BC NOTARIES
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Roy Spires Nanoose Bay, BC
M
y brief but enjoyable career as a BC Notary commenced with the Master of Arts in Applied Legal Studies program at SFU.
It ended, by choice, after a single year of practice on Vancouver Island. I entered the program in the twilight of my global finance career with the specific objective of creating a practice in the community to which I planned to return after my last corporate assignment in Bermuda (2007 through 2011).
Despite the brevity of my association, it was filled with many great moments and wonderful people. I did not wish to change, could not compete with the economics and controllable time commitment of a consulting practice in my former field of international banking/finance. The ability to better manage my time would also allow me to follow another lifelong ambition—writing novels.
For lifestyle reasons, I decided to limit my areas of practice and not conduct any conveyancing—the bread and butter of most BC Notary practices, with its associated and often uncontrollable deadlines.
After a discussion with CEO/ Secretary Wayne Braid on the limited options available and with quite some reluctance on my part, given the educational and financial commitment I had made, I hung up my Seal after one short year.
The economics in very quiet Nanoose Bay were challenging. It quickly became apparent that the structure of my Notary practice, which
Despite the brevity of my association, it was filled with many great moments and wonderful people. The members of my cohort
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were, without exception, a very fine group. Of particular note and with no disrespect to any of the others, Kristy Martin, Nelson Diaz, Cam Sherk, and Lukasz Muc were all instrumental in my achievements at SFU. I am delighted to see they have all since gone on to successful BC Notary practices of their own. During my practicum period, I also had the good fortune to work in the office of Nanaimo Notary Tiah Workman and Parksville Notary Daryl McLane. Whether they enjoyed it as much as I did as they tried to impart their years of knowledge in as short a time as possible, I do not know; safe to say from my side, it was time well spent.
Tiah Workman
Daryl McLane
Volume 26 Number 3 Fall 2017
