Theme of 2012 - Responsibility.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As we start the New Year 2012, I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to all of you for being part of the Bamileke family here in Northern California. Your ongoing participation in the association has made it possible for us to endure this far.  I wish to also extend a special word of gratitude to all those individuals who have put in the extra mile to ensure that BANC’s affaire runs smoothly.

At this juncture I urge all of us to reflect on our individual sense of responsibility in life, in general, and to BANC in particular.

No matter how well we are doing, there is always room for improvement.  I challenge all to strive to be more responsible in 2012:

• to be more responsible spouses
  
• to be more responsible parents
  
• to instill more responsibility in our children
  
• to be more responsible persons to our friends and family members
  
• to be more responsible workers at our job sites
  
• to be more responsible Christians in our religious denomination
  
• to be more responsible individuals to the Cameroonian community here in the Bay Area
  
• to be more responsible and law abiding individuals here in the United States of America
  
• to be more responsible members of BANC.
  

We have started this responsibility drive in BANC by filling up our 2012 hosting roster including the names of those who are to chair meetings.  That is a good start.  We have elections coming up shortly and there are vacant posts in the executive.  I count on your sense of responsibility to reshuffle the executive and fill up these vacancies.  Our 20 months njangi session finished in November 2010 and all njangi payments were received in full.  This is a praise-worthy sense of financial responsibility shown by njangi members – thank you. 

I count on all to show this same spirit of financial responsibility during the next session starting in January 2012.  I count on you to manifest this same sense of responsibility to BANC in 2012.

I wish you, your families and love ones a very happy and prosperous 2012.

George Ngwanyia

President.