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iCompass attends the Alberta Small Communities Conference

  

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At the end of May this year I attended the Alberta Small Communities Conference (ABSCC) in Mannville, AB. Being that it was my first time North of Red Deer, the travel to get to Mannville was an interesting experience on its own and it SNOWED the whole time!

The purpose of the ABSCC was to provide representatives from each of Alberta’s Small Communities with a population of 2,500 or less a venue to get together and seek solutions on common issues and share positive experiences and knowledge. I have to say, I wasn’t sure what to expect going into the conference but once there I was pleasantly surprised by how well the conference was put on and how friendly everyone was! This conference was a great opportunity for me to meet with a number of representatives from all over Alberta and I definitely gained a new respect for all municipal workers at smaller municipalities.

My conversations with the people that I met have gone long past the conference and with every new person that I meet with it becomes even more evident that the smaller municipalities really have many of the same responsibilities of their counterparts in larger municipalities. The biggest difference? The smaller municipalities usually have less resources and funds in order to help deal with these challenges. This definitely gives me a new perspective on the roles of municipal workers and I feel that further understanding the challenges of our customers, of all sizes, will only help me better serve the hundreds of organizations that I work with.

Tara Holdbrook, Sales Consultant