I would like to again thank our sponsors and the great commitment and support that they have provided to NASTD: Diamond Sponsors : AT&T, CDW-G, CenturyLink Gold Sponsor : ShoreTel Silver Sponsors : Alcatel-Lucent, Hughes, inContact, McAfee, Microsoft, Motorola Solutions, Riverbed Technology, Symantec Bronze Sponsors : ADTRAN, AirWatch by VMWare, Alexander Open Systems, Avaya, AVI-SPL, Carousel Industries, Cox Business, EarthLink Business, EMC, HP, Integris Applied, ISAM, Level 3 Communications, Navisite, Spirit Communications Media Sponsors : Governing, Government Technology, Public CIO, Government Executive We have been very fortunate to have had Darin Rand of Oregon as our President this past year, and as he moves on to his role as Immediate Past President on the Executive Board, I look forward to having his experience and insight available to us over the next year. Congratulations and thank you to Dan Oehmke of Minnesota who has completed his term as Immediate Past President and his four year commitment to NASTD as a member of the Board. That represents a very significant contribution to NASTD and Dan will undoubtedly be seeking advice from us all as to how he might spend his newfound “spare” time. Thank you to Jack Harris (MI), Dean Johnson (AL), Brad Steele (MA), Jack Doane (AL), and Kim Netling (AK) for their service to NASTD as Regional Presidents and Board members. We appreciate the service of Jim Knopka (AT&T) serving this past year as Chair of the Corporate Affiliate Committee and the advice and perspectives that he brought with that role