Change of Leadership - Water Environment Association of Texas

3 2 | Texas WET May 2009Water for People Auction at TX Water a Huge Success!The joint WEAT and TAWWAWater For People Committeeheld its annual Silent Auction atTexas Water 2009 in Galvestonin April, and it was anothergreat success. Over $16,000 wasraised to help Water For Peoplefund safe drinking water andsanitation projects in developingcommunities.Thank you to all of theindividuals and organizationsthat donated an impressive lineup of auction items andraffle items, to all of the conference attendees that bidon auction items and bought raffle tickets, and to ourgenerous sponsors. Special thanks are in order for all ofthe volunteers that helped organize all of the donationsand run the auction and raffle during the conference. Inparticular, special thanks to Chris Varnon (CDM) andRichard Weatherly (Freese and Nichols) as our Auctionco-chairs, and to Betty Jordan (Alan Plummer Associates),who does such a wonderful job every year stimulatinginterest in the raffle, which this year accounted for nearlya third of the revenue of the event. We’d also like to thankour generous sponsors by name, which included HRMEnvironmental and CDM at the Country Level ($1,000+),CH2M HILL and Briones at the Community Level ($500+),Jenifer Elms, Patrice Melancon, and Marlo and MattBerg at the Project Level ($100+), and Roger Brown andSean and Becky Tenney at the Education Level (