NWHA National News March 2016 | Page 7

From the NWHA President From the desk of Amy Spinelli Welcome to the March issue of the National News. First of all, I am honored to serve as your 2016 NWHA President and look forward to meeting and engaging with all of the NWHA members across the country this year. As many of you know, I’ve served on the NWHA Board of Directors for a numbers of years. And I must say - I’m overjoyed with the passion, dedication and ideas the new Board of Directors is bringing to your organization. This team is committed to the success of NWHA and the level of engagement is unmatched. With that said, NWHA has been preparing for another outstanding year. Our annual meeting was a successful event, bringing together our membership from across the country. In conjunction with the annual meeting, we held our annual judges clinic. This year the room was packed – with nearly 30 attendees; from returning judges to auditors and including four previous NWHA judges returning to our program as well as two new applicants. The momentum of our organization continues to expand and the participation in the judge’s clinic is another example of our positive growth. As a board, we also take the time to meet in person as a team and strategize and plan th