b'Inside the OIRCA 2024Jason Campbell (left) and Mark Agius (right). Mark Mollison (left) and Mark Agius (right).OIRCAAnnual General Meeting The CRCA staff, from left to right: Troy Ferreira, Technical Director; Jim Facette, Executive Director; and Wendy Fraser, Technical Manager. Marinos Barlas (left) and Mark Agius (right).By Don Marks, Executive Director, OIRCAA s I write this column for the winter issue of ORN, we have just held our 2024 AnnualFor our morning business session this year, we invited representatives from our national General Meeting (AGM). I always look forward to this annual membership get together.roofing association, the Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA), to join us Once again, we met at the historic Old Mill in Toronto, which has sort of become theand provide an update on the latest national goings-on. The CRCA is in the midst of a home for this yearly event. metamorphosis of sorts. Leading that transformation is the associations newly hired exec-Of course, AGMs are very important meetings for not-for-profit organizations like ours. In addition to recapping a very busy 2023, the business of the association is mapped out for 2024.utive director, Mr. Jim Facette. Jim has worked in the not-for-profit sector since 1995 and Reports from the president, the executive director and all committee chairs provide an update onbegan his association career with the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) from what the OIRCA has achieved in the last 12 months. 1995 to 2003.The incoming president, Mr. Jason Campbell of Dean-Chandler Roofing Ltd. in Toronto,The CRCAs mission is to be the voice of the ICI roofing industry across the country, was introduced along with the new and returning members of the Board of Directors: focusing on lobbying, advocacy and outreach to the federal government, national industry Marinos Barlas, Schreiber Brothers Ltd., Hamilton groups and public building owners.Jason Campbell, Dean-Chandler Roofing Ltd., TorontoJoel Dandele, Dantech Building Technologies, Markham Jim brought with him the CRCA technical team: Wendy Fraser, Technical Manager, Mark Mollison, Conestoga Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd., Cambridge and Troy Ferreira, Technical Director. As CRCAs technical responsibility has always been David Rauth, Rauth Roofing Limited, Windsor the driving force behind the organization, Wendy and Troy provided an update on activi-The financial business of the association was also addressed with a review of the 2023 finan- ties with the CRCA National Technical Committee as well as their involvement in numer-cial statements and the 2024 budget. ous roofing industry research projects.I like to call the event our AGM Day, as we present a full day of involvement for members. We start with a morning business session, followed by an awards luncheon at noon, with the actualAttendance was great with representation from all regions of the province, as well as AGM in the afternoon. from each category of membership.24ONTARIO ROOFING NEWSISSUE 4 2023/24 THE ONLY SOURCE FOR PROFESSIONAL ICI ROOFING CONTRACTORS IN ONTARIO ORN'