Welcome to the American Association of the Philippines

Rain! Oh my golly, the rain.

I thought it was just the rainy season, maybe a bit overdone. That was OK, until the guy next door began building something in his driveway, in the rain. Even that was OK, until he came over one day, and asked me what a cubit was?

Now, after thanks to Bill Cosby for the cubit line, to more serious business. And, I do mean business.

We have our Annual General Meeting (AGM) coming. It's on Sept 25. Your Board has much to report, and with any luck everyone will be brief. Those reports will be followed by the election of the Trustees for the next twelve months, and important selection, to be sure.

We shall need dedicated activitists as Trustees, since we shall be initiating programs outside Manila, developing the AAP's first-erver fund raising strategy with Rey de Jesus as our new Vice President for Development, and adding focus on helping our educational beneficiaries move on to true job preparation.

With all this going on, we are also trying to make sure we communicate well. We are very fortunate in having Chrisy Wittkop now managing this web site, to keep you informed.

We are very sad to announce that our ever-reliable, cool -headed manager, Shirly, will be leaving us, perhaps to teach in the province, and we are also pleased to announce that Agnes has accepted promotion to take Shirly's place. In addition,. in view of the expanded activities planned, we shall be adding staff to the office: a social worker to replace Agnes, and an assistant for Agnes (possible part time "trailing spouse").

Now don't neglect seeing the American Historical Collection at the Ateneo...



Best regards,

Glendon Rowell
Chairman

American Association Philippines