WHEREAS, the financial planning process enables individuals to achieve their dreams by empowering them to identify and manage realistic financial goals and negotiate the financial barriers that arise at every stage of life; and

        WHEREAS, everyone can benefit from knowing the value of financial planning and where to turn for objective financial advice; and

        WHEREAS, the Financial Planning Association® is the membership organization for the financial planning community, representing 28,500 members dedicated to supporting the financial planning process as a way to help individuals achieve their goals and dreams; and

        WHEREAS, the Financial Planning Association believes everyone is entitled to objective advice from a competent, ethical financial planner to make smart financial decisions; and

        WHEREAS, the Financial Planning Association is dedicated to helping individuals discover the value of financial planning;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim October 1st-7th, 2007, to be

FINANCIAL PLANNING WEEK

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 1st day of October in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE