November 7,  2007

Dear NAFEPA Members:

The NAFEPA Board of Directors has just finished the annual Fall workshop and meeting that was held this year in San Francisco, California. Our theme for the weekend was “Simply the Best,” and our Board of Directors (the state representatives on the Board) proved it once again! The weekend was packed with activities. Kristen Tosh Cowan from the Brustein and Manasevit law firm joined us to discuss our partnership with the firm and to bring us up to date on the latest happenings with reauthorization on Capitol Hill. We had work sessions, committee meetings, and a time of reporting from our committees, and we wrapped up the weekend with our annual Fall Board meeting. I appreciate all our Board members and officers for providing us with a very productive weekend. It takes a tremendous amount of time for our state representatives to carry out the responsibilities that we ask of them. They not only provide information to our members and their states, but they also serve in leadership roles for our various committees.

As I said, our Board Members are… "Simply the Best!"

The September-October issue of our newsletter features our Spring Conference which will be held April 13-16, 2008 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Rick Carder and the conference committee have done an outstanding job of putting together this year’s conference with some of the top names in the nation in their respected fields. From the opening session with Doug Reeves to our closing session with Kristen Tosh Cowan, the conference will enlighten and encourage everyone who attends. Jack Jennings, Stan Collender, and the U.S. Department of Education will also provide enlightening sessions.

Time is scheduled during the Conference for Capitol Hill visits to the members of Congress and Senate of our conference attendees. With the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind right around the corner, this is one conference you will not want to miss!

There will be much happening with NAFEPA in the coming months in addition to our monitoring of NLCB. Scholarship information has been sent to our state representatives, and we will once again award three $1,500 scholarships to students. Each of our state representatives can nominate one student from their state. We have sent out a call for nominations for officers for the 2008-2010 term, and information for our annual awards will be available soon.

We continue to grow in the number of our members—now over 2,800. At the same time the quality of our organization keeps improving.

I thank you for all you do! THANKS!!!

Bobby Burns, President, NAFEPA

 

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