From the President's Desk

November 2024

Greetings CALL/ACBD members,

The Executive Board Retreat took place November 1 & 2, 2024 in Toronto. The board had a very productive two days to review Committee and SIG reports, the 2025 conference, budget requests, and our Strategic Plan. Many thanks to the Committee and SIG Chairs and Co-Chairs for submitting interim reports and budget requests. This information will assist the Board in setting priorities and goals.

I hope you found the CALL/ACBD Town Hall meeting on November 13th informative and helpful. The board was eager to share our Year 1 Strategic Plan progress and tactics for Year 2. We also wanted to inform members of the membership fee change for 2025.

A final reminder! 2025 is an election year for our association, and the nominating committee, consisting of Past President Yemisi Dina (chair), Agathe Bujold, Brenda Lauritzen and Alicia Loo, is actively compiling the names of members who are willing to stand for election to the following Executive Board positions: Vice-President 2, Treasurer, Secretary, Member-at-Large (2 positions). Please reach out to any Board member if you want to know more about the responsibilities and time commitment to serve on the CALL/ACBD Board.

Warm regards,

Mary-Jo Petsche, President, CALL/ACBD