Chapter Program

The International Association of Administrative Professionals' mission is: Enhancing the success of career-minded administrative professionals by providing opportunities for growth through education, community building and leadership development. With this focus in mind, the Executive and Board of Directors of the Vancouver Chapter strive to provide their members with a program that is timely and meets these goals.

Kathryn Moes, CAP OM, in her role as president of the Vancouver Chapter, has arranged an impressive array of speakers for our 2011-2012 chapter year. Click on the image right to access the full program.

Most of our meetings qualify for recertification points to help our CPS and/or CAP members re-qualify (required every 5 years).

The Vancouver Chapter of IAAP holds its Education Forum and Monthly Business Meeting the second Wednesday of each month from September through June. Unless otherwise notified, our meetings will be held in the at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, 1180 West Hastings Street, Vancouver (map).

The cost for dinner ranges from $38 to $43 for members and from $43 to $48 for guests. A vegetarian option is always available at our meetings. Should you prefer the vegetarian option or have any dietary restrictions, please notify us at the time of your reservation. The Coast Coal Harbour Hotel will do everything it can to ensure that your requirements are met. If you prefer, you may join the presentation portion of the meeting only for $5.

The meeting notice is emailed to members several weeks before the meeting date and a copy is posted on the Home page of our website. We also send a reminder closer to the date. For your convenience, a reservation form is appended to the meeting notice. You may pay in advance by cheque or credit card. You also may pay at the door with cheque, credit card or cash.

RSVPs must be received by Meeting Registration Yuen Chow, CAP-OM no later than 12:00 Noon on the Friday preceding the meeting date.  Please note, too, that cancellations must be received by Yuen Chow, CAP-OM no later than 12:00 Noon on the Friday preceding the meeting date. All no-shows will be billed.

Our agenda:
5:30  Networking and Registration
6:00  Dinner is served
7:00  Speaker presentation begins
8:00  Business portion begins
8:30  Adjourn

Please access the meeting notice on our Home page to make your reservations. You may also like to review our 2010-2011 Chapter Program above.