“Gear Up and Go” mini-conference was a huge success. On August 8th the IAEA NE council presented the mini-conference to a group of arts educators. Participants had the opportunity to experience three workshops from a choice of; fiber art -Karen Popvich, IPad for Art – Tricia Fuglestad, Gelli printing – Joan Mills, Prismacolor- Diana Garrett, Tuning Protocols – Evan Plummer, What is REACH and what does it mean for assessment – Ray Yang, and CPS Arts Education Plan – Ray Yang, Evan Plummer. Many thanks go to Columbia College department of education for providing the meeting space and morning coffee, Sargent Art, Gelli Art, Dick Blick, Prismacolor/Sanford, on site volunteers Cheryl Gold, Robin Marcus and the conference planning committee Donna Davis council treasurer, Angie Bader Neczek council secretary and myself Joan Mills council VP.