Jeff mentioned that the club had received some recognition in the Exchange Today magazine regarding our increase in membership over July 1. At July 1, we stood at 95 members. Since the start of the Haugh administration, there have been 6 new members - Paul Koscielski and Brad Peek in September, Todd Moore and Taylor Rakers in December and Mark Aleman and Glen Swick in January. We've also lost 4 members since July 1 - Hal Broadwater, Dan Niemann and Jim Totsch dropped their membership in July and, of course, the passing of long-time member Mel Dillman. That's a net increase of 2 (but much better than a net loss).

First of all, welcome to all of the new members - please stay involved with the club's projects and fund raisers. If someone doesn't tap you on the shoulder for help, let someone know where your interests are and we'll get you on a committee! For you old guys, make the new members fell welcome - nothing drives a members away faster than feeling like he doesn't belong.

Secondly, what the record shows, is that even with 6 new members in 7 months, the net increase is just two, It just shows the need to keep bringing in new members to keep Quincy's finest hour growing!