I am honoured to be elected as the next President of the Human Resources Association. I am well aware of the trust that has been placed in me to lead our Association toward better and more creative accomplishments during the next two years.

As with all great organizations, they are built on the hard work, dedication and tireless efforts of so many. I am very fortunate to have an executive team who are all of that and more. Together we will work toward building on the wonderful accomplishments of my predecessor, with a continued focus on being able to provide you with the best of resources, great service, networking capabilities and professional development opportunities that will enhance YOU as an HR professional.

Over the years we have seen our Organization change and grow. It has caused us on numerous occasions to pause and reflect on where we needed to go and what we need to become in order to be value-added to you, our members. We have drawn on the expertise of our executive and solicited your feedback periodically to help us move in the right directions. We are now poised to move again as we experience continued growth (we are now over 1000 members, province —wide), and recognize the on-going importance for us to remain open to making changes that will meet your needs.

This year, we are in the process of re-designing our web site and will have a new Association logo to show you, which will be indicative of how we have changed and grown. We heard from you over the last several years (and we listened) to your comments, that our web site was not interactive enough, nor did it offer enough information for you. So, we undertook a process to select a vendor who would work with us to design a new web site intended to meet today’s needs and be capable of responding to our future needs as we move forward in the coming years. We are very excited to show you what that looks like in a couple of months and we hope you will like it enough to use it more frequently!

As an Organization experiencing continued growth, we will also re-visit our strategic planning process to determine key priorities and initiatives which we will focus on during the next two years and possibly beyond. We will be undertaking that process shortly.

In the meantime, my Executive team and I wish all of you continued success throughout the coming year. Do great work, have lots of fun and maintain good balance.

Sincerely,

 
Frances E. White, CHRP