ABJ30 Members, Attached please find a draft copy of the Minutes from the Chicago Mid-Year meeting, the attendance list, a draft proposal for a strategic planning process (sample language and action plans yet to be completed) and an analysis of our membership by cohort. Any comments, edits, corrections, etc. can be forwarded to lawsonc(a)albany.edu - along with ideas for our final strategic plan and more research statements! Thanks! Kate --- _____________________________ Catherine T. Lawson, Ph. D. Director, MRP Program Associate Professor University at Albany Geography & Planning AS 218 1400 Washington Albany, New York 12222 (518) 442-4775 (518) 442-4742 FAX lawsonc(a)albany.edu