At the Yakima Grill in downtown Seattle, Christa Werle from Sno-Isle and other WALT and CLENE members enjoyed cocktails...

Reception attendees were very serious about entering the drawing for door prizes!

Jasmine Posey from Connecticut winds her way through the crowd.

Kathy Schalk-Green from New Jersey talks about the benefits of belonging to CLENE.

Catherine Lord (KCLS), WALT chair, holds up the highly prized, signed, librarian action figure before the drawing. Mary Ross (SPL), WALT Program Chair, looks on.

Max Anderson, from SOLINET in Atlanta, claims his homemade soap from Catherine.

Jeanne Fondrie (WCLS) wins a prize.

Buff Hirko (WSL) and Rick Newell (OCLC) enjoy appetizers.

Peter Bromberg and Joanne Roukens, CLENE members from New Jersey,
enjoy the party.

Michael Porter, Mary Stillwell (WALT Sec/Treas.) and Brenda Hough, all former Gates Foundation trainers, catch up at the reception.