Notes from President Mindy Bergeron's recent Presidential Highlight for June 2009

• The annual WASFAA conference was held this past April 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska. The turnout was tiny but mighty. There were only 202 attendees but the interest sessions, speakers and entertainment were all a hit! As a point of reference most state, regional and national –ASFAA's have seen their attendance numbers for conferences and training drop dramatically from previous years. Kudos to our 2009 Conference Co-Chairs, Colleen MacDonald and Ted Malone, for spinning thread into gold. WASFAA almost broke even by only going over budget by $1500.
• If anyone has pictures from the Alaska conference please email them to the WASFAA Newsletter Chair, Tracey Lehman at tracey.lehman@oit.edu
• Lori Tiede, from Western Nevada College, won one of the conference raffle prizes from Alaska which included a handmade Native American basket, sun-catcher and mask.
• WASFAA needs you! Please consider volunteering and remember that WASFAA's good work is dependent on its members. Any amount of time you give will be greatly appreciated by your organization. Log into the WASFAA website at http://wasfaa.org/docs/forms/memVolunteer.html. If you have questions you can contact the Volunteer Chair, Kay Soltis at soltiskw@plu.edu.
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