All AWP program directors should attend this meeting to represent their programs and to hear from AWP's board of directors and executive director about new and ongoing AWP initiatives that benefit their students, alumni, and faculty. The chair of the AWP Board and chair of the Professional Standards Committee will lead a review of the AWP Guidelines for Creative Writing Programs & Teachers of Creative Writing and ask for feedback about any needed revisions from program directors. It would be helpful for program directors to review this document before attending the meeting. Immediately after this plenary, directors attend breakouts to review and provide feedback for the ongoing revisions of AWP Hallmarks.