Well, you're probably wondering why I haven't posted since very late on Saturday/way too early on Sunday morning. As the picture above makes clear, its been an exhausting few days at ASAE's Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. I've been up early and late to bed, and it's taking its toll. I guess I'll sleep next month...
It's been a fun meeting, and one at which I've had the opportunity to re-connect with many friends and colleagues from across the association community. To be honest, I haven't attended any education sessions other than my own pre-conference on Saturday, and so I don't really know how that part of the meeting is going. I've heard comments on both sides: some great sessions and others that are putting people to sleep. (Probably a good thing that I didn't make the latter sessions then, right?) But I think that with the merger, we can expect a very different meeting next year. Stay tuned...
On that same score, I really want to give credit to the ASAE and Center staff for working hard to help educate all meeting attendees about the merger and about some of the new opportunities it has already created for them and for the community. Of course, the merger is only six weeks old and there is still much work to be done and much to be learned from across the country. With that in mind, the staff of the Center who are brand new to ASAE are taking the time to talk with members from outside DC to better understand their hopes and concerns. I'm confident that these informal conversations will be quite fruitful, both in painting a picture of what people are thinking about in the merged organization, as well as in building new trusted connections between ASAE and The Center and its members.
I'm getting pretty tired again, so I'm going to wrap up this post. If you're interested, please check out my post to the ASAE Minneapolis 2004 blog. I hope you'll like it. Thanks...I'll post again soon. I promise!
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