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President’s Letter

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

Please join me for our 64th annual ACPA meeting in a beautiful setting at the splendid Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado (between Boulder and Denver). You will enjoy glorious views of the surrounding mountain landscape while taking advantage of the valuable educational programs and important interaction with other team colleagues from the U.S. and world.

I want to thank Michael Buckley and the 2007 Program Committee for their excellent work in planning an outstanding interdisciplinary educational program, for the main meeting April 25–28, entitled “It Takes a Team…” We will be welcoming Jeff Evans, Boulder resident and world-renowned climber and adventurer, as the keynote speaker who will open the meeting with The D. Ralph Millard, Jr., MD Lectureship. He may be best known as the primary guide for the successful ascent of Mt. Everest by a blind climber! Who better to speak to us on teamwork than someone who has accomplished incredible feats that require the ultimate leadership, teamwork, and commitment?

I also want to thank the 2007 Pre-Conference Symposia Chair, Bruce Horswell, and co-chairs Robin Dyleski and Ann Kummer for planning a marvelous one and one half day interdisciplinary symposium April 23–24 that will precede the main meeting. Entitled “The Childhood Years: The Inter-Face and Inner-Facts of Management,” it will be the second in a series of three annual pre-symposia that explore interdisciplinary management of multiple functional and esthetic considerations to maximize psychological, educational, and social adjustments by individuals with cleft lip and palate. Last year, the focus was on the postnatal and infancy years. This year will cover the childhood years up to adolescence and next year’s program at the annual meeting in Philadelphia will conclude the series with the adolescent and adult years.

The 2007 Local Arrangements Committee, co-chaired by Jamie Idelberg and Theresa Snelling has provided delightful activities for your leisure time at the meeting. The Cleft Palate Foundation’s Annual Sports Event will be on Wednesday night at the Splitz Bowling Center in Westminster and our Friday evening gala will take place at the University of Colorado’s Centerplate at Folsom Field with the Chris Daniel’s Band and the beautiful backdrop of Boulder’s city lights and the Flat Iron Mountains. Whether you enjoy the luxuries of the resort spa and golf course or take advantage of the dining, museums, shopping, sporting events, or outdoor activities in the surrounding area, there is an abundance of opportunities for fun and relaxation in this magnificent setting!

I look forward to seeing all of you in Broomfield for education, fellowship, and fun!

Sincerely yours,

Peter M. Spalding, DDS
President