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President’s Message
 Now that I have been in office for nearly two months, I realized that I have not sent out a President's Message so I thought I would get one out now. I apologize for the delay, but we have been so busy, I just did not get a chance to do it. This is my first one and it is late, but I will try to get them out in a timely manner from now on.
I think the Region has been just as busy as myself because we have many things going on. The first is that all of Louisiana is now part of the Southwestern Region, and we are very excited about it. They are in the process of organizing a travel club right now and hopefully, one of these days, there will be landed clubs for them to attend. As President I would very much like to welcome all the AANR members in Louisiana to the Southwestern Region, and if you have any questions feel free to ask.
Since I was elected, we did have a couple of changes to the Committee Chairs: Dennis Duncan graciously accepted the job of PR; Mary Howard has accepted the responsibility as Convention chair, and with all the good things we are planning for next year this will be a pretty big undertaking; Lucy Heide has stepped into the job of Club Management; and Dale Felton said he would stay on as Legislative Chair, which I am sure everyone is thankful for. I urge all Committee Chairs to recruit members for their committees, because while I have been attending the National Convention, it is very inspiring to see the commitment that some of these people have for AANR.
It is amazing how they are talking on a national level about members being just numbers on a graph, but I was thinking that to us, those numbers on a graph are our friends, or for you camp owners, they are our customers. As I write this letter I am thinking about the commitment that all of you at AANR-SW have displayed over the years and I commend all of you for your efforts. Your effort and commitment has gained national attention after visiting with many of the AANR Officers and Trustees. They ask me what we are doing to stay as strong as we are, and all I told them, “If you met the people who are behind it, you would not have to ask me that question.”
I am currently attending the AANR National Convention. We are going to have a General Assembly with a new national President coming in. I am sure she will have many ideas, and I hope there are some that we will be able to use on a regional level.
I am honored to serve as President of such a wonderful Region, and if you need anything that I am able to help with, please feel free to ask.
Brad Mak
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