Words from the Central Office: A New Beginning!

Happy New Year! Hoping everyone is having a good new year so far. Your Central Office offers the following tidbits of news to assure you all is well and that the Central Office is in full operation.

The unexpected passing of our Secretary General, Richard Kozal, created some challenges that we were able to overcome with the support, patience, and dedication of the Officers, Trustees and our ever hard-working Section Chairs. We not only overcame the challenges but have gone forward with confidence to reorganize the Office, making it more efficient without losing any of the personal service everyone has come to expect over the years.

With the able help of a new assistant, Louise, and our long-time "Jack of all Trades," Michael, we continue to fulfill all requests and duties while learning new skills under the guidance of our Web Manager and new Editor, Mark Stanley. Dr. Jim Brophy, who has been the Academy's Editor for many years, has been asked to take on the important role of Contributing Editor & Historian for the Academy, a task he is well suited for, as there is no one who could fill this role as he can.

In the coming months, we will continue to provide everything our Section Chairs and Region Trustees need to help them in their never-ending tasks of recruiting new Fellows, planning, and holding local meetings, functions, and inductions. Upon request, the Central Office will provide the materials needed for recruitment, Section allowance assistance, as well as the certificates, lapel pins, and PFA keys to make the new Fellows "Official!" With those things in mind, it is very important for each and every Section Chair to adhere to the new procedures and protocols that have been in place since 2009 for submitting the names and all other necessary information for processing each new Fellow. A sincere effort is required to ensure that the Central Office can quickly process the information provided by each Chair on a "Printed" list and deposit one check for the new Fellow fees collected for the journal subscriptions. Each Section Chair will receive all the new memos, procedures, and protocols, as well as updated lists and reports so the most current information is available to refer to anytime there is a doubt as how to proceed.

As always, we are available to answer your questions or concerns anytime. Please do not hesitate to contact us. The best phone number to reach us at is: (702) 345-2950 (we're on Pacific Coast time). Please forward your e-mail addresses to centraloffice@fauchard.org so that you can obtain access to the Academy's Web site and enjoy its many new and awesome features. You will find meeting notices and new information being posted all the time, as well as the latest issue of our newsletter, Dental World. You can even e-mail the Central Office right from the Web site!

Looking forward to being with all of you this year... ...in Orlando!

Respectfully submitted,
Judith D. Kozal
Executive Director of the Pierre Fauchard Academy