An International Perspective on Affordable Housing
	A COMPARISON OF MODELS AND ISSUES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND UNITED STATES Co-Sponsored by: National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Delaware Chapter and Middle Atlantic Regional Council and University of Delaware Center for Community Research and Service Friday, April 27, 2007 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials Newark, Delaware More>>

	General Membership Meeting
	The Annual MARC-NAHRO General Membership Meeting is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 25, 2007 in the Ballroom of the Clarion Hotel and Resort in Ocean City, MD. Agenda: Roll call, Minutes, Financial Report, Committee Reports, Old and New business, and Adjournment. A Bylaw Committee is currently considering Bylaw changes to allow official business and elections to be conducted electronically over the Internet. Any proposed changes would come before the General Membership Meeting for its vote, with subsequent action and approval by the NAHRO BOG. The May 22-25, 2007 Annual Meeting includes Trainings, Legislative updates, Concurrent sessions, Awards presentations, and much more. For overview, and for hotel and conference registration by check or Online, go to www.marcnahro.org

	Commissioner Trainings, MARC- MAHRA-NAHRO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
	Letter of Invitation and Greetings to MARC-NAHRO Commissioners & Executive Directors Something important is coming your way! This May 22-25 at the Regional Conference in Ocean City arrangements are in place for some pretty special Commissioners’ Training opportunities. Featured opportunities for Commissioners are two pre-conference Trainings and one during the Conference. Straight from NAHRO’s new Tier-One Commissioners’ Training, is Fundamentals for Commissioners. Also featured is a half day Advocacy training. An additional offering during the Conference concurrent sessions, is NAHRO’s Tier One Commissioners’ Leadership for Executive Directors and Commissioners. More>> Flyer (pdf, 21kb)

	Nominating Committee Submits Slate
	MARC NAHRO President Larry Loyd has appointed a Nominating & Election Committee, consisting of: Raymond J. Bender (PA) Chairman, Wayne Boyle (MD), Maria Marquez (NJ), Leonard Vaughan (MD) and Matt Heckles (DE). In accordance with the MARC NAHRO By-Laws the Nominating Committee hereby nominates the following persons for the open offices. All terms start at the conclusion of the 2007 NAHRO Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Terms are for two years unless otherwise shown. For slate, nomination by petition and more>>

	Awards Committee named
	MARC-NAHRO President Larry Loyd, appointed a committee to review applications for 2007 NAHRO Awards of Excellence and Merit. Those named below will recommend the most meritorious for Regional Awards to be presented Friday Morning, May 25, at the Annual Conference in Ocean City, MD. Clifton Martin - Chair Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County Matt Heckles Delaware State Housing Authority Marjorie Murphy Wayne County Housing and Redevelopment Authorities Ericca Blake Housing Authority of Baltimore City

	Remembering…
	Mary K. Nenno, life-long housing advocate and NAHRO staff member from 1960 until retiring in 1991, died on February 10, 2007. Before joining NAHRO, she launched her decades-long career as Research Director for the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, Buffalo, New York in 1950. She also served as a consultant to the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and the Enterprise Foundation of Columbia, Maryland, and directed numerous research studies funded by the federal government and foundations. She served as a Trustee of the CHF and a Visiting Fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC. Mary Paumen, past MARC-NAHRO President, stated that “Naming the NAHRO Advocacy Award in memory of Mary K. Nenno was a fitting tribute to this woman who was our advocate personally and professionally.” Mary K. Nenno’s legacy lives on in the young professionals for whom she always had time to encourage, support, and challenge them to do their best for residents and communities. Paumen, applauded Mary Nenno’s many contributions included founding the international committee in the 1960s as well as the Tri Country Conference in 1987. Nenno understood the value of NAHRO and its sister international organizations sharing their knowledge and learning from one another. Nenno also served as a consultant to the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and the Enterprise Foundation of Columbia, Maryland, and directed numerous research studies funded by the federal government and foundations. She was the author of numerous books and articles, including Ending the Stalemate: Moving Housing and Urban Development into the Mainstream of America’s Future, (University Press of America, Inc., January 1996). She was a Visiting Fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC from 1992 to 1996.