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Dear Board of Directors,

With the holidays upon us, I just wanted to remind you about our January Board Strategy Retreat. It is well-timed, as we plan for the year ahead with the Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses just weeks away, the final year of the Obama Administration, and key legislation moving through Congress.

We will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, through dinner and reconvene for a half day on Wednesday, January 27, concluding after lunch (by 2:00 p.m.). The schedule is still taking shape and we will share more details as soon as confirmed. All meetings will take place in Washington D.C.

Already confirmed for our strategy discussions:

* Private dinner with Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and a true USGLC champion.
* Leadership breakfast with leading Democratic Senate foreign policy voices, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Brian Schatz (D-HI).
* Roundtable with new USAID Administrator Gayle Smith (tentative depending on travel schedule).
* Private luncheon with Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Your input will be invaluable as we discuss our 2016 strategy. We will provide more details and material as we get closer to the meeting. Please RSVP to Jessica Mueller at jmueller@usglc.org<mailto:jmueller@usglc.org> and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

I also hope you've been following the Omnibus budget deal and saw our detailed Budget Update<http://www.usglc.org/2015/12/18/international-affairs-budget-update-121815/> highlighting our analysis and message: pleased with strong overall funding increase, but very concerned about long-term implications of cut to base funding.

Enjoy the holidays and best wishes for a happy new year from the USGLC family to yours!

Many thanks.

Liz
Liz Schrayer, USGLC