In July the Board decided to hold the Centennial National Convention in Hartford. Since then, several Directors have spoken to me about offering something special related to the centennial at conventions in your Divisions in 2014. While we hope as many members as possible will make the trip to Hartford for the National, realistically that won't be possible for a lot of members. We want the centennial to be an inclusive membership experience, not just something for the east coast or the northeast. It doesn't make sense to pass up this opportunity to educate members at other ARRL conventions about what the ARRL has done for ham radio in its first century and encourage them to envision what the ARRL can do in the years to come. There will be costs for taking some form of the centennial experience on the road, but they are one-off costs for 2014 and we are not going to go nuts with this. Planning and budgeting for centennial activities at other conventions will have to be done in 2013, of course. The Centennial Celebration Committee needs Directors' help in gathering input from your likely 2014 convention host organizations about what they would like to have from the ARRL to make their 2014 conventions unique as a celebration of the centennial for their attendees. Would they like forums, speakers, displays, the right to use the centennial logo in their advertisements and signs, or what? If they are not interested in doing something special, we need that input also for a reality check. Along with asking for specific input about what the ARRL could do for the convention, please find out what the convention might be willing to do for the ARRL in return. ARRL conventions are not all alike. Some do more with ARRL-related forums than others. Some clearly feel it's a privilege and a big deal to be an ARRL convention, while others seem to take the free door prize books, plunk the literature on a table, and pretty much let it go at that. If you have ARRL conventions in your Division that are closer to the latter end of the scale, can you explore with them some options for increasing the ARRL's visibility, especially in 2014? We have not made any pre-judgments about whether the special centennial perks would be limited to Division Conventions or would also be available, perhaps to a lesser extent, to State and Section Conventions. Your thoughts on that would be very helpful. You know your convention hosts and are the best judge of what members in your Division will like and respond to. I would appreciate it very much if you could think these things over, confer with your likely convention host organizations, and send me your input by the time of the January Board meeting. Thanks for your help. 73 - Kay N3KN