Randi wrote: "One thing made me somewhat sad. .......I had the impression at the conference that, in general, the next generation of teachers was not well represented. ......." [Adele P. Raemer] In fact, I saw quite a few (although certainly not as many as I would have liked) young teacher trainees at the conference. In fact, quite a few wanted to participate in the play we put on - however their bus back was scheduled to leave before the end of the day (which was really unfortunate- and hope can be rectified in the future.) I wonder if there are not more teacher training colleges who could have organized participation for their students. I also felt a glaring lack of teachers from the Arab and Bedouin sector -of which I saw VERY few!!! I wonder if we can find out why this is and if there is anything that can be done to rectify THAT in the future. Aside from that (and the lack of coffee and parking) I want to join in the voices singing the praises of the organizers, the organization and the conference in general. I returned home exhausted yet happy and inspired. Best of luck to our new chair (may she find it comfortable and easy to work with/from;) Adele ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------