Vol. 32, No. 2, 1. Executive Director's Report.

• Author: By Sleeter C. Dover, Esq.

Wyoming Bar Journal

2009.

Vol. 32, No. 2, 1.

Executive Director's Report

Wyoming LawyerIssue: April, 2009EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORTBy Sleeter C. Dover, Esq.Amazing Grace

A lot of time has passed since I have ventured off into the great unknown, and even more time since I felt compelled to invite and organize a crew of sidekicks to venture forth with me. Alas, after considering the defining moment the election of an African American as President of the United States represented to me and my family, I early on started to put out feelers to members of our Congressional Delegation trying to determine the process, timing, and particulars of receiving invitations to the Inauguration to be held on January 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C. As best as I and our delegation could figure, final processes and instructions on what, when and where those most cherished ducats would be distributed would probably not be disseminated until after the New Year. Accordingly, I took every opportunity to pester the folks assigned the task of dealing with requests from their constituents in Wyoming. Of course, as you might expect, some things kind of got lost in translation from one office to another. Some of the confusion, no doubt, emanating from the fact that my initial intent was to pursue four tickets for myself, my wife Cathy, my son Greg and my daughter-in-law Stacy (note: in our family we usually make a point of discarding the "in-law" designation because if you are IN, then you are IN whole hog!). Of course, as matters developed, it turns out that a co-worker of my wife at McCormick Jr. High was just as committed to making the trip as we, and considering that all available hotel space was filling up rapidly, we invited this fellow traveler, Ms. Hailey Ellingham, to come along with us and share the quarters at the home of Cathy's Uncle Winfort and Vera Brackett across the Potomac in Virginia.

This of course, resulted in another pestering effort with the various congressional offices about the number of tickets possible, and of course we could not impose upon relatives without seeking to obtain two more tickets for them. (Are you beginning to pick up on how some confusion may be developing now?) Now, being relatively assured of the task before me, my assurance had not counted on my wife, in attending a Cowgirl basketball game with...