The gathering of the athletic directors of the Eight Schools (Choate, Deerfield, Andover, Exeter, St. Paul's, Hotchkiss, Lawrenceville, and NMH) took place up at Deerfield today. This meeting has the feel of a council of barons or something like that. It's a good group to meet with, as we share many of the same challenges and issues on each of our campuses. Having coordinated the work of this assemblage for the past decade, I am happily passing the leadership baton on to others, as we created a rotation of each member school taking a turn hosting meetings and acting as point person for the group of colleagues.