The event of July 25 is looming in the foreground now, rather than the background. It will be a great opportunity to bring to a larger local audience the role and place for the Game Studio in libraries and where our project fits more broadly in the gaming research world. Madison was a great experience; it was heartening to see the interest on all fronts on literacy, albeit defined a little differently for each. Jenkin's convergence notion really resonates, as does Kylie's new media literacy work. It feels like we are in fine company as we move forward. Now if I can just make sure the reimbursements get handled in a timely way ....