Fall 2022 | Volume 1
Canadian Audio Visual Providers Association | Association Canadienne des fournisseurs de services audiovisuels
Message from the President This fall marks the conclusion of CAVPAs first full year of operations and our inaugural member newsletter. It was less than two years ago and in the height of the pandemic that the five founding members came together to define the vision that would become CAVPA. Since then, we hired our fantastic Executive Director, Sherry Denesha, and Association Concepts to manage CAVPA which was officially incorporated August 2021. We developed the mission, bylaws, logo, website and all the other details that go into an association and have spoken to many of you as we worked to recruit members. This past summer, we did a thorough search for an advocacy partner to collaborate with us on communications, outreach and government lobbying, which led to our engaging Ottawa Consultants and Michael Wood as our Director of Strategy & Communications. As I write this, we have grown to 18 member companies from across the Country and are actively working to further grow the membership as well as bringing in sponsor vendor partners. Additionally, we are opening an “associate” non-voting member category for interested parties who are not AV companies, but share many of our same goals, such as event producers who want to protect their freedom to choose the suppliers they want without punitive excessive charges from the venue. Increasing our membership and the addition of sponsors will not only increase our financial capacity, but also the legitimacy of our message as we engage with event planners and government. It is long past due that our industry has national representation and a common voice to engage on important issues that affect us all, and I am genuinely excited to finally see that being realized with CAVPA and the high calibre of membership we have already put together in such a short time. We will need all your help to continue refining our message, growing the membership base and conducting outreach. January 18, 2023 is the date for our inaugural AGM and I hope to see you all then (virtually) as we plan for the future of CAVPA. Sincerely, Tim Lang
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