Brain in a pretzel? HUH - nope, Harley and I hate to admit it but we know what our buddy CW was talking about below. WOW oh WOW was that an episode of LOST or not! Harley is usually lost most days. He heads out and wanders around the office in search of whatever trouble he can find. It seems he gets wanderlust when it is time to work on the board book. AND he is way too excited right now. You see - his two most favorite lady-gals in the world are coming to visit him on Thursday (please, don't tell him they are coming to see the Dr. M ... o.k.?) He loves President Brinckmeyer and he is growing quite fond of President-Elect Geer as she gets ready to take over the helm on July 1.
The changing of the guard is an interesting time around here. First of all - thank you letters from the outgoing President is mailed to all whose term comes to an end when the national president term ends. The other is that all Task Forces appointed by the President also ends on June 30. So there can be up to 100 thank you letters that will be sent out. THEN, at the NEB meeting appointments are made as an outcome from the meetings of the Executive Committee of the Societies, Editorial Committees, and standing committees. All of these letters are sent out right after the NEB meeting. This year the meeting will be June 12-15, 2008. Although the meeting is held in June it is still considered the "Summer" meeting - or the first meeting of the fiscal year. President-Elect Geer will be in charge of that meeting and also the Finance Committee meeting scheduled in May.
So the question is -- does MENC have a "lame duck" period - like when President Bush gets ready to vacate the White House on January 20, 2009. He is considered a lame duck from election day, November 4, until January 20. A lame duck is defined as, "person holding office after his or her replacement has been elected to the office, but before the current term has ended." This isn't quite the case with MENC since the President-Elect of MENC serves a term of two-years before becoming the national president. However, over the years, the period between the last day of the national in-service convention and July 1 in an "even" number year is considered the MENC Lame Duck period.
Harley would never call President Brinckmeyer a Lame Duck during this time - he might quack but he wouldn't call her that. As you can see - he is once again LOST in his pretzel brain and must now leave you. His head hurts tied up in knots. So my little duckies, you have a good week and next time we will see Harley's photo with his two favorite girlfriends!
