On July 12th, we will be holding an ISPI Vancouver Cracker Barrel. That means we'll have an interactive evening featuring a number of speakers. The focus of some, or all, of this Cracker Barrel will be Nuggets from the 2005 International Conference held in Vancouver in April - but there may be some other topics included.

Stay tuned for details - and keep your eye on our Events page. Been to one of our Cracker Barrels before? Know that it will be a great evening and want to register now even before we announce our speakers? Sure, you can do that! Just click here.

We still need speakers. If you are interested, please contact Michael Doody at mcdoody@shaw.ca, ASAP.

ISPI's membership dues will incease to $95 with the 2005-2006 year, which begins October 1, 2005.

Help us attract new members! Spread the word! If you have friends and colleagues who are interested in joining ISPI Vancouver, please tell them about our special offer:

Special Offer!!! Join ISPI now for $95 for 16 months membership (June 2005 - Sept 2006). If you join today for the new rate of $95 it will include next year's membership. Click here for details.

Note to guests who attended our June 14th meeting: you may use your guest fee towards your membership this special offer if you join by June 30th. Click here for details.

ISPI Vancouver is pleased to welcome members of BC Association of Facilitators (BCAF) to our meetings.

Due to circumstances beyond the control of the BCAF executive, the decision was made close down the BCAF association. As a result, the BCAF executive approached the ISPI Vancouver executive to discuss options. An informal arrangement was made to extend an invitation to BCAF members to join ISPI Vancouver, along with a guest past to attend an upcoming event. In return, the balance of BCAF's assets were transfered to ISPI Vancouver. To learn more, click here to read the BCAF communications to it's membership.

We hope to see many of the BCAF crowd at our events between now and September and, we hope, on an ongoing basis as new members. We call on all ISPI Vancouver members to extend a warm welcome to these indviduals - we can only benefit from the expertise and passion the BCAF crowd will bring to ISPI Vancouver. Welcome!

The Training Director's Forum was held in Phoenix, Arizona May 22 - 25 this year. As a first time attendee, I was very pleased with the size of the conference (small) and the ability to connect with people easily. I attended a total of 23 sessions and activities at the conference. My primary focus was on... [click here to read the rest of Margy Hayden's review of this conference]

*New* We have another Roving Reporter's report in from Phil Mentacos - click here!

Don't forget to visit our Post-Conference area - click here!

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