I would like to start by saying thank you to everyone for your support over the past 6 months as I stepped back into the role of President after Greg Lander's unexpected passing.  All of your UTA executive officers have worked overtime in order to ensure a smooth transition so that member services were not negatively impacted.  In addition we have hired a new UTA Office Manager, Anne Kartun, and she has worked tirelessly to update all of the office systems that had been neglected over a year without an office manager in place.  While we will continue to provide the important services of member representation and protecting the rights of members, it is our intent to provide members with more information about what other services and benefits UTA, CTA and NEA have available to our members, to improve communication and outreach to UTA members and to update and modernize our UTA office systems.  Please feel free to reach out to me anytime if you need support or assistance from UTA or have suggestions or concerns to improve UTA operations.    Debbie