Friends:

Though vacation time is still high priority for most people--and the corridors of Dominican House [where the Consortium offices are located] are almost deserted, I can see the signs of the next academic year emerging.

I met on Tuesday with the new Chairman of the Consortium Board of Trustees, Ambassador (ret.) Anthony Quainton. We discussed items of Consortium business for almost 3 hours.

We discussed, for example, the annual orientation of new trustees. We will have 8 new trustees--3 public trustees and 5 institutional trustees. Usually they are oriented at a luncheon meeting that takes place at one of the institutions. The Consortium--with 18 institutions and over 30 groups that meet--is complicated and requires more than a little explanation for those who are not familiar.

Summer is not quite over--but familiar concerns are already emerging.

Peace,
John