Mountain Plains Adult Education Association

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President’s Message from the December 2005 Newsletter
By Anita Raynor

The Mountain Plains Adult Education Association has always afforded its membership opportunities for
professional growth while working in conjunction with its eight member states. The influence and intellect of so many leaders have been evident at annual conferences and other sponsored leadership training. Will Grant, a student trainer for many years in my state of New Mexico, is a charter member of an organization called Building Leadership through Adult Student Training (BLAST). Gilbert Zamora,
one of New Mexico’s MPAEA board members, is helping Will to make BLAST a useful professional organization for lifelong learners. They are being encouraged by New Mexico’s state Adult Basic Education (ABE) director, Dr. Pam Etre – Perez, to spread the BLAST idea to the other seven states in MPAEA.
One of my life rules has been, “When you m-a-t-t-e-r, what happens to you also matters!” In Alamogordo, where I live and work, we are committed to helping all adults improve their lives through lifelong learning. This quote from Talmud helps express my feelings, “Much have I learned from my
teachers; more from my colleagues; but, most from my students”.
The “Mile High Rendezvous 2006” annual MPAEA conference in Denver next April 26-29 will have some great speakers: Art Ellison, Tom Sticht, and Marsha Tait. Additionally, there will be some great presentations, round tables, and other discussions. It will be the first conference held in the
downtown of a large city in several years. We held our summer board meeting at the Adams Mark Hotel last July; the entire MPAEA board is excited about having this great hotel be the site for our 64th annual conference. Go to our website WWW.MPAEA.ORG for more information, and watch your mail for registration details in a couple of months. Paulette Church and her Colorado Adult Education Professional Association urge you all to attend. The conference has a total of five cosponsors. See you there!

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