President's LetterAs I am writing this, Ron and I have just flown back in the Hofer Mooney from the fantastic LPBA Winter Meeting in Palm Springs, California. What a great time with delicious food, a luxurious resort, perfect weather, dynamic speakers, and fabulous fun with golf, swimming, concerts, the Air Museum, (including a P-51 flight) and lots of good times with those in attendance. If you were not able to be there, you missed all this and more, including a terrific band on Saturday night which got everyone up and dancing with some rather unusual dance moves by… well you know who you are. I particularly want to thank Jeanine Feldman with Betsy Gilman, Anna Wimsatt and Linda Finkel for energizing the spouse’s activities and making plans for future family fun at upcoming meetings. Next landing for LPBA is at Mackinac Island, MI from July 8-12, 2009. This is going to be one incredible meeting as it is the Lawyer Pilot Bar Association’s Golden Anniversary Celebration at our most popular meeting spot ever, the unparalleled Grand Hotel. If you haven’t been to Mackinac Island before, you may know it from the movie Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, which was filmed there. You arrive by plane or ferry and since there are no cars allowed, you truly step back in time by being transported via horse and carriage to the sweeping majesty of the Grand Hotel. This resort sets the stage for our big time event which is currently taking shape. If you have any particular suggestions, just let me know. In order to make this an even more outstanding event we are already seeking sponsorships for this auspicious occasion. For those of you who are interested please contact me at shofer@deanandgibson.com or Karen Griggs at lpba@comcast.net. On the organizational side, we have been going back through our list of State Chairs and Regional Vice Presidents to insure that we have all spots filled with active and enthusiastic members. These positions serve as the framework for the organization and are so important. Additionally, we are looking for a new Website Chair as Ed Booth who has graciously and effectively served for so long, most recently implementing our terrific new website, has asked if we could find another person for this position. Please let me know if you are interested in any of these positions with LPBA or wish to assist in any way in making this organization even better. I am quite pleased that our Membership Committee headed by Greg Reigel has been more recently filled out by the terrific additions of Gary Evans, Lloyd Kirschbaum and Chuck Barnett who are implementing, in more formal fashion, the Member Get a Member Program that carries forward my focus this year on increasing membership. In short, each member who brings in one member over the next year will be recognized for that achievement and there may be prizes as well. The Board has approved advertising on our website as an additional source of revenue for the organization and we will provide links to our advertisers so that both the organization and the advertisers benefit from this relationship. We are currently putting this in place so that if you are interested in advertising or know of someone who is, please let Karen Griggs know. We will be sending out an e-mail blast on the details of the web advertising and the membership drive shortly. Please watch for it. I am so appreciative of everyone’s assistance this year and it is such a pleasure and privilege to be able to serve as your President in such an exciting time. Before you know it, we will be together again in the fresh air and sunshine on the porch of the Grand Hotel. Go to www.grandhotel.com and picture yourself there. I can’t wait to see you. |
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