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Vancouver Russian Business Club:
major events and milestones
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MP Ed Fast visited the VRBC and made a presentation
as a guest speaker. Erika Galinskaya from the Main Music
School offers $ 3,000 to start the Young Musician Foundation
The MP Ed Fast,
Abbotsford B.C. had a chance to come to the VRBC meeting
and make a presentation. He spoke about his work as an MA
in Ottawa. Mr Fast gave examples on what bills he and his
team are working now: strict acts for sex abusers on the
web, pedophiles, and pro-immigration laws. The last will
definitely boost more skilled workers to come to Canada. Mr. Ed Fast was hahned the Certificate of the "VRBC Honorary Member".
After a short break Erika Galinskaya made
a presentation on her idea to set up the Music Foundation
to promote young talented players. She offers the sum of
$ 3,000 from her own pocket to start the project. Erika
also wants to unite all Russian-speaking music teacher in
Vancouver. She is going to organize another meeting some
time in fall at her music School to jump the project.
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VRBC does Souvlaki or Shashlyk Party in the Burnaby Park
On the 15th of June our Club did Souvlaki in the Marine Burnaby Park. Souvlaki,
also known as Shashlyk, were made by Zia's
Deli & Cafe in Coquitlam. Shashlyk, lamb, pork, and
chicken, turned out very delicious. About seventy
people came to the event to enjoy good food with
appetizers (antipasti) on that beautiful sunny day after
two weeks of freezing cold. The honorary consul of Russian
Federation Mr. Bardin also attended the
Party. He spoke about the Coordinating Committee
of all Russian nonprofit organizations and societies in
British Columbia, sport schools, and educational schools
where the Russian language is being taught. The idea is
to set up such a Committee with one-two reps from each organization/school
so we all know what is going on in the Russian community.
Thus we can plan our events easily.
The Shasshlyk Party was a success and the event was covered
by Vancouver Express.
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 The Role of Leadership in Establishing and Growing a Business
Speaker: David Leigh from the U.S. David’s
Background: Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Management;
25 years with IBM Corporation in various management roles;
13 years as co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Harvest
Technologies. The speech was presented on the 16th of
June at Zia's
Deli & Cafe in Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver. More than
20 people, including members, were present.
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 New Types of Media: Digital Signage
On the 6th of June, we had seminar at the Japanese restaurant
Komi Sushi in downtown Vancouver. The speaker was Ekaterina
Sytcheva. She owns the franchise of ONEXT
Media. This corporation defines the essence
of the digital signage market. At ONEXT Media they have
the formula to maximize the value of every media buying
dollar. Their distinctive HDTV digital billboard media network
reaches a highly desirable urban target audience in high-quality
environments. The ONEXT Media Network is comprised of strategically
placed digital billboards throughout North American urban
centers where your consumers eat, drink and come together.
More than 22 people were present at the Round Table. The
breakfast was served, and those who attended the event introduced
themselves and their businesses.
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How to run small business on the example of Zia's Deli and Cafe, Greater Vancouver
On April 8, 2008, the 2nd Round Table of
the VRBC took place at Zia's
Deli & Cafe in Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver. The speaker
was Mitch Grigoriev, owner of this place specializing in
Italian, Russian, and Georgian food and cuisine.
More than 20 people came to listen and ask questions about
'how to run a small business in Canada'. Many interesting
Georgian and Italian recipes were discussed
like Tiramisu.
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Running a successful company & getting the most out of your money
On March 17, 2008 a seminar was hosted entitled “HOW
TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY, AND HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT
OF YOUR MONEY”. It was a conjoint presentation
hosted by the VANCOUVER RUSSIAN BUSINESS CLUB and the
RUSSIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY, and was held at the Main Boardroom
of Financial Management (BC) Inc. on West Pender Street
in Vancouver.
The two presenters, Sergey Moshchenkov
and Hermann Luitingh described the different
forms of business enterprise, processes to be followed,
and agreements between members of a company. Sergey discussed
the different methods of raising capital, including financing
through government grants and loans and so-called “angel
investors” that provide development capital for innovative
or high risk to profit projects. He also discussed long
term investment tax-sheltering and other value-added savings
plans, pension plans for “key” persons in a business and
creditor-proofing.
Hermann then described the process of how to prevent
shareholders from triggering capital gains tax by their
death by “estate freeze rollovers”, and other measures
to preserve and protect wealth, and described the process
of making a will, power of attorney and representation
agreement, and the process of administering an estate.
The seminar was highly instructive as the method of the
seminar was in the form of questions posed to each other
so that the audience could better understand terminology
and participate. The evening was then wound down in a
lighter atmosphere of networking.
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On March 18, 2008, Director and Treasurer of he Club Mitch
Grigoriev gave an interview to the Radio
Canada International. In it he spoke about the Club,
and his cafe
and deli shop. The interview, about 15 minutes long, was broadcast on the following day.
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First Round Table Was a Success
On March, 3, 2008 in the office of the IG Investors
Group, Surrey, at 7 p.m. the first Round Table
of our club organized by the Vancouver Russian Business
Club. More than thirty participants attended the event.
Main speaker was Oleg Klenin. His presentation
was about how to do financial planning within the family.
He also introduced the audience with interesting details
on various retirement plans. Before the presentation Ekaterina
Sytcheva, the secretary and director of the Club, gave a
brief speech about the major events of the Club and introduced
its members. The article in Russian about the Round Table
was published in the newspaper Vancouver Express
on 11th of March, 2008.
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Honorary Consul of Russia Visited Business Club
On the 17th of February 2008 the Honorary Consul of Russian Federation
in British Columbia Mr. Alexander Bardin
attended the meeting of the Vancouver Russian Business Club.
The gathering took place at the Zia's
Deli & Cafe in Coquitlam (604-422-8625). Besides regular
members of the Club, some activists of the Russian-speaking
Cultural Association like Irina Jilina and Nadejda Petrova
came to the meeting. After the official part some Georgian
meals were served: chakhohbili, walnut-stuffed
eggplants, adjika, tkemali, baklava.
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 Big Event in Richmond: Club is getting More Active
On the 12th of January, 2008, at the All Nations
Church on Aldion Rd. in Richmond the regular monthly
meeting of the Club was held. The organizer of the event
was pastor Andrej Voth. More than 40 people
came to the meeting. Besides the members many businesses
owners were present. Detailed and concrete measures and
steps to make the Club's activity more vital were suggested.
After the official part the put lock party was held.
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Gala Concert in Toronto
On January 12, 2008, the Director and Treasurer
of the Vancouver Russian Business Club Mitch Grigoriev
made a trip to Toronto to participate in
the big event where more than 600 hundred Russian-speaking
businessmen too part. For the first time the existence of
the Vancouver Club became known nationwide.
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New Milestone in Russian Business in British Columbia: Vancouver Russian Business Club Became Officially Registered Organization
The history of Russian entrepreneurs’ in Vancouver,
both small and medium businesses, was marked by an outstanding
event, - the Vancouver Russian Business Club at last found
its status as a non-profit society with a registered number
and a bank account. We, Russian-speaking businessmen, after
five years of persistent attempts eventually won this organization.
Read more.
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Business Club Set-up Meeting: July 18, 2007
July 18, 2007: the constituent meting was
held at Zia's
Deli & Cafe in Coquitlam located at #16-2773 Barnet
Hwy @ Lansdowne Dr. (BCAA & Rogers Video Plaza). Representatives
and business owners, more than 20 people altogether, of
the Russian Community in Greater Vancouver
attended the first gathering where it was agreed on the
necessity to set up the Business Club. It was agreed that
the Club needs to be officially registered as a non-profit
society. The initial Board of Directors was elected.
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