Do not neglect to fill out the Overall Evaluation if you attended our conference. We read them and adjust what we do to try to make our conferences better for everyone. Feel free to let me know your thoughts directly as well, but it is important for our reporting to CLE regulators that we get a substantial number of evaluations for reporting purposes. For those who expressed concern about the distance between the hotel and the conference venue - our conference in Houston will be at the hotel and it is a great facility. During the recent disaster in Houston, the hotel jumped in to help the community and housed the first responders and many other disaster relieve crews as well as sending chefs and their crews to the evacuation centers to help prepare food for the evacuees. Support Houston by planning to join us there in October and look for a great bundled price for the Annual Conference and the Seminar at www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org>. If you have ideas for programming at the conference, let me know. Charles W. Thompson, Jr. Executive Director and General Counsel International Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc. 51 Monroe Street Suite 404 Rockville, Maryland 20850 202-466-5424 x7110 Direct: 202-742-1016 Cell: 240-876-6790 Plan ahead: IMLA's Annual Seminar and Section 1983 Defense Conference - April 20- April 23, 2018 Washington, DC Support Houston! Come to our Annual Conference in beautiful downtown Houston - October 17-21, 2018 - Come to both Seminar and Conference for bundled rate at www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/>