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PASS Opens its new Corporate Office in Kelowna in Kettle Valley

#203-5309 Main Street, Kelowna, BC 

Claire Burns, Director and Manager of Administration, direct phone numbers for the new office are:

 250.764.1147 or 1.888.764.1628

Still the best numbers to use are original corporate numbers:          

                        250.764.1190 or 1.800.764.1628 

(Please note our mailing address remains)

1490 Appleridge Road Kelowna BC V1W 3A5

John Lawson, PASS Inc. Director, Officially Opens

the new Corporate Office of PASS Inc.

Claire, Jim and John

John, ensuring the listing of

 the office is correctly titled.

New PASS Consultant

 Mike Gajdos is our newest consultant and was born and raised in Montréal, Québec and is fluent in French, English and Hungarian.

His main consulting engagement will be for Xstrata Copper’s Horne Smelter located in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada.

PASS has been introduced to

Four New Underground Projects with Cementation Canada

Coleman Shaft Project - Sudbury, Ontario

Nickel Rim Lateral Development Project - Sudbury, Ontario

Totten Mine - Sudbury, Ontario

Afton Mine - Kamloops, BC

Link to Cementation Website

            Two New Clients: Xstrata Copper

Kidd Creek Mine Site                           Kidd Creek Met Site

       Located in Timmins Ontario Canada

PASS Master's Course

Another successful PASS Master's Course was recently completed (May 07) in Kelowna, BC, Canada.  The course participants were:

Kim Barney and Barry Federchuk of

Kidd Mine, Xstrata Copper

Mohammed Molavi, Rob Wagner, Rick Langley &

Dave McGowan of Diavik Diamonds, Rio Tinto

Fred Highfield, Vince Doyle, George Coulis & Kevin Mihalicz

of Cementation Canada

John Harvey & Chuck Arlauskis of

Kidd Metalurgical, Xstrata Copper

Christy Willett, Ramin Nann and Mike Gajdos

of PASS Inc.

"What a Great Group to work with"

                                            Jim Burns

The course was presented by Jim Burns with the assistance of Claire Burns and Christy Willett of PASS Inc.   

        PASS Master's Course

 This extensive course is designed to provide PASS Organizations with Internal Expertise and Independence that will allow them to: Implement, Establish and Support the PASS Process; Teach the various PASS Courses; therefore, significantly reducing the involvement of the PASS Consultant.  This Interactive course devotes three days to the PASS Process and four days to the Psychological Foundations of PASS and the Role of the Internal Consultant.  

Psychological Areas to be covered are: Positive Reinforcement; Learned Helplessness; Conditioning; Motivation; Positive Visible Leadership; Types of Conflicts; Communications; etc.

Consulting Areas to be covered are: Style Shift Supervision; Project Management; Key Personnel Roles; Role of a Change Agent; etc.

When (next course): 

October 16^th (Tues) to October 24^th (Wed) 2007; Seven-day Course with evening and weekend work

Where: Kelowna, BC, Canada (Link to Kelowna, BC Website) at the lakefront Eldorado Hotel  (Link to Eldorado Hotel); Special Room Rates (Deluxe Mountainview)

Participants requirements:

þ     Excellent Presentation and Interpersonal Skills

þ     Good Credibility with their organization and Line-Management

      experience

þ     Expected to Teach, Coach and Monitor PASS at their Site

þ     Exposure to other Safety Systems:  both Traditional and

      Behavioural/Attitudinal Systems

þ     Competent with MS Power Point and computer software in general

Registration or for further information contact:  Claire Burns, Administration Manager, PASS Inc., at: Phone:  1.250.764.1190;

(Toll Free Numbers):  1.800.764.1628 (North America); 1.800.150.682 (Australia); 0.800.446.241 (New Zealand); or email cburns@passinc.net        

Vic Seedwell buys the PASS Franchise

for Peru and Chile

Victor C. Seedwell  

Vic has extensive natural resource experience with an educational background in mechanical engineering. He has worked with numerous multinational companies in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Argentina. For over ten years, he has been working with the PASS Process and has implemented the process in numerous operations throughout Australia, Asia and South America.  

Previous to purchasing the PASS Indonesia (1997) and Argentina (2002) Franchises, he was the Managing Director of PASS Australia. He currently lives in Indonesia, speaks several languages and has an excellent understanding of the many different cultures. 

On October 17, 2003, the Governor-General of Australia awarded Vic Seedwell the medal of the 'Order of Australia' (OAM) for his distinguished humanitarian service regarding the assistance he provided after the Bali Bombing.

See the Biographies webpage for contact details.

The Lady with a Positive Attitude

PASS Inc. is proud to have assisted Kim Froom, from Kelowna, with her expenses when she competed on behalf of Canada at the 2006 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Canberra, Australia.

Kim has been in the fitness industry, as an athlete and trainer for close to 20 years. An avid runner and triathlete, Kim brings her dedication to achieving personal goals to her profession and dedicates herself to assisting others to achieve their goals. She has delivered motivational presentations to many groups and brings that same "get active" message to her clients.  From seniors to students, recreational athletes to hockey players, Kim works to assess and create programs designed for success.

In 2006, Kim was honoured by British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association when she was selected as their program director if the Year as Kim has been involved in the creation of several innovative programs.  Kim also mentors new BCRPA leaders and supports existing leaders by continually offering educational workshops and courses. Along with her staff team, Kim often presents workshops for local business and associations and is involved with various community events.

She can be contacted @ 1.250.860.3456 or alckelowna@shaw.ca 

 PASS Inc. now offers to its clients...

Absolute Safety Habits (ASH) Workshops

The Objective of these workshops (four ASH workshops were recently held at BHP Billiton Ekati Diamond Mine, see photo below) are to tap into the Experience and Knowledge of ‘Peer Appointed’ Team Members and their Positive Safety Approach to all of their Job tasks.  We draw on the 'Safest Individuals' from all areas of the operation.

The end result is booklets that share their individual and group Safety advice with everyone on site.  Hopefully the Bullet format will help create some positive discussions and enhance your Safety Huddles by reading one bullet at each Huddle (“end with a note of encouragement”).

We would like thank the many Ekati employees and the Site Contractors who participated in the four Workshops presented by Jim Burns and Christy Willett.

If you are interested in PASS franchise opportunities please contact: 
Jim Burns