Changing of the Guard!

Macy Glabreath, Lady 37VT08

Bill Rother and Macy Galbreath about Lady

Bill and I bought Lady in late 2000 and have been working on her and cruising her ever since.  Almost immediately we met Tom Blackwood, Thistle Dew 37VT46 and started getting involved with the fledgling Association.  With Tom Blackwod and Kim Shann, Tug E. Bear 37VT62, we organized the first Seattle Rendezvous in 2003.  One thing led to another and I became Tuggers Editor in 2004 until 2010, organized with lots of help the International Rendezvous in 2006, and have worked on other events.  Somewhere along the way as the Association became more organized, my title became Vice President.  It has been a great run.  The best part of these various positions has been interacting with members via email – I felt like I had pen pals all over the country!  When traveling, we have had a chance to meet them too.  Just a month ago, I decided the time had come for me to step aside and let someone else take over my last job - the Vice Presidency.  We still have Lady and plan to keep cruising, but Bill and I want to do more traveling and have less responsibility!  Bill resigned as Treasurer last year. 

I am delighted to introduce the Association’s new vice President Barb Lawrence.  Barb and her husband Mike own Raven 37VT04 and live in Tulalip, WA.   Many of the Northwest rendezvous participants met them in Bremerton in 2009 when they were just looking at Victory Tugs and stopped by the rendezvous.  We got so excited that we showed them all the boats, invited them to dinner and Tug Talk the next day, and watched them walk down the dock that first night thinking perhaps we had overdone it and would never see them again.  Fortunately they came the next day and emailed that they had finalized the purchase of Raven the following week. They have been active and attending rendezvous and winter parties ever since, plus doing amazing upgrades to Raven.  Barb recently retired early from a demanding job – and we figured she had some creative energy to put to work.  We are all so happy she said yes to the VP position and look forward to hearing from her in the coming months.  Please welcome Barb Lawrence.