Christmas is for sharing

Season's greetings everyone! We the Sterling Creations team would like to
extend very best wishes to you for this Christmas holiday season and for
2011.
We hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying this most wonderful time of
the year.
Be good, be safe, and may the birth of the baby Jesus be with you always!

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Christmas is for sharing
By Donna J. Jodhan

At this time of the year, I like many others take time to do such things as
reflect, share, and celebrate. This year, I have much to reflect upon and
even more to share and celebrate.

This has been a very good year for my company and an even better year for me
personally. Our team of dedicated associates has managed to maintain and
even expand our business despite difficult economic times. So there is much
for us to be thankful for and to celebrate. As for me, I have a very
special gift to share and one which I never thought I would ever receive. I
call it a gift but many of my friends and supporters call it a landmark
victory.

On November 29, after four long years of battle, I and my team of lawyers,
accessibility experts, and friends and supporters, obtained a landmark
victory against the Canadian Federal Government. What was it all about? A
Federal judge ruled in our favor; he mandated the Canadian Government to get
their house in order. He gave them 15 months to make all of their websites
accessible to all Canadians; especially so to blind and sight impaired
Canadians.

This was not simply my victory and as Richard Quan, president of the AEBC's
Toronto chapter so eloquently put it: "A victory for us all." This was not
mine to win but ours not to lose and yes! We did it and we did it in fine
style! I am very humbled, delighted, still a bit overwhelmed, and extremely
grateful to all those who took the time and effort to join the cause.

This is a victory for all blind, sight impaired, deaf/blind, and print
disabled Canadians and I am just happy to share it with everyone. Most
important of all, it is a victory for blind and sight impaired kids of the
future. There are no losers here. The Canadian government can now look
forward to a new era where the spirit of cooperation will only grow and it
is an opportunity for them to take the lead. So, it's time for us to raise
our glasses to each other! Time for us to give ourselves a pat on the back
and say "Well done!"

Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noèl! Feliz Navidad!