Happy New Year!  The first meeting of 2016 was a good one.  A total of ten people attended the meeting.  Following some food and drink, we all paired off to discuss favorite holiday moments and their resolutions for 2016.  We reconvened as a group and each attendee shared their partner’s experiences and plans.  Following some announcements of upcoming events, we generated a list of reasons we attend the monthly NSA chapter meetings.  Reasons included the opportunity to meet other people who stutter, reinforcing the notion that people who stutter are not alone, listening to variety of points of view about stuttering and the relief of not having to worry about stuttering in a group environment.  A very rich and interesting discussion followed, which focused on how to share experiences of stuttering with family, friends and business acquaintances.  The meeting was a great start to 2016.  Looking forward to our next meeting on February 17.