Message from the PResident |
| I am honoured to be President of this great organization for a second consecutive year. The fundamentals of this great storied 107-year old organization continue to serve its membership and the BC mortgage community well. We are a community that brings together those connected in any way to the Mortgage Investment business in our province to share ideas and information and to connect with one another to support our collective successes. The MIABC currently has over 730 individual members spread amongst over 140 member corporations. This is your community, continue to support it in any way that you can. The Board of Directors for the MIABC is again a wonderful group of individuals from across all facets of our industry working together to bring you Luncheons and Social Events to connect and learn. This group of volunteer board members has a breadth of experience from new 3 directors this year to some with over 30 years as part of the MIABC. We continue to be open and supportive of those that would like to continue to be more involved in their community. We also continue to be very supportive of those in our community that are less fortunate than ourselves and are very proud of the MIABC membership that supports the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (foodbank.bc.ca) and the Surrey Food Bank (surreyfoodbank.org). Our summer golf tournament is a great time for attendees to connect with each other and along with our great sponsors, support our local food banks. Our future depends on new entrants into our industry. The MIABC has re-instituted a scholarship with UBC to help some students with their increasing costs to get a higher education to then support our MIABC businesses. We continue, through the Future Outreach Committee, to foster these relationships with our local post-secondary institutions and support students with a discounted luncheon registration. Future events and initiatives are also in the works to continue strengthening our community, stay tuned as we work on bringing these to fruition. I thank all the members once again, this community is yours to grow. Graham Collings MIABC President 2024/2025 |
