[AODA members] AODA returns from FNCE

[Stacia Nordin, RD]

AODA members -

I started to send you an update from FNCE, then got caught up in things 
- there are just TOO many great things to do at FNCE and it is even hard 
to get some sleep in the schedule!   We had 53 AODA members attend FNCE 
and most of those members took part in either the AODA dinner, the AODA 
booth and/or the AODA international reception - it was wonderful to put 
faces with names. 

In this e-mail I want to share 2 exciting places that AODA was 
unexpectedly highlighted:

1)  AODA was highlighted at the Opening Session on the power point 
presentation by Ron Moen, ADA's Chief Executive Officer.  The Opening 
Session is held on the night before FNCE educational sessions begin and 
there were about 8,000 people in attendance (there were over 10,000 
people in attendance all together).

2)  AODA was also highlighted in the speech by ADA's new Honorary 
Member, Dr. Richard Dekelbaum, Head of the Human Nutrition Institute at 
Columbia University.  He stressed the importance of thinking globally 
and he mentioned attending the AODA International Reception the previous 
evening.

I've uploaded a few pictures to Flikr if you would like to see them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13352136@N07/

We'll be telling you more about FNCE in the next newsletter - the 
deadline is today, so if you have a few words to add to the newsletter 
about your work, information about upcoming conferences, or tidbits from 
your country send them to our Secretary, Pat Kramer who is also covering 
the newsletter at:  Newsletter at EatrightOverseas.org

We are still looking for a newsletter editor to work with Pat, so if you 
are good on the computer and have a few hours every 3 months to 
contribute to your AODA organization, please let us know.

Stacia

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Stacia Nordin, RD
Registered Dietitian
School Health & Nutrition Advisor
Basic Education, Ministry of Education (Malawi)

2007 October - Cell in US: 978-855-2554

nordin at eomw.net