On Monday January 22, the ACSDA Executive Committee held a full day planning meeting in Miami. The Committee has concluded that it is absolutely essential that they periodically meet in person. Speaking on the telephone, which they do regularly, is good for receiving a status however those calls have not always proven effective as a forum for sharing ideas and discussing how to best serve the membership.

During the meeting, the Committee reviewed current activities, ACSDA's financial status and the 2018 Budget, as well ideas regarding future activities and initiatives. Among the decisions that were made were:

• To update the ACSDA Member Profiles beginning in May or June.
• To hold a two-day Cyber Workshop in Miami on November 29/30, 2018.
• Continue to actively seek opportunities to collaborate with other industry associations in ways that will benefit the ACSDA membership.
• For the Executive Committee members to reach out directly to each of ACSDA's members to discuss what members want from their participation in ACSDA. This will happen during the month of February.

The plans and draft agenda for the upcoming ACSDA General Assembly in Nassau, Bahamas were also discussed with the goal of providing the most interesting and relevant program possible.

We expect to have more detail on the agenda by the second week in February, which we will distribute to the membership and post on the ACSDA website. Finally, the Executive Committee wishes to acknowledge and thank SWIFT who very generously made the boardroom in their Miami office available for the meeting.