Letter – Beverly Filippi to Roger Comstock RE Purchase of Camp (May 9, 1979)
FLORIDA DISTRICT
OF THE
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
Please Reply To: Beverly Filippi
15399 NE 6 Ave. #120A
North Miami, FL 33162
May 9, 1979
Mr. Roger Comstock, President
SUUSI Board
979 Springdale Road
Atlanta, GA 30306
Dear Roger:
This is to respond to the exciting news about the purchase of a camp site. Hank Shinners and Richard Lee generously shared at our recent District meeting their experience and the slides of their visit to the site. I must tell you that the enthusiasm those two cynics displayed would have convinced even the most reluctant observer that we have hit the jackpot.
You will be receiving a formal letter from the District secretary stating that a resolution was passed by the Florida District at its May meeting which endorses the efforts of SUUSI to purchase a campsite in the location described as the “Oval”, geographically. The purpose of my letter is to tell you of my support in this endeavor in my new role as District President.
As you know, I was honored to have served as a special consultant on the needs assessment and am familiar with the outcome of the marketing survey. I was very much interested in the responses from the Florida District because of my involvement with this State’s Camp and Conference Center Committee, on which I have served for nearly three years. In addition, I was one of the Florida people who attended the Council of Camps and Conference Centers (CU2C3), at which meeting I became familiar with other Camps,. Conference Centers, and Institutes throughout the denomination. In all of these efforts, I have become more and more convinced that the permanent campsite idea will work. My only reservation for the Florida District has been that we have not seen emerge from the District leadership a cadre of people who are dedicated and enthusiastic enough to follow through on the tremendous task of needs assessment, fund raising, site location and purchase, promotion, programming, staffing, and maintenance. It is obvious that the SUUSI group has the professionalism, the enthusiasm, the expertise, and the energy to do the job.
My best wishes to you for its success, and if I can be of help, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Beverly Filippi
President