I am very happy to be chair for the upcoming year and I will do my best to make this a productive one for the Western New York Region.

I will try to stick to the agenda that is in our bylaws so if anybody would like to deal with certain issues out of order please bring them up at the beginning of the meeting. I am not that familiar with Roberts rules of order so please bare with me and don't hesitate to correct me if I proceed out of order. Motions will be dealt with during old business and new business, so reports can be read with as few interruptions as possible and we can get through them expediently.

I would also like each member to let the body know what goals you would like the region to accomplish over the next 12 months, how can we better fulfill our primary purpose and serve our areas better. You can put this in your September report. In order for this region to make progress and to meet our goals there are certain suggestions I would like to make to all members.

1.Stay until the end of the meeting, that is what your commitment requires, every body is important

2.Reports from each member should be prepared in writing and in advance, e.mailing them to the secretary makes the minutes quite a bit easier to prepare

3.If you cannot be in attendance send a representative with your written report

4. Shut off all cell phones and pagers during the meeting

Nominations and election for this meeting should be:

Nominations to open H & I Chair
Activities Chairperson

Elections RD
RD Alt
Treasurer

Positions open from past (currently vacant) Literature Crairperson

In Service

Dave M.