The NADSP and its newly incorporated board of trustees cordially invites you to attend our next national meeting to be held in conjunction with the Alliance for Full Participation (AFP) in Washington DC. The NADSP national meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. We especially want to encourage all NADSP state affiliates and DSP’s who are attending the AFP conference to attend this national meeting. We have been working diligently on developing a membership structure and board structure.

We plan to “roll out” our membership materials at this meeting and discuss many other projects that will be developed by NADSP or in conjunction with other national groups. Due to the fact that we will be meeting in September, there will be no steering committee call in July or August as planned. The Board has been working on developing bylaws, incorporation papers, membership categories, membership dues, a bank account, web site improvements and other related projects that will help us launch NADSP as a true national organization. We hope you can join us for this important meeting and we are thrilled to be part of this historic conference in Washington DC.

I will be working on room arrangements for this NADSP meeting.  Please email me and let me know if you can attend.

My thanks to all of you for your time, effort and encouragement on improving the image, profession and status of DSP’s across this nation.

Tony Thomas

Secretary/ Treasurer

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals