Those present were Linda Bardes, Joyce Goff, Ira Gordon, Nancy Grayson, Paul Jacobs, Jane Johnson, Rosemary Ritchie, Sharon Sebring, Bill Schmidt, Regina Schmidt, Mary Schultze and Rose Marie Studer.

Bill Schmidt opened the meeting with a review of the agenda and Paul Jacobs shared a reading from Thomas Troward.

The purpose of the meeting was to

• review what worked well the past year

• review and update the MAGNT vision

• discuss the layout for a MAGNT brochure

• agree on topics and responsibilities for the coming year

Rosemary Ritchie led a review of what worked well the past year. A summary of comments from the discussion is attached, along with the schedule of events from last year.

Linda Bardes led a discussion about the MAGNT vision statement. After much discussion it was agreed that a separate meeting will be held to review and update the MAGNT vision. This meeting is scheduled June 30th from 9:30 to 1:30 at the same location. Linda Bardes will lead the visioning process.

The discussion and layout of the MAGNT brochure was deferred until after revision of the MAGNT vision.

Mary Schultze led an effective brainstorming process that resulted in the preliminary program schedule which follows. It is also included in the attachments, along with preliminary material developed during the brainstorming session.

In addition to the monthly sessions there is interest in having a “major” MAGNT event, possibly as a fund raiser, that could include Gina Citoli and Tou Ger Xiong, aka Hmong Boy and possibly others. Joyce Goff, Rose Marie Struder and Bill Schmidt will follow up on this and make recommendations. Others interested in participating in preliminary discussion contact one of the three. For information about Tou Ger Xiong access http://www.gohmongboy.com/hp.asp and for Gina Citoli access http://www.ginacitoli.net/.

Many thanks to all who attended the planning session and our monthly presentations.