By Corey Fischer

Boardroom Gets $400,000 Upgrade

Mar 7, 2018 | 5:09 PM

The Regional District of North Okanagan boardroom has been brought up to modern standards.

The meeting facility has received about 400-thousand dollars in technology and communication upgrades after a two month project.

Deputy corporate officer Paddy Juniper says the audio-visual system is the biggest improvement, including several big screen monitors.

“We brought MQN (Architects) in who did an analysis of the viewing and set up the four monitors, so it really improves the viewing quality for the participants and the sound quality for the attendees,” Juniper told CJIB at Wednesday’s grand opening of the room.

It was the first upgrade to the board room since the building opened 29 years ago.

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Juniper says it brings the technology forward 30 years — and also creates room for future growth of the board with room for 18 seats.

“We have 14 directors and two staff, so we designed this for growth because we do expect that, in the future, we will have First Nationals participation and another board director.”

Old boardroom

Board chair Bob Fleming says he’s impressed with how it looks, and was looking forward to trying it out at the Wednesday’s meeting.

“We had a huge deficit before in the audio visual side of things, both for the directors and for anybody in the audience and anyone that was presenting to us. it was difficult for directors to see and hear, and there’s been a huge improvement in that,” says Fleming.

The room also had room for three media, and for staff members, both at the back.

Fleming says public seating is about the same as before.

“There is little bit of extra accommodation for the public. There is ways we can reconfigure so there is more standing room, if necessary, but for a large gathering, we’re basically as limited as we were before.”

Fleming says the work is 98 percent done with fittings, electrical, and audio visual items still to be completed.

New boardroom

by Corey Fischer