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What's News - Last Updated 10/27/2007

The CONNECT Network AAO Breakfast Meeting is confirmed for:

Date: Sunday, November 11, 2007
Place: Doubletree Hotel ~ New Orleans, LA (Shadows Room)
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 am

We will have a short presentation by Alcon during this
breakfast followed by a closed door session to discuss
future directions for CONNECT.

Update from ARVO Meeting

We hope that those of you who returned from ARVO had an enjoyable and productive trip. It certainly was a whirlwind meeting and truly has become the meeting to have meetings! We would like to update the group on two CONNECT events that took place at the meeting—the first CONNECT Board meeting and the CONNECT Member Breakfast.

Mike and I want to give thanks to Anne who was instrumental in keeping minutes during the breakfast meeting. The first Board meeting took place on Sunday at ARVO. All members were present- Mike and I, Quan, Jennifer Lim, and Rama Jager.

We discussed numerous items including Board structure, fund raising with non-profit status, the new website, and future directions of the organization. Rama will be sending an email to the group in the coming month with a template of the website and a request for a short bio of each member along with a picture. This website will contain a secure area for members to facilitate research. Additionally this website will serve as a resource for potential funding.

Thank you all for participating in the organization!

Michael Ober, MD
Seenu Hariprasad, MD