Janice D. Byer, CCVA, MVA
Elayne Whitfield, CCVA, MVA, PREVA

If you would like to volunteer on a specific committee, please contact the Director of that committee.

Steering Committee Directors & Descriptions

Founding Members / CVAC Directors:
Janice D. Byer, CCVA, MVA ~ Docu-Type Administrative & Web Services

Elayne Whitfield, CCVA, MVA, PREVA ~ Executive Assistance

Executive Directors:
Janice D. Byer, CCVA, MVA ~ Docu-Type Administrative & Web Services
Elayne Whitfield, CCVA, MVA, PREVA ~ Executive Assistance

Executive Board Secretary:
Dianne Coville ~ Alternative Office Assistance

Yahoo List Committee:
Director of Yahoo Lists
Janice D. Byer, CCVA, MVA ~ Docu-Type Administrative & Web Services

Committee Description: The Yahoo List Committee will strive to maintain the various email discussion and announcement lists associated with CVAC. These goals will be accomplished by working together to ensure that the correct emails for each member are up to date; ensuring that none of our members emails are bouncing; making any necessary changes to existing email information; entering all new members into the main discussion list and full members also into the announcement list; etc.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made to assist in the above tasks that are required (or added) to keep all members up to date and in communication with other members. Also, to act as a backup for the Director in ensuring complete and accurate information is inputted or changed on a timely basis.

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CCVA Certifications Committee:
Director of CCVA Certifications
Elayne Whitfield, CCVA, MVA, PREVA ~ Executive Assistance

Committee Description: CCVA Certification Committee will oversee the certification process of VAs. We will put together a group of qualified VAs to access and evaluate all applications. We will notify successful applicants and advice and mentor unsuccessful applicants. We will send out awards and award announcements to the CVAC list.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made to help with this committee. Anyone interested in helping to evaluate applicants for the CCVA Certification. Please list your experience etc. and explain why you believe that you would be a good evaluator.

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Member Liaison Committee:
Director of Member Liaison

Committee Description: The Member Liaison Committee will strive to maintain open communication and a supportive environment for existing members and assist in recruiting new members to the CVAC team. These goals will be accomplished by: researching existing virtual assistants country-wide in the areas of word processing, desktop publishing, administrative or secretarial, and then contacting them to join CVAC if they are not yet members; researching VA networking organizations and contacting members to tell them about CVAC; researching newspapers, magazines and other periodicals for articles about potential VA. members; acting as a contact to CVAC members who wish to express ideas and suggestions and passing these along to the Executive Committee; maintaining birthday calendar and sending out email birthday greetings on behalf of CVAC, sending welcome letters to new members on behalf of CVAC; liaising closely with the Chapter Director and Public Relations Director in areas we can work together to achieve mutual goals.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made in the following areas to help the Member Liaison Committee fulfill its goals: ideally a volunteer from each province; researching and seeking potential members; assisting in recruiting new members to CVAC; sending welcome letters to new members.

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Web Content/Technical Committee:
Director of Web Content
Caley Walsh ~ Assisting 4 U, Virtual Assistance

Committee Description: The CVAC Web Content Committee will oversee the addition of all new content into the CVAC Web site, as well as work toward enhancing the scope of the Web site. The Web Content Committee will also be closely involved with directions and plans to enhance the design (front end) and structure (back end) of the Web site to ensure that it can be used as a valuable tool by members, clients and potential clients. It is our goal that CVAC.ca will be recognized world wide as an industry standard portal for all aspects of the VA profession, and the Web Content Committee will play an important role in achieving this goal.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made in the following areas to help the Web Content Committee fulfill its goals:

Internet Marketing Committee:
Director of Internet Marketing
Tawnya Sutherland - Mediamage Business Solutions

Committee Description: The CVAC Internet Marketing Committee will implement and oversee an online marketing plan for the CVAC Web site. Our goals will be to increase traffic to the website to help further promote CVAC. To increase awareness of the CVAC website in the search engines and other networks online.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made in the following areas to help the Web Content Committee fulfill its goals:

to assist with research to keep abreast of new internet marketing trends in the industry to implement in order to further help promote the CVAC website online;
to assist with a backlink strategy to increase link popularity of the CVAC website;
to provide skills in search engine optimization (HTML knowledge required);
to help setup, implement and maintain an online advertising strategy for the CVAC website.

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Social Media Marketing Committee:
Director of Social Media Marketing
Diane Coville - Alternative Office Assistance

Committee Description: Social Media Marketing (such as Facebook, Twitter and others) will grow at unprecedented rates during the coming years, according to internet experts, as more and more businesses seek to leverage this powerful new marketing channel. CVAC will be right there utilizing all the most up-to-date social networking forums. This committee will organize and manage CVAC's blog as well as our presence on the social networks to help gain exposure for the organization and all of its members.

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Committee Description: The CVAC PR Committee is committed to enhancing the profile of VAs in Canada and the CVAC organization. In order to achieve this the committee will work together to get media attention at the local and national level throughout Canada. The overall desire of the PR Committee is twofold, first to increase membership in CVAC by increasing awareness of the organization and secondly to get our profession recognized by potential clients and make them aware of the benefits of using a VA to enhance their own business potential.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made in the following areas to help the PR Committee fulfill its goals:

Event & Planning Committee:
Director of Events
Michelle Medd ~ Administrative Essentials

J. Liz Saunders ~ The Virtual Alternative

Committee Description: The CVAC Events and Planning Committee is committed to handling the events such as luncheons, conventions and major get-togethers of CVAC for the Provinces of Canada. The Coordinator will compile submitted events from each Provincial Chapter Coordinator, and along with this committee will organize and plan the function to the best of their ability. I see this coordinator needing someone from each province to help with the planning and ensuring that each event runs smoothly. So....

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made to help this committee provide the membership with memorable and educational events. Details of what this will involve will be established as both this committee and CVAC grow.

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Newsletter Committee:
Newsletter Chair
Caroline Jarzabek ~ CMJ Virtual Office Manager

Assistant Editors:
Karen Bowman ~ West Coast Way Consulting

Committee Description: The CVAC Newsletter Committee is committed to providing timely news concerning CVAC members across Canada as well as tips and articles of interest and relevance to our membership. A committee will be established to compile content.

At this time a call for committee volunteers is being made in the following areas to help the Newsletter Committee fill its goals:

Committee Description: Organize and maintain CVAC's RFP services including following up with clients and hired VAs.

Committee Description: The CVAC Webinar Committee is committed to providing CVAC members and all those interested in information and guidance in the form of online classes on various subjects. The committee will work together to establish which subjects there is a need to cover as well as the most cost effective form of presenting the subjects online.

Committee Description: The Affiliate Marketing Committee works at coordinating CVAC�s affiliate relationships by identifying potential website partners, approaching and negotiating deal terms, and managing relationships with affiliate programs. They also manage the CVAC affiliate program by ensuring accounts are set up for each CVAC item and manage data of supporting affiliates.

Volunteer Committee:

Committee Description: We are always on the lookout for volunteers to help out with the many tasks that take up our time. It is the sole responsilbility of the Volunteer Committee to constantly be on the look out for volunteers and assign them to the proper committees

Committee Description: The CVAC Mentoring Program is committed to providing professional mentoring services to new and aspiring VA�s who are looking for guidance to get started in this industry. The Chair is responsible for the management aspects of the program, including recruiting new Mentors and inviting new VA�s to join the mentoring program.

At this time, a call for Mentors is being made to help fill the needs of these new VA�s. This program will continue to grow as new individuals join CVAC.

CVAC Executive Directors and Steering Committee

Steering Committee Directors & Descriptions

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