Imam Mikal H. Shabazz gave the Saturday keynote address.
Before the MANA Business Meeting, Diane Holzer presented Abby Kinne with flowers in appreciation of her almsot 20 years of service to MANA as Abby will be leaving the board in the spring.
During the MANA Business meeting, Elizabeth Moore presented information about the new public education Mothers Naturally campaign.
She unveiled the new web page MothersNaturally.org aimed at women who might not otherwise have thought of midwifery for their birth.
The MANA Division of Research (DOR) presented information about what the DOR has been doing and also some raw data from the statistics MANA has collected for many years. Above Peggy Garland and Suzie Myers started the report. Bruce Ackerman and Ellen Harris Braun completed the report.
MANA Membership Chair Nina McIndoe was presented with a MANA special achievement award for her committee work with MANA.
Ann Geisler, MANA's insurance committee chair, was also presented with a MANA special achievement award for her committee work.
MANA Treasurer Kelley Daniel and Region 5 Rep Elizabeth Moore collected donations to attend a special screening of "The Business of Being Born." Donations received above expenses were given to the Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM).
