I would suggest talking to a board member in regard to what each of you wants in an executive secretary. I can guarantee you that they will get 1000+ different opinions. please ask yourself "what is an association?". I would answer that it is a group of people with the same interests, i.e. ASA, young republicans, PETA, NRA, and Methodists. If you use the Methodists as the example, then you would say that the church is looking for a new preacher. What is his role? 1. He preaches on Sunday. 2. He tries to get more people in the pews. 3. By doing #2, he gets more money in the offering, and the church can build a bigger steeple. In my opinion, the preacher needs to preach out of numerous books of the bible, (commercial existence in the beef industry, carcass info, stayability in females, bull sales, replacement heifer sales, building local markets for steers, or retaining ownership through the feedlot and collecting data) instead of just one (show cows). Now comes the tricky part. The preacher only takes care of his members. That means that it is up to the congregation to spread the word about their church. It is up to the membership to entice folks to come to church (buy Shorthorn genetics). It is up to the preacher (exec. secretary) to keep the folks in tune with the bible (beef industry with shorthorns), and give the congregation necessary aid a prayer. (getting papers transferred quickly, applying sound EPD data to the masses, etc). I do hope that the ASA will find a good replacement for Greg and our breed can flourish. I couldn't help typing this as I feel that we sometimes lose track of what our association is.