By Teddy Rosztoczy, AA Equipment

Happy New Years to everyone, hopefully everybody had a fun, safe Christmas and New Year’s weekend. Thanks to everyone who attended our Christmas and Holiday Gala at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo. While times are tough, and the attendance was slightly down this year, it served as a great venue for people to bring their spouses, have a few drinks, a great dinner, and even a little dancing, thanks to none other than Joe Neri. Also, this past month, we had our annual Ray Spardy Memorial Golf Tournament benefiting scholarship and research, which once again proved to be one of the best events of the year. Many thanks go out to Phil Fitzgerald and his staff. Steele Canyon was in awesome shape, and the weather cooperated for once, nothing but sunny blue skies all day.

Coming up later this month, on Thursday, January 28th we will be hosting a Membership Appreciation meeting at The Journey at Pechanga. In an effort to give back to our membership, the association will be paying half the cost for each member, so the cost per member for this meeting will be only $75. This includes a continental breakfast in the morning, boxed lunches on the carts, heavy appetizers and prizes following the golf tournament. This will be a great event at a top notch golf facility for an unbeatable price. I know, I sound like a salesman, but you won’t want to miss it. Go to member appreciation events page to sign up immediately!

Also, shortly following the Membership Appreciation tournament will be the GIS Show the second week in February. The annual California Room Hospitality Suite will be held at the “Vela” restaurant at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. There will be a small admission fee of $30 at the door, or $20 by registering ahead of time online. To register online, go to www.californiagcsa.org and click on the “’California Room’ All Attendees Admission Fee Registration Form” link. The last time the GIS Show was in San Diego, the California Room was packed, so sign up soon to save a spot, and a little extra cash!

If anyone has any SDGCSA news they would like included in this article, please feel free to contact me any time via email (teddyr@aaequip.com) or on my cell (760-802-6475).