By Luqman Katz
What a year we have all had! We baked you a cake to “celebrate.” As most of California enters the orange tier, more centers are reopening for worship for some rentals. All we ask is for each of you to conform to local and county guidelines, now, and as they are modified. We, the Executive Committee, thank you all for so diligently adhering to the health protocols that are recommended by health professionals.
Can you hear the turning of gears? That’s the sound of our Congress and Community Teams preparing for our next annual Congress, via Zoom. The Council has approved August 6-8 as the dates, so mark your calendar now. Rifka Several, God bless her, has agreed to act as this year’s Congress Chair, and has been unanimously approved by the Council.
The venue for next year has been reserved at UC Santa Barbara. So, God willing and the virus don’t spike, we are headed for an in-person congress in 2022!!
We are required by our bylaws to have a Congress Chair and, at this year’s 2021 event we need to vote for a candidate. This is where we ask all of you to consider being that person. It is a fun job (just ask Rifka) as well as a legal requirement. The rewards are boundless AND you get to attend the Congress for free. If there were a penthouse suite, you’d get that as well.
That’s it for now. Please take care, everyone, and we’ll see you very soon.
Regards, Luqman and the Gang