This year, we will be highlighting noteworthy statistics and moments from each month in NEDRA’s history, in honor of NEDRA’s 25^th anniversary as an organization.

In this month in NEDRA’s history:

• April 1987: NEDRA’s Planning Committee distributes a questionnaire at the CASE District I conference on prospect research; 100 researchers responded.
• April 1988: NEDRA held three roundtables: “Gift Processing – Whose Responsibility?” in Holyoke, Massachusetts; “How Much for Whom?” at the Mystic Seaport Museum; and “Research or Information Management?” at the University of Southern Maine.
• April 1989: NEDRA held three more roundtables: “Researcher Women” at Mount Holyoke College; “Screening and Rating” at Phillips Exeter Academy; and the “Evolving Role of Development Researchers” at Brown University.
• April 1993: NEDRA hit 296 members.
• April 1996: NEDRA hit 330 members.
• April 1998: NEDRA hosted a roundtable, “Corporation and Foundations Research” at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
• April 2005: NEDRA held its 18^th Annual Conference at the Sheraton Ferncroft Resort in Danvers, Massachusetts.
• April 2005: NEDRA voted to affiliate with APRA as the organization’s New England chapter.
• April 2010: NEDRA held its 23^rd Annual Conference “Research: The Hub of Philanthropy” at the Radisson Hotel in Boston.
• April 2011: NEDRA presented a workshop, An Introduction to Prospect Research, at Dartmouth College, as a joint program of NEDRA and AFP Northern New England.

So, did any of you attend any of these events, or remember these moments? We encourage you to share your thoughts and comments here!