On February 10 2016 at 3:00, the A&R Committee convened its first teleconference meeting of 2016 with 6 of 10 members present. The Committee welcomed a new member representing Region II – Tammi Wood with Roanoke County. The agenda items consisted of scholarship eligibility, scholarship criteria, scholarship amount, scholarship distribution, special award eligibility, special award presentation, and scholarship application and award nomination forms. The VBCOA membership should anticipate the scholarship applications for attendance at the VBCOA Mid-Year Conference in Charlottesville Virginia on April 10 – 11 2016 to be available via a published SurveyMonkey link very soon. While the Committee accepts the award nomination forms at any time, the special awards shall be presented at the Annual Conference in Williamsburg Virginia on September 18 – 20 2016. The next meeting date and time shall be scheduled via Doodle Poll in the next several weeks. The Committee looks forward to seeing everyone at the Conferences!