Dear Members,

Kathy Milne President of CAGT

Ahhhhhhhhhh…..Spring!!!

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. It's been a long time coming and many of you are looking forward to enjoying sun filled days with family and friends and embracing the season ahead. We at the CAGT are no different as we launch new initiatives and prepare to present several interesting events.

Today, more than ever, the success of our organization relies heavily, not only on the strength of program content and presentation, but increasing our ability to interact with our members. The 21st century tools of technology and telecommunications have provided innovation, making us more productive in our ability to stay connected with our members and other industry colleagues.

By maximizing the power of technology, our goal is to use the internet as an excellent channel for promoting our events, industry news and your business.

It offers a cost effective and convenient means of keeping in touch with our existing member base and keeping you informed of developments within our community. And the benefit for organizations like ours is that the internet is an excellent means of satisfying this need cost effectively.

The advantages of using the internet to promote the CAGT are endless. Here are just a few:

• Global Audience
• Operates 24 hours, 7  days  a week
• Relatively Inexpensive
• Create Online Discussion Forums
• Online Surveys
• Obtain Member Feedback
• Advertising
• Announcements
• Immediate Distribution of Information

We continue to utilize the CAGT website as our primary communication base.

Our hope is to:

• Reinforce brand identity
• Advertise services and products
• Collect e-mail addresses and other information through our website in an effort to increase visibility and encourage additional membership
• Conduct membership research via polls through our website
• Send promotions through targeted direct e-mail campaigns
• Build member relationships

We look to you, our members and want your opinion regarding our dinner meeting format and speakers. Please fill out the survey in this newsletter or complete the poll online.

Your feedback is essential to ensuring that we communicate what you want to see and hear. We continue to do our very best to consider the needs of our audience and welcome your comments and suggestions. Warmest wishes for the summer season ahead.

Sincerely,
Kathy Milne, President