I joined Vancity Credit Union and its 400,000 members because of its leadership role in the community.

I am not a wealthy man, but in an effort to help the community on a personal level I will be donating 50% ($10,000) of my first years Director’s honorarium to the Vancouver Food Bank. I ask the other candidates to join me.

My priorities:
• Provide an Open ear to member issues and problems
• Support community initiatives that is giving Vancouver its social conscience
• Continue and enhance the support Vancity provides to Small Business
• Represent Vancity as an influential business leader
• Support the development & leadership role in successful community social enterprises
• Give back to my community through Vancity’s programs and grants to non-profits

With our economy starting to come back we need to support the community. Personal responsibility is more important than ever. Let me provide you that strong leadership!

Business and sports. What do they have in common?

Business is all about money and companies, employees and responsibility, guys in suits and professionals in the form of accountants and lawyers. It’s about deadlines and customer service, challenges and obligations. We’re not talking the business that marches along doing what is necessary to make money but not exceeding the norm. I’m talking about the ones you see in the news (in a good light), community involved and one of those businesses that are listed in the Best Places to Work lists. Read the rest of this entry

Take 2 dashes of guts, basic business knowledge, a splash of common sense, access to financing and a smidgeon of luck and that is the recipe for a successful business.

Obviously that can be said of any endeavour. Success in Business is sometimes a fleeting thing. I see people with MBA’s floundering in a new startup, lawyers doing poorly in practice and other professionals not reaching a level of achievement that is expected of them. Read the rest of this entry

I’m going to blatantly use my blog to espouse my Policy Statement for the 2010 Election of the Board of Directors of Vancity, a 400,000 member credit union which I support in more ways than one in Vancouver.

I am a member but more than that I have promoted their loans to clients totaling about $800,000. over the last few years. Read the rest of this entry

Boy has it been difficult to get back in the saddle in 2010.

I’ve been working on my blog – a little, planning for things to come and getting people in line to work with in 2010. I’ve got an SEO specialist, a social media engineer, a mind mapping expert and a couple of professional business coaches to work out some strategies with, oh I forgot the cute animal wrangler too. Read the rest of this entry