The Board and its Committees (Audit Committee, Executive Committee and Performance Committee) held meetings in Vancouver from June 15-18. The Acting Chair, HE The Hon. Burchell Whiteman, had to leave for an important engagement in Jamaica on June 16. I am most grateful to Mr. Ransford Smith, Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, for chairing the meetings on June 17 and to HE Professor Michael Omolewa for chairing the Board meeting on June 18.