3 -10 pm Check in at Hostel

7-10 pm Dinner on your own, Group may choose a restaurant

Saturday, 4/26/08

8-9 am Breakfast at Hostel

9 am Call to order, introductions, host council and hostel information and

logistics for the weekend

9:15 Appointment of Acting Secretary

9:30 Council Reports

10:30 Break

10:45 National Staff report

75th Anniversary (30)

Training and grants (15)

Market research review (60)

NCM 2008

Capitol Hill Outreach

12:30 pm Lunch at Hostel

1:30 pm Gowing Green By Pat McBee of AFS

2 pm Regional Grant requests (if any)

2:10 pm Fall 2007 ER Minutes, Treasurers report and proposed budget distributed

Appoint Audit Committee

2:20 pm Regional resolutions presented

2:30 pm ER VP report on February San Diego Board Meeting.

2:45 pm Break

3 -5 pm Discussion: HI infrastructure: Can and should the ER lead the way?

Where we have been (History of local units, IFTF)

Where we are now (Evaluation of existing units, structural model)

Where should we be (Strategic Plan, mission)

How do we do it? (Design a better model, how to transition)

To be continued.....(volunteers? task force? NYC?, Pittsburgh?)

6 pm on Dinner and general merriment

7 pm Dinner at Finn McCools 12th & Sansom Streets

Sunday, 4/27/08

8-9 am Breakfast at Hostel

9 am ER Business Meeting

Roll Call

Approval of minutes of Fall 2008 meeting

Treasurers Report

Audit Committee Report

Approval of FY08-09 Budget

Grants resolutions (if any)

Eastern Region Nominations Committee appointment (for Fall 2008 ER officer

election)

Selection of Fall 08 ERM host and date (Syracuse?, NYC)

Discussion of ER Bylaws Amendments (to be voted on in the Fall)

Other resolutions

Thanks to hosts

Adjourn

Noon Possible activities based on interest.