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EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’S BRIEF

We will be staying at the beautiful Fairmont Waterfront
Dear Members, Hotel. Further details will come out in the weeks following
our Midterm Meeting.
I know those of you who were able to attend our 47th Annual
Conference in Aruba had a wonderful time. It was so nice to For future planning, our March 2024 Midterm Meeting will
see everyone back in person after some delays caused by be in Panama City, Panama, and our October 2024 49th
the pandemic. We gathered with old friends and had many Annual Conference will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
first time attendees present who became our new friends. Lisbon, Portugal was chosen for our April 2025 Midterm
We received many compliments from those who were able Meeting and Paris, France was chosen for our 100th Annual
to enjoy Aruba. There were lots of happy faces and laughs Conference in August 2025. We are currently negotiating
on “One Happy Island”, as Aruba is known. with hotels in Lisbon and Paris.

As I write this I am not certain if you will read it before our Sincerely,
Midterm Board Meeting in Prague. We sold out our original
block of hotel rooms at the Hilton Old Town well in advance
of the meeting, and quickly sold out a few Additional rooms Bob Heales
we were able to obtain. Looking at registration numbers, we
will have a large attendance April 26 – 30.
Executive Director
Be sure to mark your calendars for our 48th Annual
Conference in Vancouver, Canada October 3-8, 2023.

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