Farewell
By Al Myers
This will be my last blog as webmaster for the USAWA. Now I may write more blogs for the USAWA, but only after the new webmaster ET approves, edits and publishes them. This also marks the end of my duties of the USAWA Secretary/Treasurer position. Eric and I have been working together to make a smooth transition over the past couple of months but now all that is done! The USAWA funds are now in his hands for organizational transactions and I’ve “tidied” up the website so he won’t be burdened by jobs I’ve left undone.
I’m not going to make a sappy farewell speech here, but it has caused me to reflect on the past 12 years of being the administrator of the USAWA. That should be the official title instead of Secretary/Treasurer because that it what the job is. It’s a weekly (and sometime daily) duty of attending to something involved with the USAWA. It may be updating the membership roster, taking in a deposit to the bank, updating the website, attending to Executive Board matters, writing a blog for the USAWA Daily News, or just responding to an email from a lifter. It’s way more work than anyone realizes. I know Eric will be up for the job and I encourage all of you to keep giving him encouragement and “pats on the back” because he sure isn’t doing it for the money!
After taking over this position from Bill Clark 12 years ago I had no intentions of doing it forever (or as long as Bill had!). Bill was the only Secretary/Treasurer the USAWA had known as he held that position for 22 years since the beginning! Now I know most of us have had our disagreements with Bill over the years, but I give THAT GUY a big hand for holding the USAWA together for so long. I fully understand the effort and energy he had given to the USAWA, as well as the many hours of his life. I’m very grateful to him for that. I tried my best to not “drop the ball” after everything Bill had accomplished and I hope what I’ve done will be seen as being successful from my USAWA peers as the years move on.
Now let’s get behind ET and the new Executive Board and keep the USAWA going strong!