What a wonderful two years as your president. The Western Region board and all of you have been a joy to serve. And a joy to now thank.
Phyllis Specht, a superb mentor and leader, has guided me tirelessly as have past presidents Shelley Rideout, Nancy Bryant, Norma Greene, Inez Brooks-Myers and Sue Stanley. Phyllis is now doing a great job in growing our membership, a board function most dear to my heart. A special thank you to Sheryl Birkner who held me to the bylaws, developed the Program Planning Checklist and as secretary, and documented our Action Items (in red!) after each board meeting. We live by those Action Items, so nicely continued by our new secretary, Heather Vaughan.
Treasurer Betsey Potter has kept us all current on income, spending and funds in the bank, thank heavens! How grateful I am to Melinda Kerstein, Mela Hoyt-Heydon and Holly Poe Durbin for their soon-to-be presented plans for our Student Awards. New board member Michelle Webb Fandrich took over our newsletter, so capably edited by Carol Bowdoin Gil, and has built it into the gorgeous publication you now hold. Christina Johnson, also new, is efficiently handling this year's election of new board members from the group of stellar candidates recruited by Inez Brooks-Myers and her nominations committee. A big thank you to Mary Ann Hutcherson, a new member in 2006, who brings a fresh perspective to marketing and publicizing CSA.
In July of this year, our region will have a new president, Jo Ann Stabb. She and co-chair Holly Poe Durbin gave us a symposium last year that was outstanding. It made us all very, very proud. As Program-chair Extraordinaire this year for our region, Jo Ann is a pro at handling important jobs with wit and style. She will be a fantastic president.
My sincerest appreciation to each of you board members, past and present, and each of you Western Region members, for the pleasure of serving as your president. I loved every minute.
Do contact us at nationaloffice@costumesocietyamerica.com. Or contact me directly at costumesociety@gmail.com.
Your friend in all,
Nancy Fadis
President, 2006-2008
Western Region V
costumesociety@gmail.com
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