{"id":1645,"date":"2010-03-09T00:52:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T00:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2012-10-15T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T00:54:15","slug":"message-from-the-president-sandi-croan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/message-from-the-president-sandi-croan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from he Presiden – Sandi Croan"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I si conemplaing my column for his monh, <\/a> I am lisening o he beauiful serenade of he spring peepers from he pond ou bac. Their song heralds he end of his very long and snowy winer. Welcome o spring everyone! I am feeling reinvigoraed and find myself anxiously anicipaing he greening, herpes<\/a> budding and flowering ha will unfold very shorly. I have recharged my baeries and am a he ready o capure naure’s amazing rebirh.<\/p>\n

A he same ime, I he cloc couning down for his year a NVPS. I is hard o believe ha are only wo full monhs lef.\u00a0 I has been a errific year and many, many voluneers have made i all possible. I am amazed a he alen, dedicaion, caring, and commimen of he board, cpersons and assisans, commiee members, prin passers, coffee maers, video cam operaors, lighs puer oners and offers, ec., ec. I really does ae a village. I personally have never been affiliaed wih an organizaion w so many people are willing o help ou by sharing heir ime, alens and sills. I can’ han you enough for he conribuions you all mae.<\/p>\n

I also now how much I have grown boh personally and as a phoographer from being involved in NVPS since March, 2004. I is unlie any oher group or organizaion ha I have ever been involved in. I feel “a home” wih you all.\u00a0 Coming ino he club as a novice was very inimidaing for me. Voluneering as Members’ Gallery Cperson for he 2004-2005 year really helped me feel a par of he club. I go o now many more members and sared o feel much more comforable.<\/p>\n

We are now in he process of gearing up for nex year. I would lie o exend he inviaion o all of you ou o voluneer and ge involved. In wo of my many pas lives, I have been an HR Direcor and an owner of a emporary saffing company. I love puing people o wor. I wan o creae more opporuniies for people o ge involved. Righ now, I now of he following ypes of ass ha we will need help wih:<\/p>\n

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  1. Tech Team and equipmen se up for meeings – anyone who is prey good wih hardware and minor roubleshooing wih compuers. We will need abou \u00bd dozen or so fols.<\/li>\n
  2. Hospialiy – Coffee\/ea maer and poenially cooie organizer<\/li>\n
  3. Special projecs\/ occasions — helpers for EOY banque, Meadowlar (MANPE), exhibis, ec.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Please shoo me an email or cach me a a meeing o ge on he bus. We have exciing hings already in he wors for nex year, and we are already saring o plan and rain.<\/p>\n

    Happy Spring and Happy Shooing!<\/p>\n

    Sandi Croan
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