Things will be different next year in the Potomac Region (PR).  Vince Taliano, award-winning editor of the Caddie Chronicle, has announced his intent to step down after decades of service in this capacity.  Although we will try, we can’t thank him enough.  Now we need a new editor.  This may require some organizational thinking outside the box.  Since Vince’s boots will be hard to fill, at least in the beginning, we are open to creative new ideas.  For example, just as newspapers have sports editors, style editors, feature editors and so forth, the PR editor-in-chief may establish a committee with a technical editor, feature editor, advertising manager, etc.  The frequency of issue may be cut back from monthly to quarterly for starters.  Or we could follow the Valley Forge Region pattern of alternating between a newsletter and event schedule every other month.  Bring your own ideas to the table.  I’ll be talking to each of you before the November election.  Other positions need to be filled, too.

PR membership is growing.  We’re up to 183 members now.  Maybe I can’t manage to talk to each of you, but I’ll give it a try.  Recent new members live in California, Florida, Ohio, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia as well as in the DMV.  Welcome to all! 

In June, Jack McClow retired from the CLC Board of Directors (BOD) after 13 years of service.  During this time, he served both as CLC Treasurer and as PR’s CLC BOD representative.  Thank you Jack!  To replace Jack as PR’s CLC Board representative, the PR officers appointed Bill Harrison to fill out the term this year.  Bill is already well known to the Club as a CLC Museum and Research Center Board Director.  He will serve PR well on the CLC Board.

Finally, we wish speedy recovery to “Grady & Brady,” CLC members in North Carolina and Louisiana respectively.  Both Grady Davis and Brady Como had medical emergencies, causing them to miss the Grand National in June, but they seem to be doing as well as possible afterwards.  Grady is the CLC Vice-President for the Southeast Regions, which includes PR.

Larry Good