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January 2012
President's Comments
by Steve Weitekamp
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Happy New Year! 2012 is upon us, and now is the time to
prepare for the year ahead.
CMSA continues to focus on the work required to serve our
members and to be a valued resource. In the first days of
January, your Association emailed the principal contact of
each member company a CMSA Membership Certificate in a PDF
format. Along with the certificate was information and links
to our upcoming Independent Contractors Seminars, February
21st and 23rd, as well as our 94th Annual CMSA Convention on
April 10-15 in Sparks, NV. Your Board was enthusiastic about
the opportunity to provide members with an annual membership
certificate in an electronic format. We hope that you will
print copies for your office and utilize this document as a
physical and/or electronic attachment to bids or any
opportunities to promote your membership in our professional
Association to your potential new and existing customers and
the moving public. If you have not seen a copy of your
company’s membership certificate, and want to make it a part
of your sales process, please check with your office or call
CMSA to see who in your company received the email.
We are bombarded by change and our business success can be
enhanced by our ability to adapt and learn new things.
Social media and marketing continue to grow and play an ever
more prominent role in our culture. Over the holidays, I
dedicated time to the Twitter social media platform. I
wanted to learn about the culture of Twitter and the how’s
and when’s of the tweeting community. It is a learning
process, but I see value in the service and have connected
with valuable resources. If you already have an account,
follow me @ cmsa1 and, if you haven’t visited the site, it
is definitely worth a look.
One of the more difficult aspects of the passing of time,
more frequently considered with the ending of one year and
the beginning of another, is the reality that people about
whom we care and rely on, pass in and out of our lives
regardless of our desires or plans. CMSA staffer Mary Scott
decided she would end her work career in the final days of
2011 and begin a new phase of her life, centered on family
and friends in the new year. Over the past two years, Mary
was successful in ensuring that CMSA’s financial records and
receivables were professionally managed, and she leaves us
in a good position. It is clear to all that Mary was a
valued member of our team, and will be missed. CMSA and I
are grateful to Mary for her service and care for the
Association and its members.
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