Potential Baltimore Chapter Visit

An organizational meeting was hosted by the Resnick Group on Monday morning, December 7 on the beautiful harbor shores of Baltimore, Maryland.  The purpose of the meeting was to launch the process for submission as a new chapter in HFTP.  There were around 30 attendees and I had the opportunity to share with them all the exciting things about HFTP and the numerous benefits of becoming involved. 

There was great energy in the room, especially for an 8:00 a.m. Monday morning meeting.  The audience was mostly made up of vendor attendees, but there were some of the current DC members that work in Balitmore present.  They were very encouraged that a chapter may be getting started in their area.  The organizing committee is being chaired by Nick Hollander, CPA, Manager at Reznick Group, P.C. (Nick.Hollander@reznickgroup.com).  I encourage you to send him an email to encourage him and give some advise as he moves forward with organizing this chapter.

Other members of the organizing committee are: Ryan Henigan, Sheslie Royster, Dan King, Greg Remeikis, and Joyce Price.  We appreciate all these individuals taking time to give back to the industry through organizing this chapter.

There was a member from the local culinary school that expressed an interest in organizing a student chapter as well.  He is going to discuss the concept with the school leaders and see what the possibilities are.  Maybe we'll get a two-for-one deal out of this group.

It was every exciting to be there.  There are a few things that I learned about having an 8:00 a.m. meeting.  First off, people are not as anxious for me to finish talking when I'm holding them up from going to work instead of holding them up from the cocktail hour.  Secondly, it appears that my jokes are not quite as funny when people have not already had a drink or two.  I guess orange juice and coffee does not dull the senses enough. 

I'm excited about what will come out of this group and I know the HFTP family will always be there to help and encourage them. Post a comment to this blog expressing your encouragment and advise to what we hope to be our newest adult chapter and hopefully student chapter.

Terry