• All Events tickets prices will remain at $55 for Region 3 members that register by the early bird registration deadline.  After the early bird deadline, the price increases to $65 for everyone
• Quartet contest will begin at 5:00 pm (instead of 4:00 pm)
• Chorus contest will begin with the large riser configuration and followed by the small riser configuration
  
• All communication will be moved to an electronic format.  This will allow us to reduce approximately $1,000 in printing costs
  
• All competing members, chorus and quartet, will be required to stay at least one night at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel or be subject to a fair assessment fee.
  
• Our judges will be:

• Newly designed regional website will be up and running prior to International Convention. We will also be using a new web hosting service. The current web host had all of its servers crashed so the website was temporarily located piggybacked onto River Bend's website. (Note: The website was down for 8 days before we made the decision to launch the new site with a new host, GreenGeeks, a "green" and less expensive service).
• Next Newsletter will be out around December 1st. Lynda asked new directors for bios to be put in the newsletter to introduce them to the region.
• Ann discussed plans for our Winter Workshop. It will include classes for budding arrangers with Penny Hock, classes on the judging categories with Joan Boutilier, as well as PVIs (including visual ones with Judy Herrick).
• Plans are in the works for PVI hubs throughout the region.
• AIM with Peggy and Dale was a success and a great learning experience!
• Shelly announced that our judging panel for 2010 is Ozzie Mask, Linda Masterson, Patti Burklund, and Becki Hine.
• Jane Wogoman has been accepted by International as a Panel Secretary for competitions. She will be panel secretary for Region 17 contest the weekend of May 6-9, 2010.
• The RMT will send a bottle of wine and a card to all of our competing quartets in Nashville.
• Shelly will coordinate with Joan to determine the date and time of the Regional Rally in Nashville and an email blast will be sent by Sherry to all in the region announcing this prior to Nashville.

We're honored to say, "We did it!"  With a final count of 6,651 people, all armed with the new Real Women membership tag, the seats at the Sommet Center exploded with sound as we set a Guinness World Record for the Largest Singing Lesson.  What a sight...a sea of singers participating and practicing vocal techniques taught by International President Peggy Gram and 2009 International Champion Quartet Moxie Ladies.

At the end of the lesson Danny Girton, Jr., an official Guinness World Records adjudicator, was on hand to present Peggy Gram and Moxie Ladies with a certificate for the new world record. While presenting the award, Girton, Jr. stated "We welcome Sweet Adelines International into the Guinness World Records family for its inspirational and fun achievement."

• Advanced Betty Clipman to the level of Master Faculty in the International Faculty Program.
• Agreed to change the Standard Form Chapter Bylaws to allow chapters the option to have boards of directors with six to 12 members.
• Agreed to create a plaque to honor Harmony Classic chorus champions and Rising Star quartet champions at international headquarters.
• Changed the liability insurance policy year to avoid expiration during regional contest season.
• Approved Glasgow, Scotland, as the site for the 2011 IES Europe.
• Approved policy to protect the Young Singers Foundation's trademarked insignia and their use; revised policy to allow licensing of the Young Singers Foundation's official insignia.
• Agreed to revise policy to schedule the YWIH Program Coordinators meeting the second Saturday in February.
• Established an international Novice Quartet award, which will be awarded for the first time in Seattle in 2010.
• Agreed to produce The Pitch Pipe in print and digital editions in January and July annually, with six digital editions of The Pitch Pipe Lite produced annually, effective in fiscal year 2010-11. The Pitch Pipe Lite will focus on current events and education.
• Will provide choruses a template for announcing the pending Board election; asked RMT members to encourage their chapters to participate in the election.
• Agreed to charge a minimal registration fee to offset costs for novice directors to attend an extra day of training at the 2011 Director/Judge training.
• Commended the five choruses participating in the pilot membership program on their success with Increasing Membership Together with One Message.
• Noted that the next round of in-region training will begin in 2010, Coaching for Real Teams.
• Agreed to offer the regions the option of holding combined regional contests with approval by the Education Direction Committee.
• Agreed to offer Education Coordinators a 50 percent discount on the price of registration to attend any one IES Global event.
• Approved the concept for The Overtone Society as developed by the Patron Development Task Force; and, as a result, established the Patron Development Committee as a standing committee reporting to the International Board of Directors.