Al I'm more in agreement with you than I am with Andy.  To address andy's 
point, I think a lot is being done on the national level that we may not know 
about however, the real  development of leadership has to start at the state 
and local levels.  I think Dr. Jernigan is gradually turning over the reigns. 
I am also in local leadership and a couple of years ago, we had a change in 
chapter presidency where a fellow who had been chapter president for 20 years 
decided not to run again.  In that particular case, a number of us who were 
long time chapter members tactfully urged him not to run.  It wasn't because 
he was a bad president it was that he could concentrate his activities in 
areas where we had a need and he could still be an important member which by 
the way he still is.  Now that he's no longer president, it was a major 
burden off his shoulders.  I think if he were to be president again, he 
ultimately might be more effective.  I've been secretary of the chapter for 6 
years and I put everybody on notice that I will not run again next year for 
the position.  I want to perform other functions just like Tom Bickford has 
done over the years.
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