccreditation Board (CTAB) and implementing an outcome based education modelfor the program. Changes to the pre-requisites are on a trial run basis and includechanging from BIO30 to SCI30 General Sciences as a pre-requisite. Withdiscussions leading to CTAB alignment within the next 3-5 years, the mostsignificant change is moving from a 17week to a 15 week semester, resulting in acurrent review of the program to decide how this will be accommodated withoutcompromising the integrity or educational experience of the program.


In January, Pat Gallupe and I organized an AOP Meet and Greet with the second yearNAIT students and members of the CAPFT Council, treating them to pizza andbowling. Turnout was a success, and provided the students an opportunity to meetsome of our council and members and ask questions about the forestry sector.

As for myself, I will be keeping busy up in Fort McMurray for the remainder of theyear, counting down the days until summer! I will continue to work with the NAITAdvisory Board in the spring to accomplish their goals on achieving student inputon the curriculum re-development. I also plan on organizing a field trip to theAGM andTechnical Session for the NAIT students along with representing CAPFT atthe 2011 Forest Technology Graduation. I look forward to having the opportunityto meet with many of our members in and out of the office, and if you are ever upin Fort McMurray feel free to stop into my office to chat anytime.

Sincerely,

JarretWhitbread, FTTNAIT Representative, CAPFT


Thursday April 14, 2011

0830 – 0900 Technical Session Registration

0900 – 0910 Opening Remarks, Housekeeping items, review of Agenda: Norm Begin,Complaints Director CAPFT

0910 – 0940 CAPP OpeningTheme Presentation:TBADescription: Oil sands development, opportunities and challenges.

0940 – 1015 Devon Canada Corp. Presentation: ChrisWalsh, Surface Land and ConstructionDescription: Footprint and Innovation

10:15 - 1040 Break

1040 – 1120 Suncor Energy Presentation: Lelanynia Cox,Description: Oil Sands Reclamation from Ground up to Operations – A SuncorEnergy Perspective

1120 – 1200 Alberta Sustainable Resource Development; Ron BjorgeDescription: Caribou Management, Past, Present and Future

Noon – 1315 Lunch

1300 – 1320 Alberta Environment, Jaclyn SchmidtDescription:Wetland Policy Principles: Caribou Management, Past, Present andFuture

1320 – 1400 Cenovus Energy, Alfred BurkeDescription: Evolution of Reclamation Practices in NE Alberta

1400 –1440 University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Simon M.Landhäusser, Associate ProfessorDescription: Oil Sands Industrial Research in Forest Land Reclamation

1440 - 1500 Break

1500 – 1540 OPABIN Environmental, Mike PoscenteDescription: Lessons fromWetland Reclamation Case Studies

1540 – 1550 Closing Comments, Norm Begin, President CAPFT

College of Alberta Professional ForestTechnologistsTechnical Session

Location: Ramada Inn, Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton,Alberta“Best Practices in the Oil Sands”


College of Alberta Professional ForestTechnologists2011 Annual General Meeting

Indicators andTrends Impacting the Future of ForestTechnologistsLocation: Ramada Inn, Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton Alberta

Friday,April 15 2011

0830 – 0900 AGM Registration and Continental Breakfast

0900 - 0930 Minister’s message – Honorable Thomas Lukaszuk, Employment & Immigration

0930 - 0945 Director’s Q & A – Adrian Pritchard, Professions and Occupations and Land AgentLicensing

0945 – 1015 Call to Order: Butch Shenfield, PresidentHousekeeping Items: Mike Pocente,Vice PresidentIntroduction of Guests: Butch Shenfield, PresidentMoment of Silence for Deceased Members

Review of Meeting Rules of Order and Procedure: Roger Meyer, Sergeant at ArmsReview and Adoption of AGMAgenda: Butch Shenfield, PresidentWelcome Address: Butch Shenfield, PresidentAdoption of 2010 AGM Minutes: Butch Shenfield, President

1015 – 1025 Council and Committee Reports (as per Annual Report)

1025 – 1040 2010 Audit and 2011 Budget Presentation: Derrick Fisher, Finance Director

1040 – 1055 Health Break

1055 – 1120 Bylaws

1120 – 1145 Presentations10 and 15Year Pins: Butch Shenfield, President & Mike Poscente,Vice PresidentOut going Council Members - Butch Shenfield, President & Mike Poscente,VicePresidentJed Begin Norm Begin Pat GallupeFarrahTerpstra Cindy Schmidt

Forest Technologist of theYear Award: Presented by Butch Shenfield to ChrisWalsh

1145 – 1230 ElectionsVice President Membership Director Complaints DirectorCompetence Director Exam Director


1230 – 1330 Lunch

1330 - 1400 Labour Market Intelligence Study for Canada’s Forest ProductsIndustry - Keith Lancastle – Executive Director FPSC

1400 - 1500 Update to Alberta’s Economic Outlook -Todd Hirsch – SeniorEconomist, ATB Financial

1500 - 1515 Health Break

1415 – 1515 LiveWell, Retire Happy –Tricia French, MSc (PHEc)

1515 – 1615 LeadershipVideo

1615 – 1625 Closing Remarks and AdjournmentButch Shenfield, outgoing PresidentMike Poscente, incoming President

1625 – 1700 Transitional Council Meeting for Outgoing and Incoming CouncilMembers

College of Alberta Professional ForestTechnologists#200, 10544 - 106th StreetEdmonton,Alberta,T5H 2X6

Telephone: 780.432.1962 Fax: 780.432.4183E-Mail: [email protected]: www.forestechs.ab.ca

Documents

01 - College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Annual Report.pdf · 2018. 8. 28. · 06 College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists XII. Bylaws 2010–1(SeeattachedBylaw)