Message From The President...

12/17/11

Dear NYC TU Members,

It's been almost two since I was elected president at the 2009 Annual Meeting. That makes five years as chapter president. I thought I had found my replacement before I moved to Connecticut over three years ago. The impact of the economy changed his availability. I continued to serve the chapter from my home and attended our meetings in the city and have served for two years traveling all over NYS for the state council as Region 2 VP. Roger Olson has replaced me on the Council Board. I find it nearly impossible to nurture new volunteers in NYC remotely from my home office in CT, while raising our two kids.

I am in the process of transitioning out of office and appointing a replacement from our board. I am asking for new people to please volunteer to take over my responsibilities as webmaster. Fundraising Chair, Newsletter Editor and more.

I would like to thank our treasurer, Michael Parks for responsibly watching our chapter's funds and doing an great job accurately reporting our activities to TU and the IRS on time! I'd also like to thank our other board members for their efforts; especially Roger Olson Region 2 VP to the Council and NYTU Marcellus Shale Committee Chair. I would like to thank Duncan Blair who has taught me so much about how TU works and how to employ better diplomacy. Our new vice-president John Melfi has all the potential to serve TU well and has skillfully contributed to our newsletter.

I hope the chapter will rekindle its motavation to volunteer personal time to fundraise for conservation, TIC and learn how to pass-on knowledge of fishing and the outdoors to people of all ages.

Happy holidays,

John Field
President, NYCTU, Inc.

John has an angling media background as a magazine staff writer and cameraman/co-producer for Larry Dahlberg's Hunt for Big Fish. In addition, he is currently President of the American Casting Association and a FFF Master Certified Casting instructor.