Thanks For The Accolades

Since we launched The Canadian Association e-zine, we have received many e-mails from readers expressing their appreciation for and interest in the publication.

We provided a sample of those comments below:

• Very nice piece. Congratulations!! ...will give it the thorough reading it deserves...

• I enjoy reading it, it is well done.

• Great newsletter with practical articles. Well done!

• Thanks for your letter. I was most impressed with both the presentation and the content. The style was excellent and recognizes the fact that most
  senior exec types have minimal time to read. Good stuff!

• Another helpful issue! Thank you.

• Friday afternoon is a good time to receive this as the office is closed and I had time to review your newsletter. It is chock full of excellent information. This I will save and likely refer to several times. Thanks again.

• Thanks for the newsletter, it is very good.

• I am enjoying your email newsletter! Thank-you for including me!

• Excellent information - I appreciate being included on your mailing list.

• Thank you. An excellent issue.

• Thanks very much for sending me the issue of your newsletter. The article...is so good because I am just heading to an Executive Meeting...I look forward to receiving the next one.

• Another good issue.

• An excellent newsletter

• Thank you this is a very useful resource!

• Excellent piece.

• Just a note to say that your web-site looks great and is really accessible.

• Great issue!

• Congratulations on your site and newsletter.

• Thanks for your recent newsletter, which I appreciated reading. It is well designed, and easy to get through.

• I find your newsletter very informative and useful.

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• Very impressive.

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• Thanks for your newsletter.

• I very much enjoy this newsletter.

• Just a quick to note to say how impressed I am by your newsletter and the back-up web-based information. You and your colleagues have created an exceptional resource.

• It contains some great content.

• Thank you - this is most valuable information.

• Just read your article...It is written very well and I thank you for confirming what I believe. ...request permission to copy for my Board of Directors as we are going into a session...

• Your newsletter is great.

• I wanted to commend you on the regular Canadian Association publication you distribute. There has not been an issue that I haven't learned a valuable piece of information from. This last edition was extremely useful.

• Thanks. I really enjoy the newsletter.

• Congratulations on your AXI newsletter. I am duly impressed.

• I find it a very valuable resource and will pass on this info. Thanks.

• This is the first time I've seen your site - it's great, congratulations. I'll be a regular.

• Many thanks for the opportunity to subscribe. I took advantage of your offer to invite colleagues to subscribe and forwarded your web address to a number of organization officers in both USA and Canada. I am impressed with what I have read today and look forward to future articles.

• Thank you! It has been helpful. It's been in my file in hard copy for awhile now, I originally found it on a Google search.

• I definitely want to receive this. Please send it to me directly...

• ...let you know that students in AME doing web searches find your site and are impressed.

• The whole issue looks great and I am looking forward to reading it all.

• I enjoy the e-zine, it is punchy and looks good. Keep up the great work!

• Thanks for your latest newsletter. I've copied...in our office.

• This is a particularly good issue of the e-zine. Lots of useful information. In particular, I have printed out ... Thanks so much for sending the publication along. Good work!

• I just received a copy of the latest issue of Canadian Association Newsletter, below, which looks like an excellent information resource. I'm not sure if you are already aware of it, but it may be of interest to [the organization] and its regional branches ... (quite timely after our recent Strategic Planning session).

• I just wanted to let you know that I think your e-zine is great! The information is extremely helpful. I especially appreciate being able to go back and source past articles on-line, in my own time. Thanks for all the hard work.

• I really enjoy your e-zine. Thanks!

• I looked at your site – its wonderful!

• I have to commend you on your cartoons! I'm a collector and as a trainer in non-profits, I'm always looking for the opportunity to lighten up the discussion on some controversial topics. Is it permissible to copy them onto overheads - giving your organization full credit as their source? I'll look forward to hearing from you - glad you've got a great sense of humour!

• I read with interest your article...through the Charity Channel link several months ago...I have since forwarded it to several clients - both profit & non profit...I would be most interested in receiving The Canadian Association e-zine. Can you add me to your mailing list?

• I will enjoy reading these articles.

• I enjoyed this issue of TCA! I always find some content of interest to me. I also think your web layout and ease of use is excellent!

• Congratulations... The articles are relevant and thoughtful.

• Great info...Well done.

• Thank you for the e-zine. I really enjoy the articles.

• The articles in this issue are very good and informative.

• That looks awesome. Many thanks.

• Your publication looks great, good formatting and very useful content....

• Thanks! It's a great resource.

• I know I've said it before, but your e-zine is terrific! I get so much out of each issue.

• Great job on the recent newsletter.

• FANTASTIC publication. I really enjoy it and have referred to many articles for references purposes.

• Looks good.

• Thanks for your excellent e-zine. Look forward to it.

• As always, I appreciate receiving your newsletter.

• This is a really useful publication. Not sure where you got my contact information, but I’m glad you did!

• Thank you for the email and information. I appreciate your time and effort in putting together and excellent package.

• Great newsletter!!! I’m really impressed.

• Thank you for the copy of e-zine. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would like to remain on your subscription list.

• You keep putting out a great quality publication.

• Thank you for continuing to send me The Canadian Association, I always find the articles informative and often useful in my job as...I feel that several of the other Council members may find your publication enlightening and helpful. I was wondering if I might be permitted to forward the publication to selected members (possibly the President and Executive Director), or is there a more appropriate way that a subscription can be obtained (and at what cost). Thank you again for the excellent publication. I look forward to your response.

Thank you to all the readers.


Wayne Amundson is president of Association Xpertise Inc., a consulting firm serving associations and non-profits. He is also writer and speaker on association and non-profit management and governance, and is editor of The Canadian Association e-zine and co-author of the new “Primer for Directors of Not-for-Profit Corporations” published by the Industry Canada and three non-profit umbrella groups in Canada. 
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