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PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram Richard Lawson GRAPHIC ARTIST/ PRODUCTION MANAGER Solomon J. Hebert II ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Darlene Donloe ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR Penelope Blair GAMING REPORT EDITOR Ann Brown GREAT GROUPS EDITOR Sonya Stinson FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR Matthew Thomas MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR Patricia Ann Jordan RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR Patrice Kelly TECH NEWS EDITOR William G. Herbert VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER EDITOR Michael Bennett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca Bernard Edith Billups Helen Broadus Victoria Head Roy Jay Cheray O'Neal David Saunders Ronnie Sykes Chris J. Walker STAFF WRITER Norman Mayers SALES MANAGERS Regina Buggs MARKETING/EDITORIAL CONSULTANT'S Deborah Edmondson Royal Hill, Jr. Andrew Ingraham O.J. Webb OFFICE MANAGER Dorothy Canty ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Tina Le Victoria Head Pamela Thomas HUMAN RESOURCES Barbara Harper For high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900. Black Meetings & Tourism June/July 2009: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com June 2-4 Entertainment Software Association's (ESA) Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. For more information, please visit www.theESA.com . June 2-5 North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Conference & Marketplace, Double- Tree Hotel, Cleveland, OH. For more information contact Helen at helen@natja.org or (626) 376-9754. June 3-5 National Urban League 40th BEEP Annual Leadership Conference, Atlanta, GA. (212) 558-5300 June 3-7 Urban Financial Services Coalition, Inc. 35th Annual National Conference, Dearborn, MI. (202) 289-8335 June 4 Black Business Association 35th Annual Awards Dinner, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. (323) 291-9334 June 4-7 Alabama Dental Society Annual State Meeting, Destin, FL. (205) 939- 4912 June 6 3rd Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA. (323) 7430-0628 or www.leimertparkbookfair.com. June 6-9 25th Annual AMAC/FAA Airports Business Diversity Conference, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, MD. (703) 414-2622 June 8-11, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Conference & Expo, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. http://www.nfpa.org/conference June 9-11 NXTcomm/Diversity NXT, McCormick Place Center, Chicago, IL. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sponsored by Visit Florida June/JulY 2009 Black Meetings & tourisM The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel COMING IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2009 COVER STORY AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETING, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE WEST FEATURES • HOTELS THAT CATER TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES TRAVELING- WITH CHILDREN • BREAKING THE LAST HIRED/FIRST FIRED SYNDROME: MAKING YOURSELF VALUABLE TO THE COMPANY •ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REUNIONS FOCUS •AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETING, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE CARIBBEAN •THE MEETING PLANNERS' GUIDE TO GRANT WRITING AND FUND RAISING AREA GUIDES MASSACHUSETTS, ALASKA, ALABAMA, NEW MEXICO, WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ARIZONA, HOUSTON, ONTARIO, QUEBEC, CARIBBEAN REGIONAL 5