AGA TOPICS Newsletter
From the
National President
Jeffrey
S. Hart, CGFM, CFE
Need some financial help to get to New Orleans
to work with Habitat for Humanity on behalf of AGA? For the first 10
members who sign-up, AGA will match up to 50 percent of your
airfare, not to exceed $200/person, with the member or their chapter
contributing the other 50 percent (Note: national and regional AGA
officers are encouraged to come but are not eligible for matching
funds). For those who have not been following this project, Capital
Region RVP Karl Boettcher, CGFM, and I are organizing a trip to
offer support to victims of Hurricane Katrina as they continue to
put their lives back together. I first announced the project in my
April 9 TOPICS column. AGA members, their families and friends are encouraged to join me,
Karl, Past National President Charles Harrison, CGFM, members of the
New Orleans Chapter and hopefully many others for a day, a weekend
or the whole week beginning Monday morning June 4 and ending
Saturday evening June 9.
For more details, see the
April 23 article
in TOPICS. I have also included answers to frequently asked
questions, and
photos I took during my recent visit to New Orleans showing just
a fraction of the remaining devastation. Please write me at
hart.jeff@epa.gov to sign up.
Habitat for Humanity Information:
- Age Restrictions for Minors
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Group Introductory
Letter
- Information about Habitat in
New Orleans
- Hotel Contact
Information
We also just completed the second of four
“Sectional Leadership Meetings” (SLMs), this time in Indianapolis,
and by the time you read this, we will have completed our third SLM
in Dallas. Our fourth and final SLM for the year will be May 18–19
in Portland. It is our goal to use these new annual meetings to help
chapter and other AGA leaders to take our Association and our
profession into the future. Attendees tell us they are doing exactly
that and the SLMs just keep getting better and better! These new
annual meetings are just one of the new, exciting and fun ways AGA
is creating exceptional value for you and our profession.
If I don’t see you at one of the remaining
SLMs, one of my remaining chapter visits, or in New Orleans, I hope
I see you at the Nashville PDC!
Let's
Stay Excited!
Jeff Hart
AGA National President