It seems we have gone from one extreme to the next, a brutally hot summer in 2010 and now we are in the midst of an extremely snowy 2010/2011 winter. I realize this past year was a tough one for everyone to get away from their golf courses with the extreme heat and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who found a way to make it out to some of the meetings this past year. I have thoroughly enjoyed serving this membership the last several years and especially this past year as your president I believe we have a strong nucleus and great thing going on right now with the BGCSA. I hope all of you will continue to support this organization in the coming years. It has been a wonderful experience to get to know some of you a little better this year and to strengthen existing relationships I have had with many of you since coming back to the area. Looking ahead, we have a great board in place for next year that I am confident will continue to grow our organization and make the right decisions to keep the BGCSA a successful operation in the future. Again, a trying year but one we persevered through and hopefully Mother Nature will be kinder to all of us in 2011. Thanks so much for the opportunity to serve you and 1look forward to seeing everyone in the coming year.

Johnathan