Canada West

Statement of Purpose

CM Pros Canada West provides a local forum where professionals engaged in content management can learn and share information about content management to further the body of knowledge in this field.

Steering Committee

Rahel Anne Bailie (elected Chair) | rabailie[AT]intentionaldesign.ca
Nenad Furtula | nenadf[AT]bluestream.com
Fred Hoeflok | fred.hoeflok[AT]icbc.com
Jeff Sinclair | jeff.sinclair[at]thelevel.com

Upcoming events

We hold meetings every other month - more often when we can

For more info, get onto our local mailing list by visiting http://lists.cmsml.org/mailman/listinfo/canada_west

Past events

Cognitive Edge: Making sense of complexity

Program meeting - Dec 7, 2006; presenter: Michael Cheveldave presents Dave Snowden video recording from Jan 2006 presentation

Content migration strategies
Program meeting - Oct. 5, 2006; presenter: Bob Boiko

Managing content on the vancouver2010.com Winter Olympics site
Presentation and social, elections - July 13, 2006; presenters: VANOC team members

Current Trends in Metadata Management Research
Program meeting - May 16, 2006; presenter: Dr. Rachel Pottinger

Managing Content in Multiple Languages - Canaccord's 2005 CMS Implementation
Program meeting - Mar 29, 2006; presenter: Gord Whithers

How can content management projects go wrong: let me count the ways
Panel discussion - Nov 29th, 2005; presenters: Brian Ewards (Habanero), Mike Wenzlaff (BC Hydro), Jeff Hooker (independent), Trevor Paterson (CHC Helicopters), moderator Rahel Anne Bailie (Intentional Design). See the meeting notes.

Putting the Content Back into Content Management
Kick-off program meeting - Oct 3rd, 2005; presenter: Pamela Kostur

Content Management as a Profession: Taming the Technology
Chapter Inauguration - Reception, Sept 26th, 2005; presenter: Anne Rockley