Fiftieth Anniversary History

Epilogue

What is not written on the previous pages are the stories of the people that have always been and will continue to be part of MSTA. MSTA remembers...

• endless hours of meetings, long drives, and cold turkey sandwiches.
• the familiar smiles of old friends, and new faces looking younger at each conference.
• warm coffee, cold coffee, and no coffee.
• "how many more objectives are there? and who wrote this one?"
• "this session is full, but you can sit on the floor!" "Gee, thanks."
• heavy bags of stuff from workshops and rock swaps. "What will I do with all of this stuff?"

MSTA remembers change...

• big meetings, small meetings, and snowy meetings.
• ditto machines to copy machines to laser printers.
• Everett High School to Lansing to Detroit to Grand Rapids.
• handouts, "She just took the last one, but I will mail you one; or better yet, get it on-line."

MSTA remembers faces...

• faces of those who are not here today.
• faces of people special to each of us.
• faces working over a typewriter, in a basement doing the books and conference planning, to Associations Management Resources.

MSTA is...

• teachers in the truest sense of the word. Exciting us to question and do our best.
• "This is my 1st teaching year, can you help me?" "Sure."
• "This is my 20th year teaching, can you help me?" "Sure."

MSTA...

• 50 Years of Change: A Legacy for the Future - the work never ends. It cannot as long as there is one more child to teach. This is our mission.