Friday, January 27, 2012

Introduction letter from the President

Dear fellow Beekeepers:

I feel my first letter to you should be one of thanks.

First, thank you for your faith in me for electing me as your President. With your help, I will try to help the club meet even more of your wants, needs and expectations. We as a club can only move forward as an organization as long as we are in agreement. The input of the membership is the only way this will work. Please feel free to email me, or for more pressing questions phone me. I am here for all the membership. I answer to you and I will always remember that.

Second, I would like to thank the Officers that are stepping down this year.
Rick Schantz, our President for the past few years. He spent many hours working out how to solve problems in the organization and keeping the association on a straight path. Good job Rick!
Tracy Carmack, she has been our Secretary and Treasurer this year. She also ran the membership as well. This was not an easy set of jobs to do. She has always done it well, and with a passion that is hard to find in a person in a volunteer position.

Third, thanks to all the behind the scene members and volunteers, who do the thankless jobs that are needed, to keep this association running smooth. Thanks to the audit committee for assisting in the association’s financial accountability. Thanks to the election committee for the hours spent in locating qualified members to become officers. Thanks to Scott Carmack for his assistance in keeping our internet presence operational. Thanks to the volunteers who assist in preparing and cleaning up our meeting room. I am sure that I have missed others, but please know that I truly do appreciate your involvement in this association, and only through your selfless participation are we successful.

Fourth, I want to thank Linda Daxon for accepting the position as Vice President for this upcoming year. And thank you to Jay Silver in accepting the position of Treasurer for this upcoming year. Not only have they accepted these volunteer positions they have been instrumental in the success in our current beginner beekeeping class, which is currently in session. I look forward to working with them this year.

We are very blessed to have a lot of people that give of their time so unselfishly. Thank you all!

We will have some “growing pains” this year, as we move forward toward becoming a stronger association. I will try to keep the “growing pains” to the most tolerable level as I can. I would like to hear from you on topics you would like to know more about, in the upcoming meetings. We are going to have a great year and I am excited to see the changes, and hope you are too.

Thank you all

Rick Hall COBA President
rick@okbees.com
405-473-5680

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