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Last night, a record 136 MPIOC members and many new and non members gathered at the Hilton Waterfront Resort to kick off the new year and NEW MPIOC for 2010-2011.  Not only was this a record number for a September meeting, we had a record number of planners in the room with a 60% planner to 40% supplier ratio.  This is unprecedented. The enthusiasm was amazing and the speaker was even better featuring  Michele Wierzgac, MS, CMM who spoke on  WRITING A POST CONFERENCE REPORT:  Demonstrating Return On Investment (ROI). So many people to thank for making this night possible but leading the pack is the Hilton Waterfront Resort including Don Chock and his team.  They absolutely stepped up to the plate and completely "knocked it out of the park".  It was such a collaborative effort with Don and his team truly demonstrating what it takes to "put your best foot forward". As they say it takes a village and what a selection of talent we had to choose from including A