President’s Message

Canadian Condominium Institute/ Institut canadien des condominiums Toronto & Area Chapter 1 Eglinton Ave. Toronto, ON M4P 3A1 Tel: (416) 840-5346 E-mail: info@ccitoronto.org Website: www.ccitoronto.org

2021-2022 Board of Directors PRESIDENT: Murray Johnson, OLCM, CCI (Hon’s), LCCI Co-Chair, Conference Committee Member, Tarion Sub-Committee Crossbridge Condominium Services Ltd. VICE-PRESIDENT: Lyndsey McNally, OLCM, LCCI Member, Legislative, Communications Committees Member, Social Media Sub-Committee Co-Chair, Education Committee CCI-N Liaison CWB Maxium Financial

SECRETARY/TREASURER: Brian Antman, CPA, CA Chair, Finance Committee, Member, Conference Committee, Member, Communications Committee Adams & Miles LLP Chartered Professional Accountants

Board Members Francesco Deo, BA (Hons), JD Member, Legislative Committee Chair, Volunteer Resource Committee Deo Condominium Lawyers Bob Girard, B.Comm, ACCI Member, CondoSTRENGTH Committee Member, Education Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Membership Retention Sub-Committee YCC # 50

Brian Horlick, B.Comm., B.C.L., LL.B., ACCI, FCCI Chair, Communications Committee, Member, Conference Committee Horlick Levitt Di Lella LLP

Warren Kleiner, BA., LL.B. Chair, Legislative Committee Co-Chair, Ontario Caucus Member, Marketing Committee Member, Awards Sub-Committee Shibley Righton LLP Farzad Lahouti, MBA Member, Marketing Committee Member, CondoSTRENGTH Committee Chair, Awards Sub-Committee YRCC 798

Eric Lakien, MBA, PhD. Member, CondoSTRENGTH Committee Member, Marketing Committee Co-Chair, Education Committee YRCC # 798

Connie Pappas-Boccitto SRS, ABR, SRES, CCSP Chair, CondoSTRENGTH Committee Member, Social Media Sub-Committee Royal LePage Terrequity Realty, Brokerage Sophia Rojenko, B.Eng, EIT Member, Education Committee Chair, Social Media Sub-Committee Synergy Partners Lisa Kay, BA Econ Member, Communications Committee KayCondoGC Inc. Stephen Ilkiw Chair, Marketing Committee CondoHive / Bedford Hill Consulting OPERATIONS MANAGER - Meredith Lowry President’s Message

So Long, But Not Farewell

Time passes so quickly. I find it hard to believe that this will be my last President’s Message to you before we have our Annual Members Meeting in October. It seems like just yesterday that Tania Haluk passed the tiara to me and in the middle of a pandemic, I often wondered what I could contribute to our wonderful organization. It will be Lyndsey McNally’s turn to take the reins for her two years as President and leader of the fantastically hard working and extremely talented volunteers that form your Board of Directors.

I think we did some really good things during my tenure, but that is a testament to the Board of Directors and the nearly sixty additional volunteers that tirelessly give their time to make condo living a better experience for all. At the time of writing we began planning our first return to in-person events for August and we all survived. I guess there is hope for us all yet.

Our new association management company, Redstone Agency, is now taking the sole lead on the organization of the ACMO-CCI-T Condo Conference and I couldn’t be more excited about the conference and hope that you will all make an effort to attend. If you attend the conference, please search for me and come and say hello.

I look to the transfer of leadership to Lyndsey as a bittersweet end to my presidency. Being the President has continuously taught me a lot about leadership and volunteering, I will miss that every day. Having said that, I am excited about the future of CCI-T under the leadership of Lyndsey and we have been working over the past year to prepare her to take on the role.

The longest sitting director on the CCI-T board is Bob Girard who over the years has provided considerable contributions to the Institute. Bob will not be running again this year and I would be remiss if I didn’t offer him my/our heartfelt thanks for all he has contributed. The Board, with the exception of Lyndsey, Brian Antman, Brian Horlick and myself, are all new in the last couple of years and I can’t wait to see what fantastic new programs and projects come from this fresh new Board…..they still have that new Board smell! I am also glad to say that under the direction of the many Committee Chairs and the lead of Francesco Deo, we almost cleared the backlog of volunteers on our volunteer waiting list. All our volunteers are the heartbeat that keeps CCI-T moving forward.

While I will no longer be President, I’m not going anywhere soon. I will continue to support CCI-T at the Board level and then at the Committee level. Additionally,of course, I will always be around to support directors, managers and professional supporters of CCI-T and the industry as a whole. So, for the last time as President; I’m Murray Johnson, and this has been your condo connection!

Murray Johnson, OLCM, CCI (Hon’s), LCCI CCI-Toronto and Area Chapter President