This year, we will be highlighting noteworthy statistics and moments from each month in NEDRA’s history, in honor of NEDRA’s 25^th anniversary as an organization.

In this month in NEDRA’s history:

• May 1988: NEDRA’s membership totaled 133.
• May 1988: We held our 1^st Annual Conference, “Database Searching,” at Brandeis University.
• May 1988: Joe Donnelly elected NEDRA’s president for 1988-1989.
• May 1989: NEDRA hosted a roundtable on “Identifying and Researching Planned Giving Prospects” at Harvard University Medical School.
• May 1990: Our 3^rd Annual Conference “Rating and Screening: Research Gets Scientific,” was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
• May 1992: Many attended a NEDRA roundtable “Making the Most of Scarce Resources in Cultural and Social Service Organizations” at the Museum of Science (Boston).
• May 1994: NEDRA had 299 members.
• May 1994: NEDRA held its 7^th Annual Conference, “Hidden Millionaires: Researching Low Profile Prospects,” at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in Boston, MA.
• May 1995: 150 people attended NEDRA’s 8^th Annual Conference, “Coping with Change,” at the Boston Newton Marriot Hotel. 
• May 1996: A workshop on “Researching Private Companies” was presented by David Eberly at the Kennedy School of Harvard University.
• May 1997: NEDRA’s 10^th Annual Conference, “Hidden Millionaires: Researching Low Profile Prospects,” was held at the Boston Newton Marriot Hotel.
• May 2000: 205 people attended our 13^th Annual Conference, “Measuring Impact & Adding Value: Research in the New Millennium,” at the Newton (MA) Marriott Hotel. 
• May 2001: NEDRA’s 14^th Annual Conference, “The Point of Technology,” was held at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Waltham, MA.  This was the first NEDRA conference to move from a 1-day to a 1 ½ –day program.
• May 2006: Our 19^th Annual Conference, “Turning Over a New Leaf” took place at the Westin Hotel in Providence, RI.
• May 2007: NEDRA’s 20^th Annual Conference, “Charting the Course to Success: NEDRA’s 20 Year Voyage,” was held at the Cliff House in Ogunquit, Maine.
• May 2008: NEDRA’s 21^st Annual Conference, “Research – Coming of Age” was held at the Renaissance Providence Hotel.
• May 2009: Our 22^nd Annual Conference, “Intersections: Many Fields, One Common Goal: took place at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine.

So, did any of you attend any of these events, or remember these moments? We encourage you to share your thoughts and comments here!