April 2017

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Strategic Planning Input

Dear Colleague / Board Member / Partner / Member

In 2016 we asked you about the issues and opportunities facing the manufacturing sector in Canada, and priorities you wanted CME to pursue, and the result was the Industrie 2030 framework which has been widely shared with members and stakeholders. Now we want your input on the organization that represents, promotes and educates this sector in Canada.

The Board of Directors of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters is now seeking your input as it tasks management to develop a new three year strategic plan for the Association, so that we can serve you better. As an employee, volunteers, partner or member, you have insights and experiences in this sector that will help us to better understand the current environment in which CME operates. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about, or your experiences within the manufacturing sector as a supporter, client or critic of CME where you live or work.

Please respond by April 30, 2017.

Thank you very much,

Dennis A. Darby, CEO

CME

Your responses will be kept confidential with respect to attribution (unless you would like your name associated with your comments quoted), and instead collated with other similar themes and responses.

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* 1. Tell us a little about yourself:

Employee, contractor or consultant of CME (in other box below please specify City and Province)

Member of the National Board of Directors

Member of National Committee or working group

Member of a provincial / divisional advisory board

Member of a committee or working group

CME Member Representative (if not a board or advisory board member)

Sponsor of CME Nationally or Provincially

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What do you see as CME's strengths today? (i.e. what does it do well?)

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* 3. What does CME not do as well as it could? (i.e. can you identify weaknesses in its products, services, or advocacy?)

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* 4. What are the biggest threats to CME as an organization? Specifically, are there organizations or businesses who provide better service or influence with policymakers, and why do you think they do them better?

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* 5. What are the opportunities for CME to grow or provide unique value to members and to society? (i.e. What would you like CME to do, as specifically as possible, to improve its ability to attract and retain members?)

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* 1. Tell us a little about yourself:

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* 2. What do you see as CME's strengths today? (i.e. what does it do well?)

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* 3. What does CME not do as well as it could? (i.e. can you identify weaknesses in its products, services, or advocacy?)

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* 4. What are the biggest threats to CME as an organization? Specifically, are there organizations or businesses who provide better service or influence with policymakers, and why do you think they do them better?

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* 5. What are the opportunities for CME to grow or provide unique value to members and to society? (i.e. What would you like CME to do, as specifically as possible, to improve its ability to attract and retain members?)

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* 6. Optional: Name / Organization