Dear Friends in ASCLS,

Today we stand on the threshold of a brand new year. The new year makes no promises, and has no guarantees other than this -- every day will be filled with challenges and opportunities. It is up to us to recognize the opportunities, to see the possibilities, and to overcome the challenges.

All that we’ve experienced and accomplished over the years has come from just a tiny corner in the universe of our unlimited professional potential.  With each new challenge we must grow our awareness, our thinking and our actions beyond this moment in time.  We must act, do and speak as a strong profession in ASCLS.

If something has seemed impossible, could it be that we may have looked at it from a self-limited and individual perspective?   We have unlimited and untapped potential in our members and in our organization to bring success to ASCLS, our profession and it’s professionals.

Speaking out, working together, unleashing the professional power within each of us, and exploring possibilities that exist beyond where we already are will bring new meaning to ASCLS’s Voice, Value, and Vision.  And by so doing, our professional lives will be enriched beyond our wildest dreams.

At this moment, dear friends in ASCLS, we must not find ourselves “wishing for a Happy New Year”.  In ASCLS, we already have the power and potential to make it a truly happy year, a year filled with success, fulfillment and accomplishment.  Here’s to a GREAT 2008 in ASCLS!

Always Your Friend in ASCLS,

Lezlee Koch, ASCLS Region V Director