Dear Friends,

Springtime is here and the cold and snowy Winter is behind most of us.

At the time of writing this message it coincides with the first anniversary of becoming International President of this amazing association of ours.

Many things have been accomplished by your Executive Board on this first year, we have published two editions of the International Revue with the third coming out soon, we have updated our channels of Communication by holding quarterly conference calls, the new Book of Members 2010-2012 is at the final stages of completion.

One of the highlights of my first year was to chair the Board of Directors and General Assembly meetings at our last Congress in Lisbon.

I would like to congratulate Nuno and Joaquim and all our Portuguese colleagues for having hosted such a memorable Congress, this edition has a few pages dedicated to the “Chaves de Ouro de Portugal” congress.

This year 2010 promises to be a better one, forecasts are up from last year however we still face challenges and we need to keep our guard up and provide the best and friendliest service at all times.

I wish all of you a very successful season and I hope to meet many of you on my travels this year.

Yours in Friendship

Robert Watson
International President