This will be my last chairman's message for API Delta Section.
It has been a wonderful experience leading this organization for
the past two years. I feel we have made much progress with the
organization including reinstating the teacher of the year program,
making progress with the area children's museums to create
petroleum related exhibits that will inspire our children,
providing scholarships to deserving students, arranging informative
luncheon presentations, updating the website, increasing
sponsorship, re-staffing our board, putting on successful golf and
clay shoot tournaments, and supporting many other worthwhile
causes.
I want to thank all the members of the board for their hard work
for the past two years. Certainly none of our accomplishments could
have been made without their efforts. I especially want to thank
Peggy Bourgeois for everything she has done for the API Delta
Section for the past ten years. She has done so much for this
organization. She has changed industries and we wish her great luck
in all her future endeavors. I also want to thank Bob Bailey who
has chaired the Sporting Clay Shoot for many years. He has earned a
rest from the arduous task of putting on this event year after
year.
Looking forward to 2015, I will still be working on some of API
Delta Section's goals. I intend to chair a committee that is
working on our Petroleum Industry Promoting Education "PIPE"
initiative to support the area children's museums. We are planning
events, that in addition to raising funds, will allow for
cross-discipline networking within our industry and demonstrate to
the community how many locals are involved in the petroleum
industry. We expect our signature event to be a family event at
City Park planned for May 23, 2015 (details to come).
I leave the organization in the capable hands of Barney
Paternostro. I expect to continue to work with the API board to
follow Barney's direction. I am certain he well do an excellent job
as chair. If you would like to get more involved in API there are
many opportunities and we welcome the help. If you want to get
involved, you can put in as much or as little time as you desire,
but I am sure that once you start, you will want to do more with
this fine organization.
Rick Fowler
P.O. Box 50110
New Orleans, LA 70150