Toronto Building Managers' and           Operators' Association

May 2008 NEWSLETTER ~ Notice of General Meeting ~ Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2008 Time: 5:30- 6:30 p.m. Cocktails/Dinner 6:30- 7:30 p.m. Guest Speaker 7:30- 8:30 p.m. General Meeting Location: Imperial Buffet 24 Lebovic Ave. Scarborough - 416 288-9699 for directions (Warden/Eglinton Ave.) Speakers: David Hunter, X-ray detector physicist at Sunnybrook Research institute, University of Toronto. Topic: The Case For The Electric Car The talk will focus on four main areas: The environmental and economic reasons for phasing out the internal combustion engine (ICE) car of today Why electric cars are a better choice than hydrogen powered cars How electric cars work How future electric cars will work with the electric grid The dinner is “all-you-can-eat”; please call Peter Choi (416 862-2255) to confirm your attendance Cost $15.00 for Members - $ 25.00 for Associate Members and Guests. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: On March 12th, members of Terako Industries were kind enough to prepare a presentation for our meeting on Pandemic Preparedness. On behalf of the members of the Toronto Building Manager's And Operator's Association we are glad that you could be part of our general meeting. It was nice for all of us to participate in the presentation. This information becomes very important to all of us in our day to day work as well as our personal lives. The demonstration of proper hand washing techniques, Gels versus Sprays, masking and gloving in a pandemic situation are all a threat to our safety given a moments notice. We need to prepare for the worse case scenario, and this meeting demonstrates our weakness and our strengths, and where we need to be involved with any pandemic planning. We also extend our sincere appreciation to Donna Wells for all her involvement and instructing us on the right methods and procedures to follow, As well as sharing her involvement with SARS and how much we all continue to learn from this serious and sad event 5 years ago. In closing we would like to thank Mr. Robert Reeve President, Mr. Ted Michael Vice President of Operations of Terrace Industries Inc for all there involvement in our presentation and our members for all of your active participation in this meeting. Note: If anyone requires additional information, we have extra CD of the presentation for our members. Thank You, Yours Truly, Colin Jones President THE DAILY REFERANCE AND BUYERS GUIDE IS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION, USEFUL TOOLS, AND MOST OF ALL, LISTINGS OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH ADVERTISING Please show your support to the contractors and suppliers that advertise by using them. Affiliate Associations Detroit Building Superintendents Association Philadelphia Building Managers & Operators Association New York Building Managers Association The Chief Engineers Association of Chicago land Committee Reports and Association News Intercity This meeting was attended by Colin Jones, Jerry Hillier, and Peter Choi. This meeting was informative and well received by our association, ideas, suggestion and comments were shared and viewed. This will be discussed in our Intercity meeting in Detroit on the weekend of June 13, 2008. Social and Buyers Gu Our annual advertisers night took place on Thursday April 3rd. 2008 well attended by over 100 people. Thank you for Mr. Ken Vanderputt and to all our sponsors for an excellent night. We received over 27 Ads at this night and are on our way to our goal of 75 ads. Mr. Rick Peach of Peregrine Protection won the free Ad for this year. Please if you can help call Ken Vanderputt at 416-298-2918. Sickness and Distress We have just received information about our long time member Mr. John Norris. John has been sick for a while and we are hoping for a quick recovery. We hope to see John soon at our future general meeting. UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Mr. Roger Stanley of Solar Group. SEE YOU THERE!!! To view in pdf format or print May 2008 NEWSLETTER click here Back to "NEWSLETTERS"