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Thu Nov 8 22:36:09 EST 2007

- THE SITE CRASHED TODAY!: A SIGN OF WHAT'S COMING
- GETTING READY FOR THE LARGEST SMART MARRIAGES CONFERENCE IN OUR HISTORY
- FAMILI CONFERENCE CALL NOV 15
- A FEW FROM THE MARRIAGE QUOTES PAGE

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- THE SITE CRASHED TODAY!: A SIGN OF WHAT'S COMING
The "Save the Dates" postcards started arriving in people's mailboxes today
and created so much interest the smartmarriages website crashed. That's a
first.  I've also been inundated with emails and calls....

IF you plan to attend, please reserve your hotel room ASAP.  On Monday,
before the postcards were mailed, reservations were already running 30%
ahead of where we were at this time last year.

Before calling reservations, check the Institute schedule to determine WHEN
you want to arrive and depart. There is an amazing line-up of pre and post
conference training Institutes.
http://www.smartmarriages.com/institutes.html

Then call Hilton at 800-445-8667.  Ask for the $115 Single/Double Smart
Marriages Conference rate at the Hilton on O'Farrell street.

And, remember, this is a holiday weekend!  I called today and made my
AIRLINE RESERVATIONS and I was still able to book a discounted seat on
United, though my first choice flights were sold out on discounted seats.
For the United smartmarriages Discount info:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/travel.html

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- GETTING READY FOR THE LARGEST SMART MARRIAGES CONFERENCE IN OUR HISTORY

EXHIBIT applications: http://www.smartmarriages.com/exhibits.html
If you're ever going to exhibit, this is the year!

STUDENT VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS are now available. If you're a student in a
degree-granting program and would like to attend the conference on a
work-exchange program, email diane at smartmarriages.com to request information
and an application.

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- FAMILI CONFERENCE CALL NOV 15

Here is an announcement from Chris Gersten Chairman of FAMLI to help inspire
you to organize in your state and go after marriage education funding. -
diane 

> To help you secure state funding for you marriage programs, Famli is holding a
> conference call to summarize the material and support that Famli can provide
> to help you launch a successful effort to secure TANF funding for marriage
> strengthening programs.
> 
> NOV 15TH CALL AGENDA:
> * How to use Famli materials to form your own professional State Famli  Packet
> * How to form your own State Famli website
> * How to create your own state Demographic Profile to help convince
> legislators to provide funding
> * Where to find examples of state legislation to help convince your state's
> leaders  
> * Where to find a list of states that already use TANF funding for marriage
> skills programs  
> * How to locate other Famli activists in your state.
> 
> Famli will also give you contact information for experts who can customize the
> Famli packet materials for your state, build a demographic analysis for your
> state, and create a website for your state.  Famli will provide these services
> for free wherever possible.
> 
> Please register early.
> Date: Nov. 15
> Time: 12:00 Noon EST
> 
> To register for a Conference Call.
> 1.. Login at the FAMLI Site. (www.famli.us)
> 2. Click on Conference Call Registration and select a call date.
> 3. Registration info will be emailed to you.

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- A FEW FROM THE MARRIAGE QUOTES PAGE

>  A happy marriage is the world's best bargain.
> D.A. Battista
> ***************
>  We call upon you to let your "happily-married" light shine.
> Happily marrieds are not "perfect marrieds," but they have learned some of
> what it takes to create happiness in marriage. We encourage you to find ways
> to let
> people know that you love being married! Let those who are not yet married
> know that the adventure of marriage is worth the effort - that the rewards
> are worth the price!
> Laura Brotherson, StrengtheningMarriage.com Newsletter
> ****************
>  Sexiness wears thin after a while, and beauty fades. But to
> be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah,
> now that's a real treat.
> Joanne Woodward
> ***************
>  A good marriage at age 50 predicted positive aging at 80. But,
> surprisingly, low cholesterol levels did not.
> George Valliant, MD, Harvard Medical School
> *************
>  There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a
> door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side
> of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.
> Ronald Reagan
> ****************
> When a guy is happily married, no matter what happens at work,
> no matter what happens [during] the rest of the day, there's a shelter
> when you get home. There's a knowledge, knowing that you can
> hug somebody without them throwing you downstairs and saying,
> 'Get your hands off me.'"
> Danny Perosa, NPR "Story Corps" Morning Edition

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