<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css>DIV { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16890" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=910271719-06102009>>></SPAN>The people who defend current conference topics are, in fact, defending them for "beginners", a category in which they are NOT placing themselves.<SPAN class=984564011-04102009> <SPAN class=910271719-06102009><<</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009>A very good point, Barbara.  </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009>It may also strengthen my conclusion that national conferences, as a general rule, should be targeted more toward intermediate and advanced levels of expertise.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=984564011-04102009><SPAN class=910271719-06102009>Wanda Samek</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>