MAX hosted its bi-annual All Hands Meeting at the Greenbelt Marriott on November 9th. All Hands meetings allow MAX the opportunity to engage with our members in individual conversations about the services we offer, how well we are doing, and possible future directions for us. This meeting provided a timely opportunity to collectively reflect on the themes we are hearing and gain consensus and support. MAX’s interim executive director, Abdella Battou, discussed MAX’s current business model of providing connectivity, its research activities, and the target goals of expanding services and partnerships as well as enhancing our research infrastructure. Plans to finish two new pops in Baltimore and Shady Grove were also discussed. Two guest presenters were also part of the program. Paul Conoval, Sector Chief Technologist and Director of Technology Investments at Northrop Grumman Information Systems discussed the high performance optical network research and applications at Northrop Grumman Information Systems. George Laskaris, chief executive officer of NJEdge.net, gave a presentation on NJVid, a statewide video portal and repository that provides a common online platform for presentation, storage and archiving of digital works.