Happy New Year!
As it is now already January 13th, I wonder how you are all doing on those resolutions? My personal ones were fairly simple this year:
- Find sanity in all the chaos
- Be flexible
- Patience is virtue
- Authenticity is respected
- Search for that perfect balance and keep searching until you find it.
Though they do sound trite, I have thought long and hard about them – 13 days to be exact. I purposely kept them simple to make sure I only had to focus a little on them each day and if I went off the rails the rest of the time, oh well, hopefully there will be a tomorrow on earth or in the metaverse.
For the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce though, my resolutions are more serious. Our staff has been thinking about 2022 for a while, maybe because we could not wait to be done with 2021, or maybe because we are excited about the opportunities that await us. Here we go- and we hope you will help us achieve some of these goals and resolutions.
- Let’s work together to solve business challenges and be a stronger advocate for business.
- May we inspire and connect leaders in support of business-friendly initiatives.
- May we seek out and raise up the next generation of leadership.
- May we earn respect for our depth of knowledge, our authenticity and our unimpeachable trust.
- May we provide our members with opportunities for personal and professional development.
- May we take a few risks, have courage and see what is possible.
- May we welcome with open arms of all of the new businesses who are launching.
- May we continue to be a pillar of the community and set an example of what is good.
We hope to expand our membership in 2022 as well. If you have been considering joining the Chamber, now is the moment. Time and experience have shown that teamwork is golden and a unified voice is always the strongest.
Please stay tuned and read our newsletters and check out our social media platforms to see what is happening. We hope to convince the Council that we should Promenade again this summer. We also are excited about our Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 25th. We are thrilled to be launching a Young Professional’s Group. We are going to push to pass that General Plan 2040 and make sure it is done right. We plan to have many educational seminars and events where our members can meet the decision makers in our region. We plan to build lifelong friendships along the way.
Here’s to all of you and to everyone who wants to make it all happen.
And balance -- oh yes – balance is key.
Sincerely,
Catherine Somers
Executive Director
