2024 AGM & Educational Workshops

2024 AGM & Workshops
Schedule & Agenda
April 22 to 24, 2024

Best Western Plus Langley Inn
5978Glover Road, Langley

604-530-9311

**Monday April 22, 2024**

Travel day for Delegates

7:00 to 9:00pm Meet ‘n Greet “Celebrating Us“ – Willow Room
(doors open at 6:50pm)
*Welcome from Division President Pat Chicquen
*Open Mic for sharing Chapter and/or personal highlights
*BINGO with prizes!
*Door prizes
*Delegate and participant bags distributed with name tags
*Appetizers and Coffee/Tea available

9:00 to 11:00pm Hospitality Room open – Room 131: Exec Suite
*Join hostess and staff Lenni Kennedy for some beach party fun!
Come wearing your best or tackiest beach shirt to enjoy a tropical
mocktail and snacks.

**Tuesday April 23, 2024**

9:00am Opening & Annual General Meeting – Willow Room
(doors open at 8:40am) – Opening and AGM available on Zoom

Opening

*Welcome from Pat Chicquen, Division President
*Territorial Acknowledgement – Vern Short
*O Canada
*Greetings from, Township of Langley
*Greetings from Jim Tokos, CCB National President
*Minute of silence for…
*Self-Introductions
*Housekeeping – Division President Pat Chicquen

9:30am coffee break

9:45am AGM
1. Call to Order
2. Reading & Adoption of Agenda
3. Adoption of 2023 AGM Minutes as circulated

4. President’s Report
5. Financial Report
6. Status of Society Report
7. Division Board Reports motion
8. Chapter Reports motion
9. New Business
10. Adjournment

11:45am time permitting BC Blind Sports Stretch
*Housekeeping, door prizes

12:00pm lunch – you’re on your own

1:30pm “Making Connections” Workshop – meet in the lobby and
be ready to board the bus for our field trip
*Colossus Theatre Field Trip, 20090 91A Avenue, Langley
We will be viewing the movie ‘Argylle’ with descriptive video (no
headset necessary.

4:30pm board the bus to return to the hotel

4:45pm on your own for dinner and the evening

7:30 to 11:00pm Hospitality Room Open – Room 131: Exec Suite

**Wednesday April 24, 2024**

9:00am “Making Connections Together” Workshops – Willow
Room (doors open 8:45am) – Workshops available on Zoom
*Self-Introductions

9:15am How do you/we do it?
* Facilitator: Pat Chicquen, Division President
From your experiences, What works for you – coming up with
helpful ideas and tips in different scenarios and situations by
brainstorming at our tables and sharing the collected information

10:05am Diagram Accessibility: Update and Upcoming Research
* Presenter: Yichun Zhao, University of Victoria

10:20am BC Blind Sports Stretch

10:30am coffee break

10:45am BC Blind Sports Presentation
* Susan Flanagan

11:00am Guest speaker Scott Rees – a blind Swimmer living on
the North Shore with Retinitis Pigmentosa who swam the strait of
Georgia last summer

11:45am Housekeeping and Door Prizes

12:00pm lunch catered for all
(tomato vegetable soup, sandwiches/wraps, squares/pastries
and coffee/tea/pop)

1:30pm “Making Connections Together” Workshops continue…
1:35pm Descriptive Video Works Presentation
*Facilitators: – Melissa Hope Client Services Manager and Laura
Davies Creative Services Manager
“Discover what goes into creating the description tracks for your
favourite TV shows, movies, and video games. We will discuss
the challenges and the fun of crafting descriptions, break down
the guidelines, and talk about what’s next for this exciting art.”

2:50pm coffee break

3:05pm ICBC – Guest speaker Leanne Cassap ICBC Road
Safety & Community Coordinator
Pedestrian and road safety information

4:00pm Housekeeping and Door Prizes

5:30pm “Connecting Again” Wind Up dinner – Ricky’s
Restaurant; you may order and pay for your own alcoholic drinks

7:30to 10:00pm Trivia with Darren Kennedy – Willow Room

8:00pm break approximately (in between trivia sessions)
*Door prizes
*50 50 Draw

9:00pm break approximately (in between trivia sessions)
*Door prizes
*Final Door Prize

Hospitality Room will be open after Music Trivia until 11:00 pm –
Room 131: Exec Suite

**Thursday April 25, 2024**

Stay Safe: A Travel Day for everyone.