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YEU 10th TRIENNIAL CONVENTION 2023 YEU President Report Steve Geick ŚĂŝƌ ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Personnel CŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŚĂŝƌ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ
In my tenure here at YEU things have always been challenŐŝŶŐ͕ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞdžƉůŝĐŝƚ͛ Ɛ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ LJŽƵ ƚŽ͕ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂǀĞ ĞŶũŽLJĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞƌŝƐŚĞĚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ ƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵƉŚĞĂǀĂů ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ Ks/ ƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ Ă ϮLJĞĂƌ ĐLJĐůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ƐƚƌƵŐŐůe ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƌŵĂůůLJ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŶĞ ŝŶ ϯ LJĞĂƌƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĐLJĐůĞ͘ Have we ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƵůů ŝƚ Žī͍ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ͘ ,ĂƐ ŝƚ ďĞĞŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ͘ tŚĂƚ / ĐĂŶ ƐĂLJ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ϭϭϬй͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ z h ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ the small ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϮϭ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶ ǁĞ ĚŝĚ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ͕ ǁĞ ŚĞůĚ Ă ǀŝƌƚƵĂů ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ its ŬŝŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ Ks/ ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ all ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ z h džĞĐƵƟǀĞ͕ z h ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ rĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂĐŚ ůŽĐĂů͘ tĞ ŚĂĚ ŚŽƉĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ďLJ ĞdžƉĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŐŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐĂLJ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌLJ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ with the ƚƵƌŶŽƵƚ͘ Twenty-three ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ͘ KƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ϯϯ ŽŶůLJ ϭ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ Ăƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ƌĞƟƌĞĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚǁĞŶƚLJ-ŽŶĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ͕ ƐƚĂī͕ Žƌ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ LJŽƵƌ hŶŝŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ϲϬϬϬ ŽĨ LJŽƵ! “I know it's important to do more than just complain when there's something you don't like. You need to try to do something about it, or you're nothing but a whiner.” :ĞĂŶ &ĞƌƌŝƐ͕ dǁŝĐĞ hƉŽŶ Ă DĂƌŝŐŽůĚ
ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ Θ WĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ZĞƉŽƌƚ
/ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ Žī ďLJ ƚŚĂŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĂƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ Ϯ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ĞƌĞŬ zĂƉ͕ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌ dĞƌĞƐĂ ĐŚĞƐŽŶ͕ >ŝƐĂ sŽůůĂŶƐ >ĞĚƵĐ͕ ĂŶĚ :ƵůŝĞ ďĞů͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ďƵƐLJ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ Ϯ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ &Žƌ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ǁĞ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƐƚĂī tuƌŶŽǀĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ z h͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ ƐŽŵĞ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ tĞ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĂŚĞĂĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ŐŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ŶŽƚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂLJ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ůŝŬĞĚ ƚŽ͖ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͘