The new year was appropriately also a new decade. Fresh ideas and a different outlook by a band of youthful visionaries. The elected youth leaders decided to heed the opportunity to be pro-active with their responsibilities. Officers took more initiative to actively plan meetings, record minutes, write and publish the newsletter, correspond between each other through detailed letters, worked to strengthen chapters, and attempt new ideas, all which collectively helped build positive synergy and increased membership. Lodge Chief Herman Gaskin's fervor would prove years later to be a catalyst for stronger lodge program and motivation for younger arrowmen who made their own contributions in the future including Steve Worsley, Roger Billica, David Goodsell.