AAAI News

Pat Hayes brought the meeting to order at 1:15 PM with a short review of the plans for a special program geared for government agencies in Washington, DC. At the program committee meeting for the national conference in February, a committee was formed to investigate the best method for putting on such a program. Peter Friedland reported the findings of this committee. He announced that the development of an effective educational program would take a minimum of six months to a year, and any plans for staging something in Washington in July should be abandoned. In addition, July is a poor time of year to capture the targeted audience due to vacations. Peter indicated that the final program would probably be much smaller and shorter than originally anticipated to accommodate the extremely busy schedules of attendees. Instead, it was decided that another more focused meeting should be held during the national conference. This meeting should include members of the Washington Forum Committee and representatives from the government who might have helpful suggestions about the development of this program. Together, this group should put together a vision statement, intended