Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Evening all, The issues have been raised but how do we change the status quo? Does anyone have any ideas how this question of competition and duplication gets addressed? How do we make our needs known and changes made? How can we be assured that monies designated for research is funding research? Has anyone ever attended board meetings of the NPF, APDA, APF ? What goes on at these get togethers? How meaningful are their mission statements? Do they support collaboration or competition in finding a 'cure?' I'm asking. Catherine in Portsmouth