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PCC
Who We Are
How We Operate
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by the Poplar Council of Canada
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Who
We Are
The Poplar Council of Canada (PCC) is a national
non-profit organization committed to the wise use, conservation
and sustainable management of Canada's poplar resources.
The work of PCC is governed and carried out
by an elected Board of Directors
assisted by two part-time staff persons:
Board
of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of:
The Board coordinates the programs and services
of the PCC. Members of the PCC Board of Directors come from diverse
forest-related backgrounds and bring with them different skills
and experiences.
The Board has established several Working
Groups from the membership of the PCC to deal with specific
scientific and technical issues.
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Front row (L-R): Bill Schroeder, Annie Desrochers,
Grant Harrison, Barb Thomas, Jim Richardson, Jared Leboldus.
Back row: Pierre Périnet, Ken van Rees, John Doornbos,
Dan Carson, Cees van Oosten
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Executive
Council
The current Executive Council of the Poplar Council
of Canada is as follows:
| Chairperson
Barb Thomas
Genstat Consulting
Edmonton, Alberta
Email: chair@poplar.ca |
Past Chair
John Doornbos
Canadian Forest Service
Edmonton, Alberta
Email: pastchair@poplar.ca |
| Vice-chair
West Cees van Oosten
SilviConsult Woody Crops Technology Inc.
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Email: silviconsult@telus.net |
Vice-chair
East Annie Desrochers
Université du Québec en Abitibi- Témiscamingue
Rouyn-Noranda (Qué.)
Email: annie.desrochers@uqat.ca |
Secretary - Treasurer
Dan Carson
Kruger Products
New Westminster, BC
Email: dan.carson@krugerproducts.ca |
Executive Assistant
Deb Brenton
Poplar Council of Canada
Office of the Secretariat
Email: poplar@poplar.ca |
Technical
Director
Jim Richardson
Ottawa, Ontario
Email: postmaster@poplar.ca
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Working Groups
From among the PCC membership, the Board of Directors
has established several Working Groups to focus on specific scientific
and technical issues. The primary contact for each Working Group
is as follows:
Directors
at large
The Board also has several members at large without
specific roles or responsibilities other than to broaden the Board
representation from the poplar and willow sector. Current Directors
at large are:
Executive
Assistant
Deb Brenton is the part-time Executive Assistant
for the Council. She works out of the Canadian Forest Service
office in Edmonton and does the following for the PCC:
- looks after membership services
- coordinates permanent files and membership
lists
- maintains a library of technical information
- administers the financial affairs of the Council
- handles information requests
- prepares agendas and records minutes for meetings
- prepares the information and setup of the newsletter
- coordinates all PCC mailings
Deb also does other general office functions.
Technical Director
Prior to his retirement in March 1997, Jim Richardson,
the Council's Technical Director, worked for 32 years with CFS,
initially as a silviculture researcher in Newfoundland, and latterly
as senior science coordinator with Science Branch where he managed
a number of operational research support programs, including the
ENFOR Program of forest bioenergy R & D. Jim has been a member
of the Poplar Council since 1985, and has been a member of the
Board of Directors for most of that time. He served as chair from
1992 to 1996. Jim is also active with the International Poplar
Commission and has represented Canada on its Executive Committee
since 1992.
The Technical Director helps promote awareness
and support for the Council through:
- improving membership services
- working to increase membership
- representing PCC at trade shows
and
- developing contract and partnership opportunities
for PCC to further its objectives
How We Operate
PCC has an elected board of directors and an executive
council which coordinate programs and services. The Board meets
several times a year, in person or by teleconference. View
PCC by-laws (rev. Sep 2009).
Members receive the newsletter, meeting notices,
special publications, and annual reports.
Services
Provided by the Poplar Council of Canada
The information and services provided by the PCC
cover all aspects of the poplar and willow resource. We undertake
studies and review of poplar resources, management and utilization
and have an excellent base of information and expertise in our
members' and data sources.
We provide the following types of information
and services:
Poplar Council
of Canada Newsletter
The newsletter is usually published twice each
year with highlights from coast to coast, special research notes,
member profiles, and general interest articles.
The current issue of the PCC Newsletter is available
to PCC members in the !
password-access Members Only
section. If you are not a member of the PCC, you can read the
most recent back issues.
Reports
and Publications
Special publications, annual meeting proceedings,
field tours, and workshops are among the activities arranged by
the PCC and its members. Some publications
are available on this site.
Research
We assist in the process of research on poplar
issues through contract administration, lobbying for funding,
member contacts, and technological committees to evaluate projects
and knowledge gaps. Although not a research agency, the PCC regularly
publishes current information from research for its members.
Through Alberta Pacific Forest Industries, PCC
supplied cuttings of poplar plus trees (Populus deltoides and
P. trichocarpa) for a tree breeding and planting program in northern
China. This was under an FAO project with Belgian involvement.
International
We are a full member of the International Poplar
Commission and participate in their meetings and elected boards
of officials. We also maintain very close linkages with the Poplar
Council of the U.S. and hold joint meetings every few years.
PCC, as Canada's national 'poplar commission',
is involved with the International Poplar Commission (IPC), which
is a Statutory Body of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations. Through IPC, PCC has links with poplar
and willow scientists throughout the world. PCC has copies available
of the IPC Directory of Poplar and Willow Scientists. Several
PCC members are actively involved in the work of the Executive
Committee and Working Parties of IPC.
The 21st Session of the IPC took place in the Pacific
Northwest in September 2000, hosted jointly by the Poplar Council
of the US and PCC. The 22nd Session took place in Santiago, Chile
in November-December 2004. The 23rd Session took place in Beijing,
China in late November 2008.
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