Reports - President's report 2006/07

Susan Grohn , President
This past term has been a steep learning curve for me. I greatly appreciate all the hard work that David and my predecessors have done. When you can reflect on the year and how well it flowed, with all the positives as well as the trials and tribulations, it gives you a great sense of pride in our organization.

We started the year with concern and excitement over one of our final affiliation agreements with the Yorkton Branch. It is with excitement that we welcome two new entities in Yorkton – the Yorkton Mental Health Drop-In Center Inc. and a newly formed CMHA Yorkton Branch, with Dr. Donia Alvarado-Okrainec as the Branch Director. We wish them every success in the upcoming years as they champion the right for mental health in their region.

Our Board has done a great deal of work this past year in reviewing Policy Governance with the assistance of Irene Seiferling. It is a very necessary process, as well as an encouraging one, to know that we are functioning well as a Board within these parameters. We took on the challenge, with Irene’s assistance, of Strategic Planning for the Board and our Association. This, we have found, is going to be an ongoing, but gratifying process.

I wish to thank all the members of the Board, as well as David and his staff, for their hard work and dedication to CMHA this past year, and I look forward to working with everyone in the future.

Susan Grohn
President