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www.pne.ca 100 years of fun banner ad – sounding board, may/june issue size: 8 in x 1.75 in due: april 20, 2010 MAY/JUNE 2010 • VOLUME 50 • NUMBER 3 Inside Governors’ Banquet 12 Board’s youngest chair ready Summer Festivals 16 Events Calendar 2 for the Events & Speakers 3 Member News 4-26 Management News 5,13,21 Chair’s Message 6 challenge Key Issues 7 Footprints 8-9 Business Meetings 10-11 Spirit of Vancouver 14-15 Festivals & Summer Getaways 16-17 Crime & Security 19 D. ROELS BY PHOTO Golf 24-25 Incoming chair Jason McLean is no actor; he’s the real thing! Seen here on set at Vancouver Film Studios, one of the family-owned companies he heads, McLean brings a broad industry background to his new role at The Board of Trade. Around the Board 27 BY TASHON ZIARA CEO of Pharmasave Drugs Na- teenager watching my father chair six years ago and became more tional Ltd. The Board’s ubiquitous Commun- fully engaged as a member, that The Vancouver Board of Trade At 36, McLean will not only be ity Affairs Committee and then I understood to what extent The Quote of the month will hold its 123rd Annual General the youngest chair in The Board’s seeing him go off to Davos for the Board punches above its weight Meeting on Thursday, June 18 and history but its first second-gen- World Economic Forum, I real- as an organization.” We have welcome Jason McLean, president eration chair. McLean’s father, ized The Board was working at a The new chair, whose love of and CEO of The McLean Group, David McLean, served as chair in much higher level than you might mountaineering once led him on changed our as incoming chair and co-chair 1992-1993, offering the younger expect from a regional business an environmental expedition up country. of Spirit of Vancouver®. McLean McLean an early preview of the organization,” says McLean. “But 24 replaces 2009-10 chair Sue Paish, scope of The Board’s work. “As a it wasn’t until I joined as a director MCLEAN CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 boardoftrade.com Why waste valuable time in long airport line-ups The Ultimate Time Machine. when you can fly hassle-free? Call 604-272-8123 or toll free 1-877-399-8123 to find out more • www.londonair.com board calendar For full details or to register, visit www.boardoftrade.com Events catch-up The Vancouver Board of Trade Cable Program Guide Vancouver – Regency Ballroom. healthy companies. Keynote May Sponsored by Hub International. speaker Julie Coutier, President, DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE! EVENT # 110205 Medisys Corporate Health LP. SEE TIMES BELOW* 26 | Members’ Orientation 7:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Fairmont Are you a new member of 14 | Members’ Orientation Waterfront Hotel – Waterfront BUDGET 2010 May 30, 6:30 p.m. The Vancouver Board of Trade? Are you a new member of Ballroom. 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ROELS BY PHOTO keynote speech as The Vancouver Board This revolution is already happening. “We have to be wary of regulation of Trade welcomes incoming chair Jason According to Sanders, companies that mania,” Nancy Hughes Anthony, McLean, president and CEO of The McLean nurture people, communities and the president and chief executive officer, Group. planet will strengthen their branding and Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) Sanders, who received a standing have healthier bottom lines. People are in- April 15 ovation when he last spoke at a Board event, creasingly aware of the interconnectedness of business, communities and the natural Feature Event environment, so they are changing the way they buy. That is, “the ‘them’ generation asks not how much it costs ‘me’ but how much it costs ‘them’.” Sanders’ business philosophy is per- fectly in tune with The Board’s ethos of “… connecting for good®.” Indeed, as Sanders Tim Sanders said in his previous talk at The Board, “green means to grow, not just [be] a little to patronize businesses that are socially less bad.” What does the new “socially and environmentally responsible; thus, responsible” model for business mean? It “making a difference is the new brand- PHOTO BY D.