Dear Brothers and Sisters,

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

After a wonderful summer, we have now arrived at autumn, the leaves are starting to fall from the trees. Many new things await us, as we welcome the new season, I am reminded of the poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti, “Autunno” which goes like this:

 

“SI STA COME D'AUTUNNO SUGLI ALBERI LE FOGLIE”…

 

This poem speaks of the life experience of the soldier poet in the trenches towards the end of the First World War.

 

In the last few weeks I have taken part in the board meetings for the Italian Center, and I wanted to congratulate all the delegates (Rob, Lewis, Lucas, Anthony, Loris and Mark), for the hard work they are doing to realize the project in the new structure.

 

I also wanted to thank the board of the Trieste Lodge for their participation and the passion they are putting into achieving the objectives set. I must admit that we have begun our mandate with dedication and determination to give our association a bright future, projected towards the inevitable transformation of the times we are living in but firmly maintaining the foundations and values ​​that distinguish the Trieste Lodge from other associations.

 

As I mentioned in my first bulletin, the goal is to keep our work transparent and accept compliments and criticisms.

 

On this occasion, I wanted to announce the creation of organizational committees within the board, opening up to all interested people, not part of the board, to participate in the following committees: Financial Committee, Events Committee, Social Media & Advertising Committee, Membership Committee and Public Relations Committee.

 

Each committee has the task of managing and improving the organizational system of our Club.

 

At this time, I wanted to thank Sr Jessica, Br Mike and all those who worked on the membership committee, for creating the questionnaire that will help us understand the number of active members and help us know our members to create a solid future.

 

I also wanted to let you know that the questionnaire will be sent to you by email on the day of the next general meeting and for people who do not have an email, we will have a computer available during the meeting where we will help those who need it to fill it out. In addition, during the meeting there will be the provision of the questionnaire.

 

One thing that is very close to my heart for the future is to present the financial statement (expenses and income) for each month in the general meetings. My goal is to start for the new year.

 

We had been working hard to organize next year's events, but I wanted to announce that on November 10th, at the church of Sant`Antonio da Padova, the celebration of the memorial mass with the subsequent branch at the Trieste Lodge hall will be held, with the occasion, I wanted to invite you all to this milestone event of our club and thank Br Tony Giardino for the organization.

 

Finally, I wanted to thank Br Joe, Br Leo and his staff for the wonderful dinner last month.

 

I wanted to wish you a happy thanksgiving holiday and with the opportunity to thank all the people who have helped me in these last years.

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Fraternally Yours,
Mirko Testa

President, Trieste Lodge #4