Vol. 30, No. 4, #2. Executive Director's Report.

• Author: Author: Sleeter C. Dover

Wyoming Bar Journal

2007.

Vol. 30, No. 4, #2.

Executive Director's Report

Issue: August, 2007 Author: Sleeter C. DoverExecutive Director's ReportWhere are they? Which way did they go? I must find them; I am their leader!

Ever had the feeling of not being sure if your employees are following you; or chasing you?! Then you have a clear understanding of how your new Bar Executive Director feels right about now. No amount of experience, age, training or insight can prepare one for those first few days, weeks, and months in a new job. While the Bar President, the Executive Committee, the Board of Commissioners, and certainly your dynamic Staff have all been most helpful and patient with me, I alone can appreciate the dizzying whirlwind within which I now find myself. Experience has taught that all will become clear in due time, so I take solace in the knowledge that if it has been done before, it can be done again.

On that rather murky note, let me say greetings and salutations to you all! I want each and every one of you to know how honored and proud I am to represent you and the Wyoming State Bar. As you may or may not know, I have had around thirty years of experience representing Wyoming in one capacity or another. Nothing pleases me more than to take the "Wyoming way" throughout the state and nation. As I have often noted, it is not possible to just "live in Wyoming; after a while, Wyoming lives in you." That is certainly true in my case, and I suspect (actually know) that it is true with most if not all of you.

My very first week on the job, I had the good fortune to attend the annual Board of Commissioners Strategic Planning Retreat at the historic TA Ranch in Johnson County (great job, huh!). After having attended several retreats there previously, I was warmly welcomed by the Madsen's like a long lost relative, and I can happily report that they have not lost their touch as exceptional western hosts (particularly at...