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Page 4 • meeting. In addition, an extensive exhibit program of products and services for cities is a highlight of every Congress of Cities. The 1988 Congress of Cities will be held in Boston, Massachusetts on December 3-7, 1988. The Congressional-City Conference, held in March in Washington, D.C. each year, provides detailed briefings on federal legislation affecting municipalities and gives local officials an opportunity to call on their Congressional representatives in person. Throughout the year NLC also conducts a wide range of smaller, regional meetings on topics of interest to municipal officials, such as local economic development, telecommunications, municipal finance, public safety, and international trade. For example, more than 600 local officials recently attended a series of NLC-sponsored regional seminars on the new Housing and Community Development Act. Seminar participants received a comprehensive guidebook on the new law as part of their conference materials. SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP CAUCUSES? AFFILIATE GROUPS? NLC's special membership caucuses -- Women in Municipal Government, the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, the Hispanic Elected Local Officials, and the Asian/Pacific American Municipal Officials -- work to make • sure that local government represents all segments of our society. Special programs for these groups often are conducted at NLC's two major conferences. NLC's affiliate group, -the National Association-of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) , holds national and regional conferences each year to exchange information and ideas about cable television and other telecommunications technologies and provides technical assistance to NLC's transportation and communications policy committee. THESE ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF THE ADVOCACY, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND MEMBER SERVICES WHICH NLC PROVIDES TO MORE THAN .1,350 CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES OF ALL SIZES. WITH YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, WE CAN MEET THE CHALLENGES FACING MUNICIPALITIES DURING 1988. •