Re: [AISdiscuss] August Pres. notes:

[Paul W Gossett <pwgossett@juno.com>]

Jeanne,

YES I AM.  I think this is one of the best ideas that the board has come
up with in saving time and also giving us the opportunity to look over
the reports in advance.

Paul

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:17:22 EDT PlankMail@aol.com writes:
> Greetings:
> It has been three months since the we all had fun in the rain in 
> Portland.   
> Most of us would be very, very happy to be back in that cool, 
> refreshing 
> weather again. Weather-wise, July was a month to forget for most of 
> us.  I my 
> location, August has been more compassionate -- thus far (and it is 
> almost over).   
> Thoughts of gardening have re-entered the arena of reasonable, 
> practical 
> things to consider, although I'll probably wait another few weeks 
> before putting 
> tall bearded rhizomes in the ground.   In this neck of the woods, 
> three digit 
> temperature readings are still possible well into September, and 
> rain not a 
> likely event until well into October -- sometimes November.   
>      At the onset of this Discuss message I want to thank all who 
> used our 
> electronic services to file his/her report with Patricia 
> electronically and to 
> get them in to her well ahead of Portland Convention Board meeting 
> time.   
> Without question we all arrived at the meeting table in a far better 
> state   of 
> preparation to deal with the business on the agenda, than was the 
> general state 
> in the past. I feel strongly that using electronic transmitting to 
> distribute 
> reports worked, worked well, and made a noticeable difference in the 
> amount of 
> ground we covered. We ARE going to keep up this practice -- aren't 
> we!!!! 
> (Notice there is no question mark at the end of that sentence.)   It 
> is past the 
> middle of August (nearly the end of).   It is not too early to start 
> thinking 
> about the Fall Meeting, we all have Board commitments, obligations 
> and duties; 
> and we all have to arrive prepared to report and to conduct AIS 
> business.
>      If you are a chairman of a committee formed in Portland (or 
> before), for 
> clarity of record, please submit the names of those who are working 
> with you, 
> or whom you would like to have working with you on your committee. 
> (Please 
> email the names of the former both to Patricia and to me, and the 
> names of the 
> latter to me.) 
>      If you are unsure about assignments, appointments and other 
> Portland 
> meeting matters, the full minutes can be found on the Internet at 
> AISBoard.org.
>      It's time to begin ... more later (scary, right?)
>      Cheers!
>      Jeanne 
> 
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