President's Corner
To my fellow ASSE members,
It seems like only last week that I attended the Rock and Leadership conference as your new President. In reality is has been over four months and I am wondering where the time has gone.
By now all of you are aware of the new meeting location being John’s Pizzeria Restaurant and that seems to be working well. We are still working on addressing the noise problem coming from the bar and hope to have that rectified for the next meeting.
I have heard only good comments about the food and the service.
I would like to reach out to the membership as to suggestions for improvement of the chapter and ways to keep it a viable organization. We have a long and proud history since our Chapter was formed October 23, l965. Our membership numbers and activities have always had highs and lows and we need everyone’s help to continue this proud chapter history. We need new members and are looking for ways to get the message out to possible new members. If each member sponsored one individual for membership we could double chapter size with minimal effort. Safety topics and or ideas for speakers can be brought to any of the board members for consideration at our monthly meetings. Please contact any of our board members.
At our board meetings we have discussed various strategies to revitalize the chapter and to bring you timely and accurate safety information. I want to thank my entire board and the membership for the trust that they have bestowed on me. I want to continue to provide beneficial safety information to the membership and to help this chapter grow.
Future plans are for mini safety seminars to be held at various locations in the Rockford area. Our Chapter covers a wide geographic area of eleven northern Illinois counties and two Wisconsin counties.
Although our main membership is in the immediate Rockford area I would like to reach out to our distant members and to their safety issues and needs. Please feel free to contact a board member or myself with any concerns or ideas so that the Chapter remains YOUR Chapter.
Yours in safety,
John Vaughan
President
Stateline.asse.org
The ASSE "Stateline Chapter" covers 11 counties in Northern Illinois and 2 counties in Southern Wisconsin. The Chapter received its Charter on October 23, 1965. Over the years the membership has ranged in size from 100 -200 members depending upon the economy of the area.