We are in the thick of it. About 11 NBIs left. We have passed a few of the recently submitted NBIs, but most of them have failed or been ruled out of order. One in particular that passed was an NBI that directs WEA to oppose districts who place Teach for America students/teachers in classes where there is no teacher shortage. Teach for America places students into urban classroom with very little training. The program touts that it is cure for failing students in these schools; we feel the program is dangerous, reckless, and devalues the importance of an effective teacher training program. It is very clear that the Occupy movement is very popular amongst some teachers. There have been multiple NBIs that were submitted over yesterday or the day before (all from Seattle SD) that urged action days. One in particular, Occupy Olympia, called for a day of action when the legislative session begins next. It was voted down due to the unpopularity of the Occupy movement in the media, but more importantly the overall cost. It would have cost over $120,000 to implement. Unfortunately, it is looking like your delegation is going to miss the end of RA. As part of a cost-saving measure, we decided a couple of weeks ago to cancel our hotel for this evening. When we decided this, it was based off of the limited number of NBIs we had at our MockRA. We did not foresee this many NBIs being submitted at the actual RA, nor did we predict there being a high number of Points of Order and Reconsiders (we reconsidered 3 NBIs; highly unheard of). We need to hit the road no later than 7 this evening. All of the business that has been considered at RA will be published on WEA's home site, www.washingtonea.org, next week. I encourage everyone to check out all of the business that took place at RA and ask your delegates any questions you may have.