PRESIDENT’S CORNER WIFLE President Says Farewell by Chief of Public Affairs, S/A Sheree Mixell, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives           My one year term as President expires on December 31, 2005 and I must say this has been an exciting year for WIFLE. I have enjoyed serving on the Executive Committee as President and working as a volunteer to promote the goals of WIFLE. The entire WIFLE Executive Committee and the Executive Director and deputy Executive Director put on a fabulous conference in the beautiful Westin Hotel in Rancho Mirage, California. From all of the feedback, the attendees gave high marks to the agenda and the quality of our speakers. I thoroughly enjoyed coordinating the first ever Julie Y. Cross panel and listening to the courageous speakers talk about their life threatening experiences and how they overcame their fears and survived. They are truly remarkable women. WIFLE is fortunate to have the support from the highest levels of government. Heads of agencies and deputy heads of agencies made it their business to talk on topics relevant to the core competencies of senior executive leadership. This type of training is helpful to all ranks in federal law enforcement and all job series.            As I say my farewell be assured I am not saying good-bye to WIFLE. As a past president I will now serve on the Past President’s Council and become a very active member serving the law enforcement community. I would like to introduce you to S/A Stephanie Davis, United States Air Force, Office of Special Investigations. Stephanie has been appointed by the WIFLE board to a one year term beginning January 1, 2006. I wish Stephanie well and look forward to working with her on this year’s conference.  S/A Stephanie Davis, USAF, OSI           Save the dates for WIFLE’s 2006 annual leadership training to be held at the Capitol Hilton, Washington, D.C. June 20, 21 and 22. June 19th and 23 are travel dates. There will be an opening reception Monday evening, June 19. The Australian Embassy will host an evening reception for WIFLE members, Tuesday, June 20 and our Awards banquet is Wednesday, June 21. See you all there!

Future Issues of WIFLE-Enews NEW CO-EDITORS ANNOUNCED We are delighted to inform all of our members that two past co-chairs of the former WIFLE Interagency Committee have agreed to become co-editors of the quarterly WIFLE- Enews. Doreen Erhard retired from TSA in July, 2005 and Betsy Casey of TSA will be retiring in February, 2006. Both have over 30 years each of federal service and have taken on this project for WIFLE. We thank both of them for their commitment and leadership. You can now expect your quarterly WIFLE-Enews to be delivered electronically the first week in March, June, September, and December each year.   We will feature our co-editors in the next edition.