(originally posted in December, 2006)

Please welcome the new members of the Board of Directors (BOD) for the International Association of Wildland Fire. The new BOD members are, effective January, 1, 2007: Dan Bailey, Falls Church, Virgina, USA; Janice Coen, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Tim Dolan, San Francisco, California, USA; Gary Morgan, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Brett Shields, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia; Bill Sommers, Great Falls, Virginia, USA; Ann Walker, Salem, Oregon, USA

In addition, we have a new slate of officers starting January 1, 2007: President: Chuck Bushey; Vice President: Paul Woodard; Secretary: Marc Titus; Treasurer: Elizabeth Reinhardt

We want to thank the BOD members whose terms will end December 31, 2006. We greatly appreciate their service and we hope they will continue to be active in the IAWF. Many thanks go out to: Tony Blanks, Howard Dupuis, Keith Harrap, Dick Mangan, Jim Tidwell, Domingos Xavier Viegas, and Don Saari.