April: Message from the Association President

Spring is in the Air!

Yes, Spring is here and along with the warmer weather it brings a change to our physical and mental wellbeing. We feel refreshed with the thought of getting outside and enjoying our beautiful spring and summer seasons that we have in our home and native land we call Canada! The spring season also brings a new level of optimism, we tend to think a lot less about what we have just experienced in the past year and start to focus a lot more on what the upcoming year will look like. We have that “get to it” and “get it done” attitude.

After experiencing the COVID pandemic we all have a lot to be thankful for and a brighter future to look forward to. We are starting to see our economy reopen and with that we start to experience an increased level of security within our businesses. It will take some time, but patience and optimism will carry us through to a brighter tomorrow.

This is the second edition of our CAMA Electronic Newsletter and our Board of Directors are extremely thankful for all the support that the newsletter has been receiving from our supplier and operator members. Your support is much appreciated as it goes a long way in making the newsletter a success and keeping all our CAMA members united and strong when we need to support each other the most. This newsletter will improve with each edition as we continue to receive good positive feedback from our members on how we can make improvements and add new content. Please keep reading and referencing the articles as they contain a lot of great information on our suppliers, products and services related to our industry.

When I talk about supporting each other as operators and suppliers I need to include that CAMA also needs everyone’s support as well. COVID has had a significant financial impact on our association, so we need your support to keep our organization healthy and strong. In this newsletter you will read an article on Global Payments. CAMA and Global Payments have partnered to bring a program that will provide our members with processing fees that are equal to or in most cases better than the current rates that they are paying. The second part of the program is that a percentage of all processed dollars is paid to CAMA in support of our organization. This is a winning situation for all and a simple decision on your part will go a long way to keeping our association strong and healthy. We hope you’ll take advantage of this partnership.

We remain optimistic that we will be able to hold our Regional Golf Tournament sometime in the fall. I feel so optimistic about this that I have started practicing for the big event. Since it is unlikely, we will be able to hold our annual trade show this year CAMA is exploring the possibility of adding a small networking event around the time of the golf tournament. You will be kept informed on this event as soon as COVID reopening’s will allow us to confirm plans.

I encourage you to review all of the programs that CAMA has put in place for their members. These programs may be a benefit to your business and at the same time some of these programs provide financial support to our association.

Being a CAMA member is appreciated but being an “engaged” CAMA member magnifies the benefits of membership and relationships.

In closing, I encourage everyone to remain optimistic, encourage one another and support our association and suppliers. Spring and Optimism is in the air!

Jim Jackson | President, CAMA | Quality Vending & Coffee