The new President of IFAJ is Mike Wilson, Farm Progress Companies.

On one of the early nights of the IFAJ Congress we held a little private reception for Mike after a dinner in Graz, Austria. It was a surprise and I think you can see that in his face in this picture. We were at a very nice place right near the University where our dinner was held. Attending were those of us from the American delegation and a number of other folks who wanted to wish Mike a special congratulations on his new responsibilities.

Then during our final dinner of the IFAJ Congress in Portoroz Mike took the microphone as the new man in charge.

He made it clear that he is going to carry on the efforts started by David Markey. “I just wanted to say thank you to David and thank you to all of you for the confidence you have placed in me and I won’t let you down.”

Mike did take off his jacket and tie later in the evening to get up on stage and play with Quasimojo. More on that later.

You can listen to Mike’s remarks here: ifaj-08-wilson-close.mp3

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