Message from the President

Welcome to NAP’s 43rd Biennial Convention. It is hard to believe that two years have passed. We have indeed come full circle —albeit virtually. This biennium challenged us as human beings, as parliamentarians, and as an organization. We learned a great deal about ourselves. We anticipated, we responded, and, ultimately, we made changes and improvements that are serving us well now and will be of benefit long into the future.

This year’s convention is an excellent example of that flexibility. At this writing, more than 830 of our members have registered to attend our firstever electronic biennial convention. Conducting our business meetings with Zoom and a thirdparty election application required the Convention Standing Rules Committee to bring their experiences with virtual meetings to bear. I would like to thank Donald Garrett, Chair, Burke Balch, CJ Cavin, Greg Goodwiller, and Tim Wynn for their work.

As with an in-person event, successfully producing this year’s convention is a major team effort. A special thank you to the convention and workshop coordinators, the various convention committees, the headquarters staff, and our third-party technology partners for helping to make this convention what I am sure will be an excellent experience for all in attendance.

Thank you all for supporting our association throughout the last two years and enjoy the 43rd Biennial Convention!

Darlene T. Allen, PRP NAP President, 2019-2021