Our last meeting held at Portsmouth High School was a productive meeting. Our fundraising goals were discussed and I believe are becoming more clearly defined. On Monday September 19, 2011 our chapter will host its first golf tournament. The tournament, “Slicing for Scholarships” will be held at The Oaks Golf Links in Somersworth, NH. This is an important fundraiser for our chapter and with full support of our chapter membership has the potential to be an excellent source of funds. Please begin to identify potential customers and purveyors to create a full field of golfers. More details will be forthcoming. It was voted on at the meeting not to go forward with the Restaurant Feud and instead to hold Chef’s on Parade once again in November. We will be partnering with a local charity(to be named soon) in an effort to generate ticket sales. A date will be discussed and finalized at our March meeting and more details will be forthcoming.

I would like to thank Bill Vasvary for agreeing to take on the duties of Secretary until our summer break. We still need a member to agree to join the board as the full time secretary.

I have spoken with Ron Boucher CEC, AAC and he has expressed an interest in having the May meeting at Chez Boucher be part of our Membership Drive. More details to come!

Although a date has not been set, plans are underway for our Chapter to host an ACF Certification test in May at the Seacoast School of Technology. If you would plan on testing for an upcoming certification, please let me know. perrinhlong@comcast.net  

I look forward to seeing as many of our members that can attend Monday’s Meeting at Bintliff’s Restaurant. Please try to bring a guest with you to the meeting.

Respectfully yours,

Perrin H. Long CEC, CCE, AAC