b'CRCA AGM Outgoing CRCA board member Pierre Lafontaine accepts trophy of thanks from new president Jeremy Croft (left).Meetingof the MindsBy James PetersCRCAs 64th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting provides a meaningful agenda T heiconicEmpressHotelinwanted our members to have mean- CRCA Executive Director Jim Facette (right) Victoria,withitsspectacularingfultakeawaysfromtheconfer-conferencecentreadjacent,ence, something practical they couldthanks keynote speaker Chief Clarence served as the principal location foruse when they got home, he says.Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band.theCanadianRoofingContrac- The conference is also positive for torsAssociations(CRCAs)64thits camaraderie; it gives members the AnnualConferenceandAnnualchance to reconnect to people they General Meeting this yearand itknowandintroducethemselvesto didntdisappoint.people they dont. It was a true cel-CRCAExecutiveDirectorJimebrationoftheroofingandbuild-Facette says, We were very pleaseding envelope industry, and we were with the entire event, from front toproud of that.back, and especially pleased with the turnout. There were over 175 regis- Friday, May 10trations in total, which is certainlyFor delegates who arrived early, a higher than average. Going forward, we know we can achieve an atten- golf tournament was held on Friday dance of over 200 in the future. morning at the Olympic View Golf FacetteandhisteamfromtheClub, hosted by CRCAs planning CRCAwerealsopleasedwiththecommittee. In the evening, all were agenda and how it played out. WeinvitedtothehotelsShaughnessy setoutobjectivesfortheconfer- Roomforareceptionandofficial ence in the planning stageswe allwelcome to the annual conference. 10ONTARIO ROOFING NEWSISSUE 2 2024 THE ONLY SOURCE FOR PROFESSIONAL ICI ROOFING CONTRACTORS IN ONTARIO ORN'