Report to Members
By Mary Jo Mullan and Garland Yates, Co-Chairs

We hope that you had a wonderful summer!

Planning is well underway for next year's NFG annual conference in San Francisco. Mark your calendars for March 14-16, 2002! Thanks to the many Bay Area NFG members who are serving on the planning committee - Marsha Bonner, Karen Byrne, C.J. Callen, Yvonne Carrasco, Diane Feeney, Martha Jiminez, Colin Lacon, Craig McGarvey, Brad Paul, Mario Salgado, Luz Vega-Marquis, Judy Patrick, Lucia Corral Pena, Marian Standish, Melinda Tuan, Chantel Walker, Ellen Widness and Teri Yeager. Conference chair Sara Gould is joined by Henry Allen, Peter Beard, Bob Jaquay, Antonio Manning, Benita Melton, Regina McGraw, Sherece West and Terry Weigel on the national planning committee. All NFG members will receive a Call for Sessions early this fall and regular updates about the conference and conference planning will be available online at www.nfg.org.

NFG Elections
Elections for the NFG Board or Directors will be done by mail ballot this year because there isn't going to be an annual conference in the fall. One ballot will be mailed to the primary contact for each NFG member organization. Results will be announced online and in the next issue of NFG Reports. Thanks to the many individuals who have expressed an interest in serving.

Comprehensive Community Initiatives Forum
On July 13-15, 55 grantmakers, grantees and community residents gathered in Kansas City, Mo. for an in-depth discussion of the challenges and lessons learned from Comprehensive Community Initiatives. Representatives from a diverse set of programs compared notes and experiences. Conversations and lessons from the Forum are being developed into a report that will be available later this year.

Community Organizing Toolbox
The Community Organizing Toolbox will be featured in fall regional meetings in Boston and Chicago. For information on organizing a session in your area and information on ordering additional copies of the Toolbox, call or email Spence Limbocker at 202-833-4690 x4 or spence@nfg.org.

Housing Public Policy Papers
In October NFG will release the first in a series of public policy papers on affordable housing. Thanks to the committee of folks who have been developing this critical project - Nancy Andrews, Peter Beard (chair), Joe Belden, Debra Schwartz and Martha Toll.

NFG Staff Expands
We welcome Elizabeth Lombard to NFG's staff. Liz is our Meeting and Conference Coordinator, a new position. She has extensive experience organizing conferences, training sessions and meetings, and is already hard at work on the Fall Rural Funders Forum and next year's annual conference. Give Liz a call at 202-833-4690 x3 or email liz@nfg.org.

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