b'Message from the PresidentMessage du prsidentStephen CryneO ur 37th national conference in Niagara Falls wasN otre 37e confrence nationaleNiagara Falls a a resounding success. On behalf of all CERCconnu un succs retentissant. Au nom de tous les members I extend our sincere gratitude to Effiemembres du CERC, je tiensexprimer notre grati-Kakoutis of IBM and her team for their dedicationtudeEffie Kakoutis, dIBM, etson comit orga-to delivering a remarkable conference. Delegatesnisateur. Les dlgus ont accord une bonne noterated the value of the conference favourably, with high markscet vnement pour lducation et la croissance professionnelle for education and professional and personal growth.et personnelle. Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors for your supportMercinos commanditaires et exposants pour leur soutien and to the speakers and delegates who contributed to theet merci aux confrenciers et dlgus qui ont contribu au knowledge sharing and problem solving over the course ofpartage des connaissances durant ces deux journes. La barre the two days. The bar has once again been raised and wea encore une fois t place plus haut et nous attendons avec look forward to another exciting conference in Vancouverimpatience une autre confrence passionnanteVancouver en next September.septembre prochain. As I reflect on the conference there are many poignantLun des moments les plus touchants de la confrence a t le moments but one that stood out was the message from ourmessage de notre confrencire principale, Cheryl Cran, qui keynote speaker Cheryl Cran. While Cheryl covered thenous a tous encouragsrepenser la faon dont nous pouvons landscape of change and disruption taking place in our world,partager nos connaissances. Comme elle la dit, nous devons she knitted that to the importance of the mobility industry andfaire connatre aux autres limportance de notre industrie encouraged all of us to rethink how we can share knowledge.et mmele crier sur les toits . Comme la soulign la nouvelle As she put it, we need to let others know about the importanceprsidente du Conseil dadministration, Ann Stafford, dans sa of our industry; we need to shout it from the rooftops. As notedchronique, la mobilit estsexy . Notre industrie connat des by our new board chair Ann Stafford in her column, mobilityannes passionnantes et nous devrions tous en tre fiers !is sexy. Its an exciting time to work in this industry and we should all proudly share that! Je tiensremercier sincrement les administrateurs qui ont I would like to extend a sincere thank you to those directorstermin leur mandat au Conseil dadministration du CERC who completed their terms on the CERC Board of Directorsen septembre.Mirela Marin, de Manuvie, merci dtre in September. To Mirela Marin of Manulife, thank you fortoujours prteparler du CERC et de la valeur stratgique de always stepping up to speak about CERC and the strategicla mobilit !Fred Haladay dAtlas Canada, nous ne saurions value of mobility at every turn. To Fred Haladay of Atlastrop vous remercier pour le leadership dont vous avez fait Canada, we cant thank you enough for the leadership youpreuve au sein du Conseil dadministration. Comme tous brought to the board challenging our thinking and helping toceux qui ont servi avant vous, vous avez laiss une impression guide our future. As with all of those who served before you,durable sur le CERC. Je suis trs heureux daccueillir nos you have left a lasting a lasting impression on CERC. I amnouveaux administrateurs et jai htenotre sance de excited to have our new slate of directors on board and lookplanification stratgique de janvier 2020. Pour en savoir plus forward to our strategic planning session in January 2020. Tosur les nouveaux administrateurs, veuillez vous reporterla read more about the new directors please see page 23. page 23.PERSPECTIVESPublished by: Sales ExecutivesDirector, Business Developmentemployees and the organizationsreceive one annual subscription with is published quarterly for the: Gary Fustey, Dawn Stokes, Jack Smith,Michael Bellthat provide support services. Thetheir membership dues. 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