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The 2011 Convention will be held in San Antonio, Texas.

(Actually, it will be in Live Oak, Texas, which is a small suburb of San Antonio, in the extreme northeast part of town). The chairman of Convention 2011 is Mike Morris ( Convention@NDGA.net) and he is actively soliciting volunteers to help and is looking for collectors willing to share their collections by providing a display.

Check back with this site as things progress to learn about the 2011 Convention. We will update as information begins to come in.

July 17, 2010 - Convention 2010 photos available

The 2010 Convention, held in Wichita, KS, was a resounding success. There were more displays at this Convention than ever before, and all who attended felt that this was the most beautiful Convention ever. You can see the photographs and read about the happenings at Wichita on our Convention 2010 Summary page. In fact, you can check out any of our past conventions and see photos of the displays on our Past Conventions page.

Our thanks go out to Linda Bredengerd, Sarah Van Dalsem and the Wichita Glass Gazers club for a wonderful and successful event.

July 11, 2010 - Election Results

The NDGA is a membership organization, with the officers and board of directors consisting of volunteer members. Running the organization requires an effort, but the rewards are worth it when one sees the progress being made. The positions of Vice President, Treasurer and four Director-at-Large were up for selection in this year's election.

Here are the results of this year's election:

Vice President:	Linda Bredengerd
Treasurer:	Robert Henicksman
Director-at-Large:
Danny Cornelius	Eric Fralick
Fred Meyer	Jack Peacock

March 18, 2010 - INTRODUCING ... the Glass Show Calendar

The NDGA has long relied on other sites to maintain a list of upcoming Glass Shows, Conventions, etc. for collectors to find out about shows in their area of the country. No more. From now on, the NDGA will attempt to maintain an accurate calendar for everyone.

If you, or your organization, plan to hold a Glass Show or Convention, as long as it pertains to American-made glassware, we invite you to submit it for consideration to be listed in our calendar. We have provided a form to submit a show on this web site. The NDGA reserves the right to accept, modify or reject any submission for the calendar. We will review your entry and so long as it complies with our standards, it will appear in the calendar within a few days.

So, if you're looking for something to do in your area, check out our new calendar of Glass Shows and see if there's something coming up.

September 1, 2009 - Membership Renewals

If you don't get your News & Views newsletter this month, it may be because your membership has expired. All NDGA memberships expire on June 30, and for those folks who are a little forgetful, there's a grace period for renewal. But as of September 1, if the membership is not paid, a member is dropped from the rolls.

CLUB MEMBERS ... For those members of Clubs which are listed on the web site, please check to see that the information for your club is accurate. If any changes are needed, please email the NDGA Webmaster. Thank you.

August 20, 2009 - Members-only password has changed.

The password for the members-only section of the NDGA web site has been changed. You can find the new username/password information at the bottom of page 8 of the July/August copy of the News & Views. It should also be shown in subsequent issues of the newsletter. Please report any problems to the NDGA Webmaster.

ALSO ... the latest inventory listing of the National Collection has been posted to the members-only section, and the By-Laws as amended July 2009 have also been posted.

July 12, 2009 - Danbury Convention was memorable.

Dealers have packed up and moved out. The Convention was a success, with all visitors reporting that the displays were fabulous and the amount and quality of glass available for sale was sensational. We owe our thanks to Rosemary Trietsch and her crew for a job well done !! Details will follow and be posted on the "Past Conventions" page, once the webmaster makes it back home. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, enjoy the photos of the displays from the 2009 Convention on the Convention 2009 page.

September 6, 2008 - Updates to the Library Collection

We have new listings for the National Collection Library hot off the presses. The Library Collection is quite substantial and continues to grow thanks to member donations. Check it out on our Library Collection page. Thanks to Pam Meyer for all her work on cataloging the items. If you have any glass-related books, pamphlets, newsletters, magazines or catalogs that you no longer need, consider donating them to the National Library Collection.

April 17, 2008 - A Whole new look for the NDGA web site.

Your webmaster has been busy making major changes to the "look and feel" of the NDGA web site. We think you will like the change. Whenever a massive change like this is done, there will inevitably be a few "glitches." We ask that if/when you run into one, please send an email to the webmaster@ndga.net and let him know the page (url) that caused the problem, and the nature of the problem. Let the webmaster know, too, if you liked or didn't like the changes.

You'll also find a few new articles posted. If you are preparing a program for your club meeting, check out the articles on this site (over 300 of them), in three different areas: "Articles", "News & Views" and "Rainbow Review/Glass Review." Look around, and you'll probably learn something new.