When the author was asked to write a mini-memoir about his time as Cal Council president, his first thought was "Now, when exactly was that?" He says that pretty much summarizes the quality of his memory these days. The author's first contact with the California Council on the Education of Teachers was back in the 1970s when the California Federation of Teachers asked him to be their representative as a teacher. In this memoir the author reflects back on his presidency and time shared on the board of the California Council on the Education of Teachers (CCET).