The next regular meeting is scheduled for

January 28, 2012.

The meeting will be at the Lake Elsinore Library, Activity Room at 600 W. Graham, Lake Elsinore, CA.

Please check the CALENDAR page for announcements.

New year New challenges.

Voters Registration.

Community Activities.

Public exchange.

The definition of successful is achieving or having achieved success. (2) having succeeded in obtaining wealth, position, or the like; (3) resulting in or attended with success.

The definition of succeed is to turn out or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result; (2) to have (good or ill) success; (3) to accomplish what is attempted or intended. (4)to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc.; (5)to come next after something else in an order or series; (6) to come after and take in place of, as in an office or estate; 7) to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events.

Accomplish (1) To bring to pass; carry out; perform; finish; (2) to complete (a distance or period of time) (3) to make complete.

Accomplishment (1) act of carrying into effect; fulfillment, (2) anything accomplished; achievement (3) an acquired act or grace.

In preparing for my annual message, I was first drawn to the dictionary for the definitions of success, successful, accomplish and accomplishment. I would like to report on my actions during the year by referring to the definitions.

My election as President has involved a number of goals I wish to accomplish. I realized early that a lot depended on the people you surround yourself with to accomplish the desired goals. I am fortunate to have an Executive Board and Executive Committee members who supported and worked on my goals. During the past year my goal to increase membership resulted in new membership totals for new members, new Silver Life Members, Life Subscriber members and new member renewals increasing substantially. This is due to our outreach efforts and the hard work of our Assistant Secretary/Membership Chair.

Our Scholarship Program was recognized as another accomplishment for our Branch. We award $500 scholarships to five members in our community. We have also taken action to organize a Youth and College Council group. The report is that we have 28 youth signed up and we are waiting for the Chartering of this group by the State and National organizations.

Every organization needs a person who helps to raise funds. Since our Branch does not receive automatic funds without effort, I am fortunate to have a Fund Raising Chair who has worked hard on ideas and activities during the year to help the Branch raise funds. She has organized fund raising activities but we are in need of more support and donations from the community and our members. Her accomplishment in organizing this years Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast resulted in a successful program that raised

funds.

Mary Venerable, President