Following the Belgium tradition of many chapters within a larger regional organization, we stepped forward to apply to the American Waterlager Society for chapter status. As we anxiously waited for their reply, we began planning for our second show. We were excited and ready to learn and do more to promote the Waterslager in the western region of the US.
Several months later, we received a letter from the President of AWS. They declined our request to become a chapter. They stated they were not setup to handle chapters.
Since our show planning was well under way, the group decided to continue with our plans for a second show in January of 2002