CAA Manitoba Winter 2016 | Page 4

President’s message WInnIpEg: 870 Empress St. Unit C-2211 McPhillips St. 501 St. Anne’s Rd. Mon-Wed, Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (not including Home & Property service after 6 p.m) Sat 9 a.m.-4 p.m. General 204-262-6166 Travel 204-262-6000 or 1-800-222-4357 Insurance 204-262-6000 or 1-855-779-0677 BranDon: Unit C-305 18th St. N. Mon-Wed, Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (not including Home & Property service after 5 p.m.) Sat 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (not including Home & Property service) General 204-571-4111 Travel 204-571-4100 Insurance 204-571-4114 Toll-free 1-877-222-1321 aLtona: 61 2nd Ave. N.E. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 204-324-8474 mEmBEr SErvIcES: 24 HoUrS 204-262-6000 or 1-800-222-4357 Mobile *222 caamanitoba.com All locations are wheelchair accessible. caa manItoBa aDvISory commIttEE President: Michael Mager, CMA, FCMA Chair: Colleen Johnston Vice-Chair: Paul V. Jacuzzi Directors: Raymond A. Cadieux Brent Fawkes Serena Kraayeveld Bill Ladyman Don W. Main Tom Papagiannopoulos 4 The Road Ahead the next step in the evolution of your motor club EvEry grEat company has a history and an evolution. Over the last 112 years, CAA Manitoba has grown and expanded into the strong organization you know and depend on today. From our beginnings in 1904 as the Winnipeg Auto Club to the Manitoba Motor League and CAA Manitoba, we’re embarking on a new phase in our evolution. As you may have heard in the news recently, CAA Manitoba and CAA South Central Ontario (SCO) are in the process of merging. We are a memberbased organization, so this merger is only happening after careful consultation and discussions, and with the final blessing of our membership. We are taking this innovative step forward to assist you even more efficiently and effectively, whether you’re calling for roadside assistance, purchasing insurance or merchandise, or booking your next vacation. We’re collaborating with our sister club in Ontario to strengthen how we serve our members every day. The new partnership will bring valuable service and membership enhancements for you. One of the immediate benefits will be no fee increase this year, with other advantages to follow as we come together. Beyond that, it will allow us to strengthen our advocacy on important issues such as infrastructure, road safety and consumer protection. Let me assure you that we will continue to be the CAA Manitoba you know and love— and that the only changes you’ll see will be to better your experience. We recognize that as our world evolves, so do your needs. This partnership will position us to stay at the forefront of the changing world and new technologies by creating more opportunities to innovate our services. By combining the best of what we do with the opportunities and tools this new partnership offers, we’re building an even stronger company that is better able to serve your changing expectations. We are very committed to looking to the future and strategically placing ourselves so that we can continue to fulfill what you want and need today and years from now. In coming together with CAA SCO, we are uniting two strong companies and that will mean better things for you, our valued members. And that’s the bottom line. Mike Mager President caa manitoba Learn more turn to p. 15 for a Q&a with mike and Jay Woo, caa sco’s president and ceo thomas fricke CAA Manitoba Locations