Message from TMRS President

 
Greetings to All,
What a year, and I am sure like many of you I was looking forward to its end, 2020 certainly saw its fair share of challenges with COVID-19 and we all had hoped it would be behind us by now. We achieved a lot in 2020 given the circumstances and I was especially proud of the TMRS Board and its many ‘Pivots’ this year to ensure continued support of our members, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your involvement and continued support of our industry at this time.
At a time where information was critical with the COVID-19 situation TMRS shifted more focus to put on 2 seminars, one focused on the Rebounding from COVID-19 and the other on What’s Next – looking beyond 2021 to what will happen over the next decade. We also had our Knowledge Sharing and Upskilling with a total of 8 sessions on a range of topics important for our industry.
All up we had over 1000 people attend the sessions, from 190 companies and academia, 45 research companies and one which we always seem to have a harder time with, 130 research buying companies attending the sessions. Not to mention, the sessions at Universities and Chambers of Commerces to better understand the COVID-19 situation and how best can they navigate through it.
As we look to 2021, we are all hoping the road to recovery will be upon us, and sooner rather than later. We have a number of plans focused on raising the standards of our industry in 2021 and I would encourage as much participation from our members to also get as much out of the society as possible. There are a number of initiatives planned through-out 2021 including our much needed update on the new Socio-Economic Status (SES). We will be updated on these throughout the year.
I am immensely grateful for the support we receive every day for the TMRS. To those who are more active, thank you for your unwavering time and effort for guiding and influencing our industry in the way you do. I wish you all the very best for 2021 and hope at the end we can again say how rewarding the year has been.
Best Regards
Grant Bertoli
President of TMRS
Jan 2021