A WHOLE NEW WORLD

 

Since PAK started, almost all of our Board meetings have been virtual.  We first met on Zoom, then made the transition to Teams a few years ago.  By my calculations, we just had our sixty-third meeting today.  The only item on the agenda was to decide if PAK will continue as an organization.  After discussion, it appeared that there were enough old and new board members willing to continue with PAK’s revised mission to continue.  In a spectacular non-vote PAK will go on.  Some board members will leave, but new ones will surface.  I will be one of those leaving.  I must be a one-master dog.  I was committed 100% to the old mission and cannot be enthused by any other mission.  It is best that I resign, so I will, effective 12/31/2025.  As I thanked the board for their past and future service, I wished them well for a “Whole New World”, citing the theme song from Disney’s “Alladin”. Our board worked together so well for so long, we developed a sixth sense of each other.  One of them asked if that was going to be the title of my last President’s Report, and here we are.

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I am attaching the lyrics to the song for those who now have it in their heads.  I was struck by the following lines:

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            A whole new world. A new fantastic point of view.

 

With every change, there is a sense of loss and a sense of hope.  My biggest loss is losing the opportunity to work with the board and the members of PAK.  My greatest hope is that the new board will guide the organization to fantastic new places in the future.  Thank you all for your support over the years.  I will see you on the courts playing this great game of pickleball until they have to scrape me off.

Aloha and mahalo,

Nolan