We decided a good way to gain interest and do productive outreach was to hold some events outside of the local chapter meetings. The brainstorming continued. What kind of events would be good to hold? What would draw a crowd, and at the same time get our names out there? We came up with 3 events that were to be held within 2 months of each other last fall. The first event was going to be the first ever NSA Bi-Lingual event, specifically targeted at non-English speaking people in the community. Looking outside the box we realized not everyone who stutters actually speaks English! We were going to make an effort to seek out those who didn't. The second event was going to be a Teen Open House held in San Francisco. Why we were trying to do outreach in the local community, why not reach out to the teens as well? A Teen Chapter did not exist at the time and it just made sense to try and get one started. The third event was going to be a workshop for International Stuttering Awareness Day. Since it began in 1998, ISAD has included an online conference held every year and we thought it might be kind of cool to actually have a live event, in San Francisco, with guest speakers. We also had a telephone line set up for people from around the world to call in and listen, should they choose too.