I enjoyed it enormously, there were quite a number of people that I either knew personally or knew by sight. These people are some of the most well known and respected members of A.O.R.N. including among many others - Viv Watson, Joy Don Baker, Cynthia Spry (This years winner of 'The Jerry G. Peers Award') & of course one my very favourite people Ruth Shumaker, (winner of this years 'Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing'). All of these ladies and the couple of gentlemen present are very approachable and in this situation, it being a more relaxed atmosphere, to either just meet, greet or to get to know them and the other members of our chapter.

The meeting included the business relating to eChapter as well as discussions of matters relating to the house of delegates. For me, it was very refreshing, as previous chapters I have belonged to never seemed to have the same impetus to do business as they were more like an old girls' (or boys') club meeting where everybody sees each other every month and just picks up with the socializing again right where they left off the previous month and if you were not in the loop you had the feeling of being excluded. This is not to say that there was no socializing in eChapter, but I felt more like I belonged there.

I encourage other eChapter members who plan to attend congress next year in Philadelphia to attend the chapter breakfast meeting. It is well worth the time, even if you have to get up a little earlier and for me that is an effort as I work nights and getting up early in the morning is hard.