In this, my last 2-year term, I have been involved with the review and subsequent revision of the Daisy Bond student competition, replacing the Best in Show category with the Best Portfolio Category, thereby harking back to the origins of the student competition. I have been and currently am a part of the State Conference Planning Committee.  It has been a learning curve for everyone, but we are excited about our plans for this year. We meet monthly via ZOOM and I think it has worked well. We have tried to do the same with Board Meetings this year.  That is to go beyond just quarterly meetings. So far, it has been Bryant Williams, Administrator, Drew Daniel, SRB, and me during February and March.  We have had two very creative brainstorming sessions together. 

I will again be one of the ASID chapter representatives at the UA Vendors Fair in April. I also attended the CHES Donors Dinner in February. While I wasn’t officially representing ASID (Bradley Logan filled that role), I did promote the Daisy Bond Competition and talk about the importance of participating. I do enjoy interacting with the students.

I try to keep costs in mind and make recommendations accordingly.  Thus, I continue to remind everyone that the Financial Director should be “in the loop” on all projects and events. To keep financial information more readily available, I record all checking information in a ledger system. Recently, I added payroll information for readily available information as needed.  My 2^nd two-year term ends in September 2025, and I will happily pass on my knowledge and the checkbook to my successor.