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North Shore Home Based
usiness Association

Home Base
By Michael Becker

THE North Shore
Home Based /Small
Business Association is
entering its fourth year
of operation.

- The group was organized
in November 1993 by local
home-based and small busi-

ness people.

; The group’s stated objec-
tives are:
to promote the attainment
of knowledge and skills useful
to the establishment, manage-

ment and operation of small...

office and home-based _busi-
nesses; _ .

Mito enable cooperation and
collaboration between. mem-

bers:in. their. business endeav- °

ors ‘through’: group ‘marketin,

efforts“and effective “commu-"

nication; :

@ to address problems pecu-
liar to small and home-based
businesses; oe
Bto provide for networking,
mutual encouragement and
support among its members;
&@ to provide a communica-
tion link ‘and‘to help form
- “virtual entities” comprising
group members to work on
projects and commercial ini-
tiatives; :

the North Shore Home
Based /Small Business
Association contact Garfield
C. Johnson at 929-2262 or
via e-mail at vci@vciglobal.
com, or Marion Taggart at
929-8541 or via e-mail at

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Marion _Taggart@
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ees

Guy Cloutier, president and
chief executive officer of
Canadian Direct Insurance will
be addressing members of the
North Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce at 7:30 a.m. on
Thursday at Cheers Restaur-
ant, 125 East 2nd St. He will
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ance. You can find ‘out infor-
mation and you can also do

business ‘with other members

of the association.” -.

‘She estimates that: about :

150 . people belong. to’ the
association.

The businesses they repre-
sent tun the gamut from inte-
rior design, estate administra-
tion and. Internet research to

adventure trip planning, free-

lance writing and environ-
mental consulting.

The business group meets
every month. Meetings are
usually held on the- second
Thursday of every month, 7
p.m. to 10 p.m..at Mount
Seymour Lions Court, 936
Bowron Court, Deep Cove.

The next meeting is set for
Oct. 10.

At the last meeting, for
example, the group took in an
interactive presentation and

anel discussion about small
Business insurance.

Other meetings cover areas

such: as marketing, money

> management, income tax and

. the Internet.
“Membership “with, the

» group isa $3. contribution
when attending a meeting. .

For more’ information ‘on

benefit . in-

and the changing international
insurance market. Phone 987-
4488,
ees

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