For those of you who have already signed on to the Intranet, I want to express how powerful an experience our meeting was for me and I hope for you. For those who could not attend, we will be providing minutes and follow-up process for the work that we accomplished.

My personal highlight -- and I am sure for many of you -- was the trip to the office, which expressed for me that we now have a makom that captures the energy and spirit of our national movement. The previous site was a place to begin; this is clearly a place to continue our journey.

Although it may not seem obvious in the heat of the moment, from my vantage point, we made significant progress on the strategic plan and laid out very clearly the budget challenges.

In the coming days, we will present you with a plan for how we will complete our work on the budget and continue the strategic planning process. Carl and I have already begun those conversations.

It was also wonderful to see all of you who attended and my hope is that I will see many of you in the coming weeks at JRF and camp events and certainly at our meeting in November.

As always, feel free to send me an email or give me a call if you have questions or concerns.

L'shalom,

rab