Karma Publications' Blog Spot - Canada's Legal Support Directory - Olympic Edition - Spring 2010

As I write this I cannot help but comment on the event we have all just witnessed, the Vancouver Olympics 2010! Although the show is now over, it is worth saying and remembering what John Furlong, CEO of Vancouver Games, said in his opening remarks, in such a simple, yet moving way. In life as well as in sport, we should do our very best, and never ever give up, and he continued with, we are rich in history, visually blessed, young, yet ancient, and that the games were magic, and his proudest night. It think that it was that for many of us. We could add that we should never give up doing our best, as the athletes did and continue to do, in business as in life. And what’s more, we at Karma Publications, were so proud, that we are a country not afraid of the printed word, and that a wordsmith was invited to recite his poem, and quote from books, yes, books, the printed word, in front of 50, 000 people, and witnessed worldwide. That was a very proud moment in our country and for us! We were thinking of your directory which we were typesetting at that very moment in the history of Canada. We have been busier than ever, with many new companies and changes this edition, and although we are leaner, we are stronger and more focused, having had the advantage of serving you all now for over ten years! Imagine! We have had many new companies joining us this edition, and more to come next edition again. We know that you and all companies within our services, connect with one another through our services both in print and online, and use each other when a service is needed in another part of our country, as well as thoughout the world. As the poet Shane Koyczan said in We Are More, his poem, at the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games, each life, each person and company, is different, and creates their own tapestry, and each person makes their own success happen with their work - and with our help with their advertising. Let’s all keep doing the best we can and never give up! Keep the excitement, the inspiration and energy going, too. Read on for more news - and why not send yours next edition.

Testimonials - Process Servers Canada - Canada's Legal Support Directory - Spring 2010 Edition

“I use your publication, Canada’s Legal Support Directory, all the time. I love it - I think it’s great! All the lawyers around here call me when they need a legal support service or court information.” - Jeanine, J & J Legal Process Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, January 2010

“Those advertisements are beautiful. Thank you very much for putting in the effort for doing that for me. I appreciate it greatly. The help you have provided is more than I could have asked for.”

Claire, ESI Production Inc., E-Discovery Process, Calgary, Alberta, December 2009

“Canada’s Legal Support Directory is very fast and easy to use especially for our clients, many of whom have English as a second language and who find the web quite complex and confusing!" - Richard, Legal Self Help Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia,

October 2009

ESI Production Incorporated

Special Report from Claire Pater

As you have seen, on our cover we feature the lovely, multi-talented Claire Pater of ESI Production Incorporated, a forsensic specialist, and self professed computer geek! Read more about Claire and see her new advertisements in BC, AB, SK, and MB. In fact, Claire works in all of western Canada. I am sure you will be more than happy with her services, when you call on this very talented, and very nice lady.

See Claire on ProcessServersCanada.com with her company information.

My life goal was not to become a "capital G" Geek, but I am proud of the title. I started my career as a litigation law clerk for one of Canada's largest law firms. At that time, programs like Summation and Concordance were in their infancy. The more I worked with evidence management systems, the more exciting the technology became for me. Those who know me understand passion is what drives me. Watching evidence management technology develop instilled a yearning in me to understand how these programs worked. Fulfilling this desire required a return to school to study computer programming and databases. This exercise expanded my knowledge and helped me to make computer programs deliver the results my legal professionals were looking for. When I returned to law firms, I found that my new skills enabled me to build custom solutions for firms and that my combination of programming and litigation expertise was truly desirable. I entered the world of training as a means to share what I had learned with other litigation law clerks. I even returned to school once more to complete a Certificate in Adult Learning from the University of Calgary so that I could better facilitate in my training sessions. Ultimately, I discovered that working as part help-desk/trainer/litigation support specialist/programmer/jack-of-all IT applications was simply too many hats for me to wear. Then the onslaught of e-discovery arrived and my whole world changed. My education and work experience finally came together into one neat package. E-discovery offered me the opportunity to work with the technology that I loved and still remain fully within the realm of litigation support. The missing piece was a framework where I could accomplish this. The industry was offering people with little or no credentials at astonishing rates. This is not who I am. I greatly value education and was unable to work with people who did not share this passion. The practice of charging whatever I felt I could get away with didn’t sit right with me either. I soon learned that I needed to found my own company - and so I did. ESI Production Incorporated was started so I could realize my goals and, nearly two years later, I am proud of what has been accomplished. In that short time, ESI has become the only Canadian litigation services bureau to offer in-house EnCase certified forensic computer examiners. We have worked on several projects with one of Canada’s largest oil and gas firms and completed work with one of the world’s seven super-major oil company’s on a Securities Exchange Commission request. We delivered these projects on budget and at less than half the cost of our competitors. I am able to say that I am proud of the work we have done and how my client’s have been treated. I know they are happy not only by what they say but how they return to us again and again as other matters appear. Once ESI was founded, I knew that I had truly become a geek but I needed that "capital G" to feel that I had really, finally, found my niche. I started on the process to obtaining my EnCE (Encase Certified Computer Examiner) certification on the first day I opened my doors and, six months later, I have achieved that goal. I am now proud to call myself a Geek and feel the title was earned through hard work and simple determination. I continue to grow myself but now feel that it is more important to share my knowledge with my staff and clients and focus my efforts on learning how to run and grow a business.

In an effort to give back to the companies and communities that we work in, ESI makes every possible effort perform our project work locally. Using a network of office centres and contract employees, we do our utmost to work and hire people locally. ESI also gives back. We use 5% of our project monies towards refurbishing used computers for local, underprivileged children and whatever is left is donated to children’s charities to provide food, clothing and shelter both locally and internationally.

GTS, Global Tracing Services, Olympics, Vancouver BC, Picked For Specialized Security Services for Dignitaries

Mat Boyer, GTS, Global Tracing Solutions, tells about his special part in the Olympics. Congratulations, Mat!

Originally from Alberta, Mat was in Calgary for the 1988 Olympics.

It wasn’t until they were over that he realized how impactful the games actually were.

So he had decided if ever given the opportunity that he would put his name in the hat to be a part of them.

As luck (and reputation) would have it, he received the call to work with VANOC.

As his history spoke to his understanding of the importance of confidentiality, and Privacy matters, Mat was called to work with the Protocol Operation Centre. There he oversaw the Special Guest Program as a Coordinator of a team of volunteers.

This team essentially tracked dignitary movement to ensure the best experience possible for these high profile guests. "We also helped the venues by advising who was coming to what event and with how many.

I can’t believe how hard volunteers and the VANOC employees worked, long hours with few if any days off. The commitment to make these the best games ever, was taken very seriously. It was an honour to be chosen to work with them and to be a part of such memorable part of history.

I thought I put in long hours to make GTS-Global Tracing Solutions Ltd. a success but this just showed it on a whole other level. I was proud to wear my "blues" (VANOC) while working and my "red" (CANADA) on my days off but it’s time to get back to my Black and Orange.

"Mat sends out a special thanks to his GTS team for holding down the fort

while he worked with VANOC for the Olympics."

4th Corner Network, Inc.

Robin, Owner and legal Support Specialist of 4th Corner Network Inc. commented about the origins of his company name we are pleased to offer an explanation from him. "You asked how I decided to use the name 4th Corner. It has worked out well in several ways but it was just luck. When I started, almost 32 years ago, I heard local people refer to the Bellingham area as the 4th corner. The meaning comes from looking at a map of the US and the State of Washington. Bellingham is in the upper left hand corner of each of them. Historically this area was the last "corner" of the US to be settled by Europeans. I picked up on it that was all there was to it. At the time I never gave any thought about where it would appear on lists." Robin K Mullins 4th Corner Network, Inc. 110 Prospect St. Bellingham, WA 98225 360-671-2455 or 800-321-2455 Fax 360-734-1286 or 888-861-0287 robin@4thcorner.com - http://www.4thcorner.com - http://www.processserverscanada.com/websites/4thcornernetworkprocess.html - http://www.c4pse.com

New Companies on Canada's Legal Support Directory | Spring Edition 2010

Welcome To Our New Members - New Business Connections

British Columbia

Boundary Security Services Ltd. Grand Forks/ Lyle

West Coast Title Search Ltd. Vancouver/ Victoria /Cynthia

Okanagan Process Servers - Vernon/ Kelowna /John

Alberta

Corporate Intelligence & Protection Fort McMurray/ Colin

ESI Production Incorporated Calgary / Edmonton /Claire

Ouellette Court Reporting Services Calgary/ Carolyn

Saskatchewan

Direct Bailiff & Investigations Prince Albert/ Kirk

Ontario

Accurate Word Processing /Richmond Hill /Linda

The Process Serving Group Inc. /Newmarket/ Michael

Quebec

Etude Lessard & Associates, Hussiers of Justice /Val d’Or - Andre

Saulnier Robillard Bailiff Services/ Montreal /Pascal

USA & International

Washington

4th Corner Network Inc. /Bellingham /Robin

India

India Process Servers - New Delhi - Rajeev

New Full Page Advertisements and New Listings

ESI Production Incorporated, along with several Business Card Advertisements

SLR Saulnier Robilard Huissiers de Justice, along

with a Tile Advertisement.

Ron Singer Services - many new Listings and Tile Advertisements

Calgary Document Service, Dye & Durham,

Lormit Personal Services, and Kootenay Columbia Collections & Bailiff Services

all have New Logos on our Home Page at ProcessServersCanada.com

KCCBS also joins us with her Logo, along with GTS, Wolfco Bailiffs,

WNS Process Service, Sedserver, and Calgary Document ,

in our prime location on Canada's Legal Support Directory's cover.

Lormit Personal Services has pride of place on our Back Cover.

A Bit of Fun - Red Tape Tidbits

From Tim Haworth, Lormit Personal Services

Here is a joke that I really enjoy and have told many times. 5 year old Johnny and his 4 year old brother, Billy, were upstairs one week day morning getting ready for Billy and Mommy to take Johnny to morning kindergarten. Johnny said, "Billy, you and I are getting to be big boys now and I think its time we starting cussing. When we go downstairs for breakfast I'm going to use the word hell and you use the word ass. O.K.?" "O.K.", said Billy, with a thumbs up. A few moments later Mom called up, "Boys, hurry along were going to be late." The boys came downstairs and saddled up on the stools at the kitchen island. "What would you like for breakfast Johnny?", asked Mom. "What the hell, I think I'll have Cheerios.", replied Johnny, who, upon catching sight of the back of his mothers hand out of the corner of his eye, quickly jerked back, doing a miraculous full summersault off the stool and landing on his feet. He was, however, facing the wrong way and by the time he had turned and began running towards the stairs his mother had rounded the Island and was hot on his heels. She caught him on the first step and was able to smack his butt for the next five steps before he gained the sanctuary of his room. Mom returned to the kitchen and regaining her composure said, "Billy, what would you like for breakfast?" "Oh I dunno," said Billy, "but you can bet your fat ass it won't be Cheerios!"