Greetings Brothers:

Our duty is clear: It is to operate at the highest level of integrityand fidelityand to support a fraternity that champions achievement and enhances causes for the public good. As with any new administration, I urge you to join forces with us as we commence an exciting journey in the history of our great province. As we prepare for the ensuing fraternal year, let each of us be mindful of the work that must be done. Each of us must accept the challenge of trying valiantly and of daring greatly so that the charge given to us by our revered founders will be executed to their everlasting glory and to the glory of all who love our Noble Clan and who believe in the intrinsic worth of Phi Nu Pi.

Together, we have an opportunity to transform the flagship province’s challenges into opportunities, its detractors into allies, and its problems into solutions. Now is the time for us to demonstrate that we are a united brotherhood. I implore you to think critically about the changes in your own life that you need to consider before you seek a satisfying position of leadership, a choice committee assignment, or an advisory role. I make this solemn commitment: The Exum administration will be deeply committed to listening to your concerns, to working cooperatively to formulate strategies to resolve our identified problems and issues of concern to the membership, and to hearing your solutions for resolving our perceived problematic areas.

I am reminded of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s timely observation regarding the vital role that people of your character play in helping an organization achieve its broad goals and objectives: “The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.”The roots of happiness grow deepest in the soil of service, which should be our ongoing aim. By combining our talents, we can indeed ensure that we maintain our status as a premier unit of the greatest fraternity ever to grace this planet. I have a well-defined strategy for the province’s forward momentum, and you have a significant role to play in that all-important undertaking.