b'MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRWe cant control the economic environment, but we can focusNous ne pouvons pas contrler lenvironnement conomique, on initiatives that are important to us.There are a few that aremais nous pouvons nous concentrer sur les initiatives particularly top-of-mind as we look forward to 2023. At theimportantes. Certaines sont particulirement importantestop of the list are our efforts and awareness around diversity,lapproche de lanne 2023. En tte de liste figurent nos efforts equity and inclusion. Our goal is to make CERC an open anden matire de diversit, dquit et dinclusion. Notre objectif welcoming organization to everyone. We want people to feelest de faire du CERC une organisation ouverte et accueillante a sense of belonging, where they can be their authentic selves.pour tous. Nous voulons que les gens aient un sentiment With Christopher Gordon and the committee leading the charge,dappartenance et puissent tre authentiques. AvecI know we will get there. Christopher Gordon et le comit qui mnent la charge, je sais que nous y arriverons.We also continue to focus on sustainability. We challenge ourselves on what we do, and what we can do differently. CERCNous continuons galementnous concentrer sur la durabilit. has joined forces with our colleagues at EuRA, Worldwide ERC,Nous remettons nos pratiques en question. Le CERC a uni FIDI, the Association of International Moving (AIM) and theses forcescelles de nos collgues dEuRA, Worldwide ERC, Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) to tackle thisde la FIDI, de lAssociation of International Moving (AIM) et issue together. The coalition will be a place to share thoughtsde la Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) pour and best practices and, most importantly, to challenge each other.sattaquerce problme. La coalition sera un lieu de partage The starting point is education and awareness. Stay tuned thiset, surtout, un lieu de confrontation. Le point de dpart est la year as CERC will be making a concerted effort to drive changesensibilisation. Restezlcoute cette anne, car le CERC fera and progress when it comes to this very un effort concert pour susciter des progrs dans ce domaineimportant topic. trs important.Last but not least, we need to grow! I mean this collectively.Enfin, et surtout, nous devons grandir ! Je veux dire CERC provides all of us with the opportunity to grow. Therecollectivement. Le CERC nous offre la possibilit de nous is educational and experiential growth. Volunteer for a regionaldvelopper par lducation et lexprience. Portez-vous committee or reach out to us and enquire about committeesvolontaire pour un comit rgional ou renseignez-vous sur les that could use your help. You can grow your network. You cancomits qui pourraient avoir besoin de votre aide. Vous pouvez grow your business. Together, we can help support the growth ofdvelopper votre rseau. Vous pouvez faire crotre vos affaires. CERCs Charity of Choice, Talent Beyond Boundaries (www. Ensemble, nous pouvons soutenir la croissance de lorganisme talentbeyondboundaries.org). We also need to grow the member- de bienfaisance de choix du CERC, Talent Beyond Boundaries ship and expand our community. Invite your colleagues and(www.talentbeyondboundaries.org). Nous devons galement your industry peers to one of CERCs upcoming events. Fromrecruter plus de membres. Invitez vos collgueslune des my experience, first-time attendees are blown away with theprochaines activits du CERC. Daprs mon exprience, welcoming nature of our membership. Lets all bring a friendles nouveaux participants sont poustoufls de notre accueil (or two) to the next event in your given region. Lets growchaleureux. Amenez tous un ami (ou deux)la prochaine CERC together. activit de votre rgion. Faisons grandir le CERC ensemble.The bottom line is that like any other point in history, there areLessentiel est que, commetout autre moment de lhistoire, challenges and there are opportunities.Lets focus on the oppor- il y a des dfis et des opportunits. Concentrons-nous sur les tunities, and we will deal with the challenges as they arise. opportunits, et nous ferons face aux dfis qui se prsenteront.I look forward to serving you as your chair, and wish you all aJe me rjouis de vous servir en tant que prsident du Conseil et very happy holiday season. je vous souhaitetous de trs bonnes ftes de fin danne.Roy PhelpsRoy Phelps Chair, CERC Prsidente du Conseil, CERCPERSPECTIVESPublished by: National Sales ExecutivesDirector, Business DevelopmentPerspectives examines and reportscorrectness or sufficiency of articles is published quarterly for the: Nolan Ackman, Kristine Dudar, Michael Bellon issues related to the relocationcontained herein. 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