Charter Committee activities this year culminated in the installation of Grand Canyon Society for Readers of the URANTIA Book, the first society to be installed after the unfortunate break between the URANTIA Brotherhood and the URANTIA Foundation. Several members of the Executive Committee as well as three members of the Charter Committee were present at this joyous and momentous event held in Phoenix on May 19. All of us are looking forward to working together with this fine group of people from Arizona as we continue to navigate through oftentimes troubled waters.

Telephonic survey by yours truly of society presidents regarding their groups' position on the current rift between Fifth Epochal Fellowship and the URANTIA Foundation strongly suggests that society members all over are "sick and tired" of the inter-organizational struggle. Most societies have chosen not to take a formal position on the matter and are content for the moment to remain automatically affiliated with FEF. Only two societies thus far have formally declared their support of the Foundation and a third is likely to do so in the near future.

The rest has been reported on earlier.

Best wishes for the coming year to all of us.