October 2024 - Message from Your CAMA President

Planning in Advance

Now that summer is over, and as we experience the beauty of the Canadian fall season, it is the time of year that many businesses start planning for their 2025 events. In planning your business travel events, please keep CAMA on your agenda. Last week we hosted our first ever networking evening in Montreal. This event brought our supplier sponsors together with our Quebec operators for an evening of networking and customer appreciation.

Mark this next one on your calendar as it will be an event that you will not want to miss. Our annual CAMA Tradeshow will once again be held in conjunction with the Convenience U CARWACS show at the International Centre in Mississauga on March 4^th and 5^th of 2025. We currently have 100% of our suppliers that participated in last year’s event returning for the upcoming show with more inquiring and signing up. It will be one of the largest shows in CAMA’s history and will present opportunities to learn and network for all. Their will be thousands of attendees at this event.

We recently held our Annual General Meeting in September and would like to welcome Nicolas Pugliese from Complete Purchasing Services and Amanda-Marie Spilchen from the Pelican Group to the Board of Directors. We would also like to thank our outgoing directors, Brian Emmerton and Angie Hargraves, for their past service and dedication to the board and CAMA. A big thank you goes out to all other board members for staying on for another term; your dedication and commitment is much appreciated.

We have developed programs that benefit our members like our business insurance program and our health benefits program. Now your CAMA board needs to hear from our membership with your ideas for additional programs that would benefit your business. Please email your thoughts and ideas to info@vending-cama.com.

CAMA and its members are a resource for everyone. Please reach out if you require assistance or just another opinion on a topic that you want to discuss or pursue.

Keep CAMA events in your travel plans in the upcoming year!

Jim Jackson
CAMA President