I would like to say Thank You to our past president “Mason” who is stepping down after 10 years of service towards the Supervisors Association.  The Association would not be where it is today without all his work in the various positions he has held.

I would also like to introduce myself as the new standing president.  I started as an E-Board member with the BPSA in 07 as treasurer/secretary/membership and we have grown from a little over a 100 members to about 350 members so far.  Now that we have gone National I am sure we will grow even more. 

The new website is still undergoing changes but we are managing to accept the majority of our new member’s through this site.  All E-Board members have an email on this site so you can contact any one of us for assistance.  We look forward to serving the BPSA for the next 2 years. Of course we also have the BPSA “FORUM” where all can post so that all can see and where we will also be conducting some of our BPSA business.

Recently, Matt our Vice President, who also handles membership, was promoted and moved to New Mexico.  Traditionally, we would have replaced him with someone local because our association was basically run out of San Diego in view of the fact that about 90% of the members were California SBPA’s.  Now that has changed so we will change and adapt with it. 

We are looking towards a National Board that will be communicating here onsite and telephonically to conduct the business of the BPSA. Since our charter never specifically addressed a “national” association, we will be revising the charter to address our growth and posting the new one on our site so all may have the opportunity to view it. I welcome all constructive comments to help us develop our association in the most productive way possible.

For those of you who don’t know, the E-Board is comprised of all volunteers elected to keep the Association in place so that we can have Legal Defense Fund coverage in today’s litigious society.

Thank You,

Richard Haynes

BPSA President