Greetings Lyceum Directors, Alumni and Advisors!
Welcome as the Texas Lyceum enters its 31st year of leadership in Texas! I am looking forward to a great year full of opportunities to gain new perspectives from our meetings, connect with past and present Directors and continue having a positive impact on our Great State. I hope to see you at our four quarterly meetings this year! The Lyceum’s 25th Public Conference is in Austin this January when we will study in depth “Texas Public Pension Funds: Why It Matters to Every Texan” while welcoming the new Director Class of 2011 and exploring Austin Music from behind the scenes. In April we travel to College Station for “Plan – Prepare – Respond – Recover... Repeat. Ensuring the Safety of Texans When Disasters Strike” for Lyceum only experiences in Disaster City. Bring the whole family to Corpus Christi in August for a great weekend on the Texas coast. Finally, we end the year in Fort Worth for “The Game” where we debate the economic and social impact in Texas from blockbuster sporting events, including this year’s Super Bowl in nearby Arlington.
Every Texan should celebrate Texas Independence Day, so the Lyceum is planning an optional March meeting in Washington County for the official Texas Birthday Party at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park. Come join the celebration of Texas’ 175th year!
The Lyceum is only as strong as those who participate in our programs and help advance our mission. Here are a few opportunities to be involved this year:
- Participate on a Committee
- Perfect attendance at all Quarterly Meetings
- Recruiting a potential new Director to the Lyceum
- Help support a Meeting or Scholarship with fundraising
- Host gatherings in your hometown for local Directors
- Attend and support the Stewardship of Texas Values Award celebration
The Lyceum is a forum to educate, develop new ideas, prioritize the agenda and create consensus on goals that must rise above politics. The Lyceum inspires us to make good friends, work harder, be more thoughtful and appreciate the great diversity of our State. I hope your year in 2011 as a Director of the Texas Lyceum is all of these things and more.
I’d like to leave you with the following message: What distinguishes the Lyceum from other organizations is in part what we do and how we do it. But more importantly it is why we do what we do. We believe in a set of shared values, Texas Values, and in service to our community. This is the core of our existence and why our years in the Lyceum are so dear to us.
God bless Texas!
Dathan
Dathan C. Voelter