My Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma:
I have served as your International Executive Director for the past seven years. I thank you for the confidence that you have shown to me and the great moments that I have experienced in the position that you entrusted to me.
Over the last seven years of my tenure, I have watched our revenues more than triple and our membership rise to the largest number in our history. We are now just weeks from the largest Conclave registration in the history of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. We have much to be proud of and I am grateful you have allowed me to be a part of these most important achievements.
In a few days my official time as your International Executive Director will come to an end. My wish would have been to continue as your IED so that many important changes could be made to strengthen Phi Beta Sigma and to fully expand our operation. At this moment, I cannot control whether or not I may be able to continue as your International Executive Director. But I can control whether or not I offer myself to protect the constitutional and financial integrity of Phi Beta Sigma. I joined Phi Beta Sigma because I believe in Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service. I have given all that I have to serve you well over the past seven years. Because of the special position that I have held over the past seven years, I did not want to simply walk away with much of the job unfinished. There are still many important things that must be done at the Conclave level, at the Executive Director level and at the General Board level in Sigma to make us operate more effectively. I want to share some of those areas of concern with you.