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When compared, the list from the Director’s Summit and the list from Leadership ’08 are very similar. These were for the most part very different groups of people. While some directors serve as chair and chair-elect to Divisions, Roundtables and Committees, most of these positions are not filled with directors or managers. The message was very nearly the same. We need to connect with our peers. We need opportunities to be engaged and active in our association. Professional development is a very important need for our members. We need less governance and less rigidity. The most important outcome of the day was the realization by most everyone present that we need to offer 12-14 professional development opportunities instead of 30 per year. These workshops/conferences/seminars must have broader appeal, be self-sustaining, or nearly self-sustaining, and represent cooperation between different constituencies of MLA. That this decision was made on that day, and plans for some very exciting and relevant professional development opportunities were planned or launched by the elected leadership of these groups is a critical step forward in restructuring MLA.