Chair's Report

A. From National

There is no news to report from National as National has not met since our
last NE meeting in April. The next meeting is in November.

From the minutes of the April meeting:

Richard [is] asked to present the following to National: We want
to be able to bank money in the future.
Discussion: There were various suggestions from the board on how
to handle it. There are also legal, accounting, and IRS issues.
It was suggested that we be specific on how we use it. The idea
that we would retain all the profit was also questioned.

I have asked for the mater to be put on the November agenda, and have
solicited comments on the idea from Paul Myers, the national president.
After discussion with Paul, I will email the national board to initiate
further discussion prior to the
November meeting.

B. Update on Future Host
2005 -- Providence College is set. (Report is optionally slated to be given.)
2006 -- Wentworth Institute of Technology: update.

Before the April meeting, I was in contact with Michael Werner about
hosting in 2006. He was, however, most vague about the whole affair. I
asked him directly at the April meeting, and he said that his chair, John
Russo, was the person to contact. I emailed John a number of times over
the Summer - offering even to come up to Boston if he so desired - but to
no avail. I have, I think, been fobbed over and we must now assume that
Wentworth will not be hosting in 2006.

We are therefore looking for a 06 host. Most regrettably, no one expressed
an interest in hosting on the 03 conference form that we distributed.