also joining us today is john cosgrove. he is our senior surviving npc first postal forum. and for those of you who aren't club members and don't know john's story, he was inaugurated 51 years ago this next january. so, john was inaugurated when jfk came over and offered him congratulations that day. i'm very happy that john can join us today as well. ron stroman is the deputy thank you for being here, ron. skip over the podium for just a moment. angela gryling-keen is a reporter for "bloomberg news," new chair of the speakers committee and also our membership secretary. thank you for all of that. skip over the speaker for just a moment. amy morris is the organizer of today's luncheon. this is her first and she's done a fabulous job. thank you for all of that. and she is executive editor and anchor for federal news radio, part of the wtop empire. thurgood marshall jr. is vice chairman of the board of governors for the postal service. he is the incoming chair as well. congratulations. nice to have you here today. and the list of former presidents goes on and on. jerry zremski