from ABBA President, L.A. Williams
I regret to inform the beagling community that after a lot of thought my wife Kim and I are going to step down from our positions in ABBA following this calendar year.
We are at a time in our life that is very busy. Between the kids' extracurricular activities and our careers, ABBA is slowly falling to the back burner in our lives and that is not fair to you all that pay dues. We do not feel that we are doing ABBA justice, and we feel that there are plenty of Beaglers in a position to do a better job keeping current with Beaglings needs.
I would like to thank everyone for all of the support we have received and the grace you gave us as we learned the program. There are those of you that have gone above and beyond. Beagling is still close to our hearts, and I will continue to beagle as much as our schedule will allow. I will hit as many local trials as possible and federations that I can, but you can bet it will be something serious if I ever miss the National.
That being said there were some people that were upset about the way it was handled when Russ stepped down and i stepped in. I don’t want there to be controversy this time for the incoming President to deal with. So… we are going to have an election. I need volunteers and Nominations for positions. You can Nominate yourself. I would like these nominations between now and September 12. The plan is to take the nominees and make a ballot that is sent out to the ABBA members very similar to the hall of fame ballots. You will then send them back to me and I will not open the letters. We will instead have 2-3 election officials open the letters and do the count during the national where everyone can see it. I see this as the most democratic way.
Positions needed for ABBA:
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Secretary/Treasurer
Field trial secretary
Board of directors (at least 6 but up to 10)
Please text or call me (I prefer text) with your nominations between now and September 12th. So, we can get the ballots mailed out and mailed back before the national.
(517-202-7064) L.A. Williams
