Here are few highlight of CFF activities from this past week:

• The CFF Program Committee met on Wednesday, Jan. 14th to discuss the program priority descriptions and align them with the development plan. Goals, resources and timelines were discussed in general terms and the results have been posted as a online forum on the CFF Communities web site. Board members are encourage to review these materials and make suggestions as appropriate.

• CFF Event Host Committee has been finalized with the addition of Malin Burnham, Linden Blue and Mark Leslie.  They join Bill Geppart, Linda Lang, Ron Martin, Bob Barlow, Ed Wallace and Randy Ward to round out the group. Their names will be use on the event invitations and other promotional materials.

• Steve Clemons and I were guests on the SignOn Radio Community Spotlight program hosted by Drew Schlosberg.  We discussed the SDCOE technology efforts, educational technology issues and promoted the 2009 Innovation in Education - Commanding Innovative Excellence Award program scheduled for May 14, 2009 on the US Midway.

• Rick has posted the 2009 Innovation in Education awards nomination application on the CFF web site along with a FAQ information page.  The deadline for the nominations is March 16th.  The judging panel will meet and select the award recipients for the inspire, innovate. achieve and impact awards.

• Meeting schedule include:  CFF Finance Committee (Jan. 20th) and the CFF Executive Committee (Jan. 22nd).

Regards,
Bruce