I attended my first board retreat with the Jeanette Rankin foundation this past Saturday, 26th of January 2008. Surprisingly, having been on half a dozen boards this is actually my first board retreat. It was from 9:00a - 3:00p.

I am amazed to say the day actually flew by. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation, the debate, the support, the energy and the excitement I experienced. This board is made up of an astounding amount of talent and commitment.

At the end of the day, as I am sure all boards that have retreats are faced with, we were left with some answers but more questions than we came with. One accomplishment we did make was to decide that the very next meeting of the board would be a working meeting where we would put in place atleast a number of the ideas and initiatives we hope to undertake in the next year. We will actually show up with laptops in hand, and spend our day writing, programming, calling, and mailing. It is exciting to think of spending a day with a group of talented individuals in more than just conversation and find out what kind of creation can come from actual work!