American Society of Dowsers
Planning for ASD Chapter Phone Call
ASD RVP/Chapter Newsletter June 2008
In This Issue
Come to the Party!!
The Agenda
The Logistics
The Life Blood of ASD
 
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Our chapters are the life blood of ASD. Without your local leadership, there would be no representation in your area. You are the one stimulating interest in the valuable art/science of dowsing. Whatever we can do to assist you, via the national and regional levels, we want to know...
 
...Join us as we begin our national dialogue. 
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We are working hard to meet your needs. If there is any topic you feel needs to be addressed, or information you would like to share at the national level, please contact Bess Cutter ahead of time, so that she can allot time for you to speak. She can be emailed at bessva@cox.net or via phone at 757 335 2100.
 
phoneDon't Forget to Come to the Party!!
We are all very excited about our first national phone conference networking event. We look forward to speaking with you!!
 
Don't forget to call in this coming Wednesday, June 18 at 8pm edt (please work back for your part of the country). If you will not be able to attend, please let Bess Cutter know, at bessva@cox.net. Otherwise...we will have the phones open and waiting for you!

The Agenda

Following is the agenda for the call, as scheduled right now: 
 
Welcome from Bess Cutter, Board of Trustees Chapter Liaison
Roll Call of Chapter Contacts on the Call by Bess
Greetings from George Weller, ASD President
Greetings from Arvid Johnson, ASD Operations Manager:
     Convention 2008 & chapter involvement
Convention 2009 update by Convention Chair Sharon Cohen
Marketing options for chapters - Atala Toy, Marketing Director
RVPs introduce themselves
Chapter news
     New chapters applying for charters introduce themselves
     50th Anniversary of ASD in 2011
     Nominating committee to be formed, 1 per region
     Call for names to be placed on ballot for trustee vote
     Convention Scholarship, 1 per region
     RVP phone call within each region: planning for it 

The Logistics of the Call

This call is meant for the Chapter presidents and/or the Chapter contact. You are both welcome to attend. If you know of someone in this capacity who has not been notified, please let them know and let Bess know as well, so she can correct her list.
 
We will be doing a lot of communicating by email from now on. If you know of someone whose email we do not have, please let us know.
 
This Wednesday, June 18, at 8pm edt (please work back for your part of the country), please call 1-309-946-5000. Once it connects, key in the following code: 426029#  (don't forget the pound). This will take you into the call. Please announce yourself when you enter.
 
Sounds of eating, barking, people talking in the background, the tv or radio, can be heard very clearly. Please arrange for a quiet area to call from. If you have background noise, you can always "toggle" a mute on yourself by hitting 6 to silence, then 6 to re-enter; when you do this, the rest of the callers hear a ping as you go on and off.
 
If you cannot connect, please call Atala Toy on her cell phone, 1-847-651-1758, and she will try to help you.
 
The only charge is the long distance call on your phone service (hence it works best to have a national calling plan :) ). 
conventionNational Convention
Don't forget to sign up to attend the national convention in Killington - our chief face-to-face national organizing event of the year!! If you register before the end of today, Sunday June 15, you'll save considerably!! You can either fax in your registration form from the booklet, or go to our website at:  
Be talking to you soon!
Looking forward to speaking with you Wednesday night....
 
Your team of ASD organizers: Bess Cutter, George Weller, Arvid Johnson, Atala Toy, Sharon Cohen, Leroy Bull, Joe Smith, MaryMarie Satterlee, Inez Lindsey, Vernell Boyd, Bruce Irwin, Sally Holvey-Slifer and Gary Damelin