MR. LYMAN:  It's quite a coincidence.  I was giving an address to the faculty in August a couple of years ago and the lights went out, too, so I'm not sure if that wasn't intentional back then.

     Bruce and I have worked together for many years.  I worked with Bruce at Park Tudor School, and for your first choice of a location, Bruce, I have to tell you, you hit a grand slam.  How about a round of applause for Bruce.

     This whole resort casual thing has me a little perplexed; I have to be honest with you. Last night we were having dinner in the bar and a gentleman walked by in his bathrobe.  I thought, well, this is going to be great.  We're all going to be sitting in this room in our bathrobes.

     It's not quite that casual but nonetheless, welcome to Tucson, welcome to this wonderful weather, and I'm glad you were able to get away from the frigid temperatures.  I know in Louisville we have had some awful weather, so it's been great to get out of there.

     It really is a pleasure and an honor to be the program chair for such a fine organization. Bruce introduced me to NAPSG many years ago, and I have always been impressed with the quality of the program and the chance to network and, quite frankly, decompress a little bit and just get back to why we're doing what we're doing.

     Of course, this program could not come together without the help of a great program committee.  I'd like to thank Bodie, if you could just stand and be recognized.  Thanks to Bodie Brizendine, Linda Gibbs, Susan Haberlandt, of course Bruce, and of course, Burch for allowing me to do this.  So thank you to the committee for putting this together.

     I think we have a wonderful lineup of speakers for you in the next few days. Dr. Johnnetta Cole, president of Bennett College for Women, will talk about holding up half the sky, girls and women in leadership.  Tomorrow we're very fortunate to hear from Ginger Thompson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Mexico City bureau chief for the New York Times, who will talk about leadership in the media.  Mark Mathabane, the famous author of Kaffir Boy and many other books will talk about leadership from his mother.  It's an absolutely wonderful speech that I know you will enjoy.

     Following on Tuesday, we'll hear from Dr. Eboo Patel, a gentleman I have had the pleasure of meeting in Chicago.  He runs the Interfaith Youth Core and the Harvard Pluralism Project, and he will talk about teaching about religion.

     Following that, we will have our Leadership in Crisis group.  Eileen Powers, Charlie Clark, and Bill Matthews will share their experiences as heads of school and how they were able to cope and deal with some unexpected occurrences in the running of their schools.

     And of course, on Wednesday we're just absolutely thrilled to have Stephen Davenport with us, who will talk about leadership at Miss Oliver's; and Lynn Tronsdal, with her talk, "Bowler, Babushka or Beanie:  The Many Hats a Leader Must Wear."

     So we're really looking forward to this conference and, of course, please take advantage of the outings, please take advantage of the surroundings, and if there's anything I can do for you throughout this conference, please don't hesitate to ask.  Again, welcome to Tucson.