Annual Region Meeting
19 August 2000

To: All Western Appalachian Region Patrollers

Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:55:13 -0400

Subject: Region Meeting, Indiana, Pennsylvania

The Region meeting was held on August 19, 2000, at the Best Western Hotel in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

I would want to thank all of the patrols that had either their Patrol Director or someone to represent them for this "once a year" and I must add very important meeting. The showing was very impressive with all three Section Chiefs and 15 of the 17 patrols attending. The two that did not show will get their information from the Section Chief.

I'm very happy to say that our program advisors also made a good showing. The total number of people there was 30 plus four guests. My thanks also goes out to the new Division Director, Jerry Sherman, and the Division Awards Supervisor, Gerit Lewish, for taking time out of their very busy schedules to travel great distances to attend and answer any questions that were presented to them. This is not the first time these two have shown their interest in our Region. Although we are located on the very outskirts of the Eastern Division, they have proved to us many times they are concerned and will help whenever possible.

We have been very fortunate to have people in the executive branch of the Division in the past such as Ron Verblauw and Bill Sachs--to name a few--that remain touchable and ready to help. I would also want to thank John Clark for sponsoring the meeting this year.

A large amount of time was directed to Jerry from the PD's about the raise in NSP dues while Gerit explained the way the awards system worked. Hopefully next year we will have either a 100% of the PD's or a representative of their patrols attending.

Sincerely

Guy Lombardo, Region Director, Western Appalachian Region