The President’s Message for this mid-July 2016, will show the deliberations of the July 10th, 2016, meeting at the residence of the Omorogbes. First, please join me to express our appreciations to the Omorogbe family for hosting a very successful meeting. The joyous atmosphere that emerged that evening at the end of the meeting is something worthy of remembering. Thanks to Amen, Tina and the children. (The opening European Soccer game was exciting and could not be overlooked). Based on the spirit of the meeting discussions, we should have quite a few priority items to attend to during the week: First, Dr. Joseph Akpanikat will be assisted by the immediate past president, Vincent Uba, to produce both the October Event Admissions and Raffle tickets. Their help in getting this done is appreciated. Second, Mrs. Tope Akinyemi will help to produce a document to clarify the status of increasing benefits for members. Please let us thank her for offering to do this. Next, Chief Dr. Edwin Kaliku will continue to work with the President in attending the Festival of Nations meetings. A coördinator is still being sought here. As a reminder, members who received the FON Raffle tickets are urged to please return their payments together with the raffle stubs to Bassey Essien. Much thanks!
Having said all the above, the “mother” of all the priority items mentioned for this week is the ANCD Picnic set for Saturday July 16, 2016. Let me take a moment here to thank the Picnic Planning Committee for a wonderful job that the members are doing. I believe that by now we are almost all set for the main PICNIC EVENT on River Road Park, Niskayuna/Schenectady, NY. I am referring to the “Bouncy Bounce,” the game balls, the added grills, the DJ and his music, and all the props. Picnic time is 12 noon to 7 pm. Although I could tell that so many members are willing and ready to help with obtaining things that are needed or even making financial contributions, please feel free to call the President (518-669-4574), if all else fails. Let us make this the best PICNIC! Thanks to all of you!!