b'Message from the ChairMessage de la prsidente du ConseilCharlotte ChristophersenB y this time, I know we may all be a little weary of seeingJ e sais que nous sommes peut-tre tous un peu fatigus one more piece on COVID and what we can do tode voir un autre article sur la COVID et sur ce que make ourselves, our closets, or our workplace better.nous pouvons faire pour nous amliorer. Ce nest pas That is not my intention with this message!mon intention !It is my intention, however, to ask you to give someMa vritable intention, cependant, est de vous inviterthought to CERC and reflect on our organization. CERC was firstrflchir sur le CERC. Il a t fond en 1982 en rponsela founded back in 1982 as a corporate response to the Canadianmodification des rgles fiscales sur les prts au logement. Nous government amending tax rules on housing loans. We are ansommes une organisation cre pour aider nos entreprises organization established to help our corporate members lobbymembresfaire pression ensemble. Les cinq socits fondatrices together as a collective group. The five founding corporationsont reconnu quelles taient mieux ensemble et quelles auraient recognized they were better together and would make a muchun impact beaucoup plus fort si elles unifiaient leur message.stronger impact on the industry if unified in their messaging.Nous nous trouvons aujourdhui dans une situation trs similaire. We find ourselves today in a very similar situation. We are still aNous sommes toujours un groupe de membres qui reconnaissent group of members who recognize the benefits of being united. Asles avantages dtre unis. Je pense en fait que nous sommes main-someone who works with both corporate and supplier members,tenant plus forts parce que nous avons lavantage supplmentaire I actually think were now stronger and more unified because wede nous identifierde multiples points de vue et de rassembler have the additional benefit of identifying with multiple viewpointsdes ides stratgiquestravers des perspectives distinctes.and gathering strategic ideas across distinct perspectives.Aprs un an dimpact svre de la COVID, il est temps daller After a year of being so severely impacted by COVID, it is time tode lavant. Nous ne savons toujours pasquoi ressemble la move forward. We still do not know what the new normal looks nouvelle normalit , mais je crois que cest Helen Keller qui a like, but I believe it was Helen Keller who said: When one doordit :Quand une porte du bonheur se ferme, une autre souvre ; of happiness closes, anothermais souvent nous regardons opens, but often we look sosi longtemps la porte ferme long at the closed door that weque nous ne voyons pas la do not see the one which hasporte ouverte. been opened for us.Cela reflte bien la situa-This is a good reflection oftion actuelle. Il ny a plus where we are now. There isde raison de fixer la porte no longer a reason to wish weferme. Nous nous tournons were still behind the closedvers lavenir et le CERC door. We are now lookingessaie de trouver de nouvelles ahead, and CERC, like sofaons dtre pertinent, de many non-profit organizations,comprendre ce que nos is trying to come up with newmembres veulent et doffrir ways to be relevant, under- des conditions acceptables, stand what our members want,tout en restant financirement and deliver on terms that arehttps://vimeo.com/491286970 viable. En janvier, lorsque le acceptableall while stillConseil dadministration du remaining financially viable.CERC sest runi pour une In January, when the CERCdemi-journe de travail, nous Board met for a half-daynous sommes donn pour working session, we taskedtche dlargir notre rflexion ourselves with broadening our thinking about our organization,sur notre organisationen rflchissant non seulementce qui reflecting not only on what is behind the closed door, but what isse trouve derrire la porte ferme, mais aussice qui est ouvert et open and available to us. disponible pour nous.CERC has been busy over the last six months. A new charityLe CERC a t trs occup au cours des six derniers mois. Une was introduced with a very successful silent auction raisingnouvelle organisation caritative a t lance, avec une vente aux over $8,000, and there have been several trivia challenges andenchres silencieuse trs russie qui a permis de rcolter plus other opportunities for networking, as well as webinars on datade 8 000 dollars. Plusieurs jeux-concours et autres possibilits privacy and protection, virtual working and mental health forde rseautage ont t organiss, ainsi que des webinaires sur la 6PERSPECTIVES Spring 2021'