The Electoral Area Directors’ (EAD) Forum will be held on February 4 and 5, 2020 at the Radisson Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, BC. The Forum will begin at 12 noon on February 4th, and end at 12 noon on February 5th.
The Electoral Area Directors' Forum focuses on issues of concern to electoral area directors and provides an opportunity to discuss common problems and share potential solutions to the problems identified. The conference is open to electoral area directors and their alternates, regional district chairs, and regional district staff.
Registration is now open. If you are staying at the hotel, please contact the hotel (604.279.8384) to book your room under the LGLA/UBCM block for a discounted rate.
To date, the following are the confirmed topics and speakers for the Forum:
- Community Safety Amendment Act (Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General)
- Emergency Program Act (EMBC)
- Community Resiliency Investment Program Update (Yana Stratemeyer and Kelly Osbourne, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
- Agriculture Panel (Honourable Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture; Kim Grout, ALC)
- Mayor Maja Tait, UBCM President
UBCM would like to thank Lidstone and Company for sponsoring the lunch on February 4th; and Young Anderson for sponsoring the evening reception.