Joe Garcia Appreciation Award
by Al Myers
Joe Garcia's Appreciation Award
Another USAWA appreciation award was given to another great contributor to the USAWA. Joe Garcia has been the USAWA Records Director/Record Keeper for the USAWA since the very beginning, and just recently stepped down from this position. Joe’s efforts single handedly are the reason we have a very comprehensive record list in the USAWA. We owe him eternal thanks for this, as the Record List is a very important entity within our organization. It has been kept up to date with diligence for over 25 years, consisting now of over 10,000 records. That’s a lot of records!!! Joe has undoubtedly spent thousands of hours of work on this. It also requires that things are done with perfection to prevent wrong information incorporated into our official Record List. Not very many people would have the energy and persistence to keep a list like this up to date!!!!
Again, I had hoped to present this Appreciation Award firsthand to Joe, but could not get something worked out in a timely manner so it was mailed to him. Joe contacted me immediately by phone upon receiving this award to give his thanks to the USAWA for it. He seemed very surprised and moved by this. I’m hoping at a later date to interview Joe to highlight his accomplishments and efforts as the USAWA Record Director/Keeper.
Congrats Joe!!!