First let me say that I am looking forward to serving as the 2009 president of SME. For my first president's column, I am pleased to report that the 2009 SME Annual Meeting in Denver, CO was a success. I think we were all holding our breaths about this meeting given the overall state of the economy and that of the mining industry in particular. We had a total registration of 4,215 and our exhibit hall was at capacity with 603 booths. The registration was almost 9 percent better than 2008 in Salt Lake City and only about two percent less than Denver in 2007. I would like to thank all of our members and exhibitors for their continued support. I know that this required more effort on the parts of some this year since they did not enjoy the company support that they have had in the past.
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