Dues Referendum 2014 - Thank you

Thank you.

Thank you for engaging and voting, however you voted.

Thank you for approving the due increase. It will allow Council and staff to plan and implement changes for improvement, instead of diminishment.

Thank you for your vote of confidence in the future of your association.

A day or so after the voting closed, a friend wrote me and said "I bet you're glad that that's all done, huh?" I understand what she meant, but I think she missed the bigger point - it isn't. The dues referendum may be over, but the purpose of the increase was to help us plan for the future – the future begins right now, and it goes on forever. First steps are clear enough: we have a deficit that we need to retire. But beyond that, we need to make good on the commitment to ongoing improvement and change.

In short, Council needs to earn the trust you have shown us through your vote. The real work of the dues referendum is just beginning, but we're up for it.