President’s Message

Greetings California Nevada Moose Association Members,

We are upon a new Fiscal Year, and this promises to be an exciting one. As President it will be my pleasure to serve you, the California Nevada Moose Association (CNMA). Coming out of the Annual Convention, we have a lot of new information that will be relayed to the Lodges soon and I am pleased that we garnered such attendance…and we can do even better this next year.

Our Official Visitor, Brian Toseki, became quite taken with the CNMA and actively participated with us from Heart of the Community visits through our great themed “Haunted Banquet” on Saturday. This past year Dina Munday brought out an animated theme to the entire CNMA, and it is my goal that among other things, we will keep that animation strong and promote enthusiasm by our members. Our President’s Project is a large undertaking that will yield to us a home that belongs to the CNMA. It’s quite a project at Mooseheart: UNITING HEARTS / EXPANDING HORIZONS. I can’t tell you how excited I am about this. With the projected new schools and buildings, the water treatment plant, etc. our very own Mooseheart will be able to house and care for children with just about every need. In short, at the completion of this project, MOOSEHEART will have come a long way. The great news is that the CNMA, as one of the top Associations, will be a central part of this and that means that you as a CNMA member can take pride in being a part of something BIG!! A special thank you to all of our Committee Chairs, both existing and those coming on board. The enthusiasm we shared at the Saturday Organizational Meeting was great and I can’t wait to work with you all during this year. Please take a moment to welcome Bob Criss as our new Treasurer, and I’m sure it won’t take him long at all to set his part of the team in motion.

This CNMA of ours keeps getting stronger and more active every year. This past year, I have to say our President Dina Munday created a powerful message, that we stayed on all year, and that is to remember why we are all here; and to recognize the accomplishments big and small of all of us. There are many different people that make up our Fraternal Organization and it’s those differences that help us succeed. Obstacles that we may encounter are not really that big. It is our common bond that remains big and strong. I shall try to continue that message because like I continually say… “we are all in this together”!! We have a FUN year planned, so tell a friend, sponsor a member, attend your District meetings and…THE MID YEAR CONFERENCE as well as THE ANNUAL CONVENTION. It all starts now.