A slightly belated Happy New Year to all our members and friends in the construction equipment world. The reason for the belated greeting? I've been carrying out one of my New Year resolutions; to be more organised!
So what happened to 2011? For most of us it went the same way as 2010 and most years before that. Busy working, busy travelling, busy living and, for me, a new busy with the CEA presidency.
During the latter half of last year my son turned seventeen and, inevitably, he was desperate to be able to learn to drive. Why? Because the ability to drive represents for all of us a freedom. Freedom from parental control in his case, freedom from public transport timetables and thus the ability to organise our own lives.
Which brings me neatly back around to my resolutions. Few of us have the luxury of complete control over the demands on our time, but I resolved that 2012 will be the year that I organise, prioritise, ignore the message arrived "boing" until I am ready to deal with email and to get fitter. So guess which one is still intact?
Thankfully there is a brilliant team at the CEA who make the President look good. A team who did not need to make resolutions because they already put you, the members, top of their priority list.
I look forward to seeing you during the year.
Nick Ground
CEA President
PS – He passed his test in December. Now I have something else to worry about.
E-mail: cea@admin.co.uk
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