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NERA NATIONAL CONFERENCE, continued

members had served dutifully and diligently for years and all were
appreciative of their dedication and devotion. If the fact that the entire
election was wide open was not exciting enough, there was even a tie.
e NERA Election Committee handled the election perfectly and
ended the tie with no issues.

On Saturday night a beautiful dinner was held at the Irish restaurant
Four Providences in charming downtown Falls Church, VA (about 3
miles from the hotel). A wonderful dinner, dessert and drinks were fol-
lowed by beautiful Irish music. Most people carried leftovers back to the
hotel because the portions were that huge. Sunday morning wrapped
up the conference with the new NEC being sworn into o ce and their
rst meeting being held.

A successful transition and conference was concluded. Unfortunately,
there was another rainy day for everyone’s departure, but once again
it did not seem to dampen anyone’s enthusiasm about the good work
achieved over the conference weekend.

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