Greetings!
On behalf of your ARCSE Board and Advisors, I wish you a very Happy New Year! We hope in 2023 that you and your families have been blessed with good health, happiness, and great friendships, and that 2024 continues with many blessings.
ARCSE is grateful for the dedication of its members and would like to thank you for all that you do for our organization. In 2024, ARCSE will continue to work on implementing our Plan of Work, Strategic Plan, and our MOU with NRCS. Through the MOU, both NRCS and ARCSE will continue to explore ways to mentor NRCS employees. This process may take time to develop. You are right, taking on these various workload items is something that is new for ARCSE. The timing is perfect as our organization is turning 50 in 2024.
In my spare time I am serving as House Mother for the Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR)Fraternity in River Falls, Wisconsin. This is a perfect way for me to give back in retirement. Over the years I have met many SCS/NRCS employees who were AGRs. If your travels bring you to Wisconsin, please stop by to visit.
Save the date for the 79th SWCS International Annual Conference, July 21–24, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina! This year’s conference theme is “Rising Together: Collaborative Conservation for All.” Call for presentation submissions and more details regarding the event will be posted in the coming months at www.swcs.org/24AC. More information will be forthcoming in an upcoming issue of the ARCSE Newsletter regarding details for our Annual ARCSE meeting. Please visit our website to learn more about ARCSE: https://arcse.org.
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