VIRGINIA DISTRICT
GOVERNOR’S BULLETIN
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Volume 65 Issue 1 August 2007
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Hello Virginia!
Well….Have you Caught the Pilot Spirit?! I certainly have! I am EXTREMELY proud of you and all of the effort that you put into making this year’s PI Convention a success. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent the Virginia District! I had the glorious task of accepting many, many compliments on convention activities and overall atmosphere on your behalf.
The Virginia District was represented in Norfolk by President Bobbie Hudson, 88 Pilots, 8 Anchors, and 9 Co-Pilots and Friends. The DAC spent a few days “Getting Back to Basics” during the Council of Leaders. Where we heard from Randy Snow, whose motto is “NO EXCUSES!” Randy gave us the “Courage to Lead” by sharing these key elements: 1. Practice the truth, 2. Be purpose driven, 3. Recognize opportunity, 4. Make a difference!
During the Opening Ceremony, 2006-2007 Governor Dianne and I gave a welcome speech from the Virginia District. I had the honor of joining Co-Pilot Dave Lovingood in presenting the Virginia state flag, and then had the joy of joining my fellow Governors in presenting our district banners.
We got down to business Thursday morning, and approved proposed bylaw changes on adding an E-membership, deleting classifications, and office terms and filling vacancies in office for districts that have Lt. Governors. A proposed bylaw change on adding a provisional membership to Florida Scholarship House Residents was sent back to committee for revision. This proposed bylaw change will be represented at the 2008 PI Convention. We could not have asked for better weather for Thursday night’s Pig Pickin’ in the Park and everyone enjoyed the Dancing With the Stars- Pilot Style. Special thanks to Co-Pilot Larry Stamps for the Karaoke and dance music! I heard several ladies say they just enjoyed listening to him talk!
We were up early Friday morning to participate in the 10th Annual PIF Walk. As the convention meeting resumed, we met the Anchors attending Convention. VA Pilot Carole Jarvis was recognized for organizing the Great Bridge Christian School Anchor Club and we voted on 2007-2009 Directors. Please congratulate Anne Lovingood when you see her, for being elected to the PI Board as a Director!
Saturday wrapped things up with special awards and recognitions. Our very own Dot Franklin was presented the St. Jude Lifetime Achievement award by Honorary Pilot and St. Jude Board Member Peter Decker, the Harrisonburg Pilot Club was recognized for the creation of a Brain Awareness newspaper insert, the Virginia District was recognized as growth district, AND as promised, President Bobbie kissed a pig ! Saturday Night closed out this year’s Convention with a very nice Banquet to honor President Judy Breaud and a lovely installation ceremony.
Thank you again for the opportunity to represent you and I can’t wait to see what you all have planned for the upcoming year!
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
Notes from your DAC:
Linda Salyer, Treasurer
Just a reminder District Dues need to befinalized. If you have not paid in full please do so as soon as possible. Mail District dues to
Linda Salyer
19756 Spur Strap Road
Bristol, VA 24202.
Please be sure to update membership information as it occurs.
Last year we had ninePilotmembers who sponsored two new membersand their International dues were waived for 2007-2008. There were: Dorothy Wood - Albemarle/Charlottesville; Irene Owens-Bristol; Terri Anderson-Chesapeake; Diane Guill, Anna Riddle, Faith Stamps-Danville; Carol Hart-Harrisonburg; Patsy Everton, Kay Martin-Luncheon Chesapeake.
As of July we have four new members Margaret Crouch, Terri Davidson, Cathy Richards - Suffolk and Sheryl Williams - Portsmouth. It is important to keep accuraterecords so please remember to sendthe information forms to all District Officers and PI.
Message from 2006-2007 PI President, Bobbie Hudson:
Dear VA District Pilots,
Thank you for all you did to make PI Convention a success. The bags were such a great surprise! I will never forget all you have done for me for 29 years and I am proud to call myself a VA Pilot. If there is ever anything I can do for any of you, all you have to do is ask! Bruce, Winston the cat and I say Thank you form the bottom our hearts.
Bobbie
Message from PI President, Judy Breaud:
I am so proud and honored to serve as President of this wonderful organization and I appreciate all the love and support that you have shown me. I have chosen the theme “Catch in the Pilot Spirit” because I believe in Pilot International and all that we stand for. The Pilot Spirit is that special feeling deep inside of each of us that comes from caring about others and working to make a difference in lives of those with brain related disorders. The butterfly is the symbol of hope. It is hope that Pilots bring as they serve others. The life of a Pilot member is enriched by the time and love given to others.
As I said in my acceptance speech, we cannot direct the wind beneath our wings, but we can adjust our flight. We have been a good organization for 86 years, but we must commit to make this a great organization. Catch the Pilot Spirit symbolizes the heart of a volunteer, the mindset to make a difference and the ethics to do what is right for humankind…and it begins with us.
In Pilot Love,
Judy Breaud
Pilot International President
PIF Heritage Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
February 9, 2008!
Deadline to purchase Heritage Garden Bricks
September 1, 2007!
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
Message from our ECR,
Pat Jarvis:
I am so pleased to be your ECR for the 2007-2008 year! We kicked off the year with a great Counsel of Leaders (COL) and Pilot International Convention. I enjoyed meeting and working with your DAC, even though at the time, ECR representatives had not been announced. It was also a treat to meet many of you!
During COL and Convention, many presentations and workshops were held which were designed to assist our District leaders and all Pilots have a successful year in Pilot. As we work together, this year can be the year of SUCCESS for all of us.
If I can be of any assistance to any of you, please email me at , call me at 706-245-5687 or fax at 706-245-0765. Also, please send a copy of your newsletter. It, too, can be emailed, faxed or “snail mailed”—whatever is convenient for you. I want to learn as much about you and your clubs as possible, and your newsletter helps me know about you as members and your projects.
I wish each of you a great year in Pilot. Start making plans to attend your District Convention and PI Convention, so we can continue to work together “Catch the Pilot Spirit”.
In friendship,
Pat Jarvis, ECR
Message from ECR,
Ann Lovingood:
Many thanks to all my fellow Pilots in the Virginia District for your support and encouragement at the PI Convention in Norfolk; and what a convention it was! Bobbi outdid herself in making sure folks had fun along with taking care of business. As much as we laughed, we’re bound to be healthier already.
I will be the ECR for the Louisiana and Tennessee District and look forward to seeing how they “do” Pilot. It’s always been my opinion that you learn as much from an experience as you contribute to it. I want to see Pilot become more visible in the world around us and pray I will also be a worthy ambassador for Virginia Pilots.
Yours in Pilot friendship and service, Ann Lovingood
Message from PI Chaplain,
Betty Reese:
I am Betty Reese of the Pilot Club of Mt. Pleasant, TX, Texas District Pilot International and 2007-2008 Chaplain of Pilot International.
It is my desire to be able to contact each of the Virginia Pilots whohas a death in their familiy, serious illness, etc. I would also like to send the members of your DAC birthday cards throughout the year. Would you please send me a list of your DAC and their birthdays? Would you also put a memo in your next Governor's Bulletin with my name and address so that the clubs will contact me with thier information. If you receive info concerning one of your district members would you please forward the info to me?
Betty Reese, 2007-2008 Chaplain
Pilot International
155 CR 1609
Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
903-572-7641
Thanks for your help!
2007-2008
PI Executive Committee
President Judy Breaud, Plano, Texas
President-Elect Debbie Archer, Freeport, GB, Bahamas
First Vice Pat Jarvis, Elberton, Georgia
President
Second Vice Susan Hoffman, Lenexa, Kansas
President
Secretary Linda Covington, Asheboro,
North Carolina
Treasurer Beverly Wilkes, Louisville Club, Mississippi
Directors Danny Reesor, Agincourt, Ontario,
2006-2008 Canada
Mary Sue Stages, Baker, Louisiana
Directors Kay Chandler, Decatur, Alabama
2007-2009 Ann Lovingood, Chesapeake, Virginia
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.
Virginia District Governor’s Bulletin August 2007 Page 2
District coordinators and Appointees Cont.
Jean Miller, Sr. Programs
330 Bramble ton Ave., Apt. 1711
Norfolk, VA 23518
(757)622-4970
Dorothy “Dot” Franklin, PIF Rep
308 Colonial Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23507
(757) 623-1029
Faith Stamps, Awards Committee Chair
205 Walnut Road
Danville, VA 24541
(434) 822-0826
Beth Chenault, Awards Committee
976 S. Dogwood Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
(540) 432-0465
Lucy Kachmarik, Nominating Committee Chair
107 Deer Spring Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188
(757) 784-1669
Mary Edna Boyce, Nominating Committee
3604 Pittmantown Road
Suffolk, VA 23438
(757) 562-3049
Laverne Flythe, Nominating Committee
7437 Old Myrtle Road
Suffolk, VA 23434
(757) 934-0341
Anne Craig Stallings, Audit Committee Chair
4405 Woodberry Crescent
Suffolk, VA 23435
(757) 538-3934
Faye Harrell, Audit Committee
1996 Kings Highway
Suffolk, VA 23435
(757) 538-2053
Dottie Harris, Audit Committee
5056 Old Stage Highway
Smithfield, VA 23430
(757) 357-5222
Fan Panton, Historian
115 Military Road
Suffolk, VA 23434
(757)539-8335
Tammy Watson, Chaplain
I Am Powerful!Author Unknown
I am very powerful!Whatever I set my mind on having, I will have.
Whatever I decide to be, I will be.
The evidence is all around me.
The power of my will has brought me precisely to where I am right now.
I have made the choices. I have held the thoughts.
I have taken the actions to create my current reality.
And I have the power to change it into whatever I want it to be.
With the choices I make, I am constantly fulfilling the vision I have for my life.
If that does not seem to be the case --
then I am deceiving myself about what I really want.
Because what I really, truly want, I will get!
What I truly wanted in the past, I already have.
If I want to build a billion-dollar business, I will take the actions necessary to do it.
If I want to sit comfortably watching TV night after night --
I will take the actions necessary for that.
Don’t be disappointed in my results --
they’re just the outward manifestation of my priorities.
I will be sure of what I truly want,
because I am sure to get it!
Sympathy and Get Well Wishes to:
Dottie Harris, Isle of Wight PC, recovering from a stroke.
Mary Jean Eley, Isle of Wight PC, loss of her father.
Sandra Hurd, Past VA Dist. Governor, loss of her mother
and step-father
Nancy Rountree, Nansemond River PC, loss of brother in-law
Florence Lewis, Luncheon Danville PC, loss of sister
Racheal Buckner, Luncheon Danville PC, Loss of sister
Janice Holland, Nansemond River PC, recovering from surgery
Co-Pilot John Banks, recent Hospital stay for tests
Co-Pilot C.P. Lewis, recovering from Kidney Stones
Congratulations to:
Anne Lovingood, Lucnheon PC of Chesapeake, for being elected to PI Board!
Josie Hicks, PC Hampton Roads, for passing the CPA Exam
Deborah Banks, Nansemond River PC, received an Air Force Achievement Medal, Nursing Service Member of the Year 2006, and promotion to Master Sgt.!
Jane and Shelby Speight, Nansemond River PC, Chelsea Speight and the SYAA Lazers are competing in the SYAA Pony Nationals in Texas!
Becky Davis, PC Portsmouth for recognition of work with Girls Inc.
The Mission of Pilot International is to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the world.