people from usta here today. i love it. we of people from the mid- atlantic section. anyway, just a you know, the usta is the national governing body of tennis and there are 17 geographical sections. we happen to be in the mid- atlantic section. the states are virginia, west virginia, maryland and all these the district of columbia, just so we're very clear for anyone that is not familiar with our sport. i think it is important that you know that. i would like to thank the ceo of community tennis. just about everything will be talking about today comes under his leadership, so i want you to stand up, kurt. [applause] thank you. he is a heck of an athlete too, believe me. to all of the board of directors that are here, i really appreciate you being here. also, the two people the problem help me the most to get prepared today are barry ford, director advocacy, and also derrick johnson, and character of corporate communications. where are you? thank you. -- director of corporate communications. where are a of? thank

at the usta. we have got a lot of people from the usta today. we're covered, man, i love it. [laughter] also our midatlantic section. where are they? are they here today at all? that's too bad. where are they? i thought they were going to be here. anyway, just so you know, the usta is our national governing body of ten thinks, and there's 17 geographical sections just so you understand, and we happen to be in the midatlantic section of those 17 sections. and the states are virginia, west virginia, maryland and, obviously, the district of columbia just so we are very clear on anybody that's not familiar with our sport. i think it's important you know that. i also would like to thank kurt cafferman who is the ceo of community tennis, and just about everything i'll be talking about today comes under his leadership. so why don't you stand up, kurt? thank you. [applause] he's a heck of an athlete, too, believe me. to all the board of directors who are here from the usta, i really appreciate you being h

[applause] also, usta's very focused. in fact, the entire community is focused on this 10 and under tennis initiative. it's just gotten started the last three, four years. and this initiative is going to help fight childhood obesity which we all know is epidemic in this country. and we're going to get kids active. we know at the women's sports foundation that if a girl does not exercise by the time she's 10 years old, she only has a 10% chance to exercise the rest of her life. so this 10 and under initiative is vital to help that. because not only do we want to get them started, we want to keep them going forever. the great thing about the 10 and under initiative is everything's smaller. the courts are smaller. the rackets are smaller. but the ball are actually -- the balls are actually bigger. this is good. i tell you why. this is what happens when a regular tennis ball when a child plays. i have a gavel but i'll use the -- i feel really authoritative here. so when the children play with the regular ball, they're hitting

i have something very excited it is very exciting like to let you know, and to thank you that the usta has donated two tickets to the 2012 u.s. open. include seating in the president's courtside box, hospitality, access to all other courts, and behind-the-scenes tour of the arthur ashe stadium. we will be auctioning off these tickets and the proceeds will go to our national press club journalism institute. it is committed to helping working journalist improve their skills through ongoing training programs and encouraging in future journalist through its scholarships. we ask that you keep an eye on our website for information on how to bid on this. besides her victory over bobby riggs, what was your most satisfying victory? >> first of all, that was not my .ost satisfying whein it was most satisfying from a pressure point of view. it was about social change, not about tenants. tennis at the grass-roots level exploded after that moment. i would say anything to do with teams, those are the ones i cherish. absolutely at the top. i am a team kind of girl. i grew up in team sports. for me, i

burke, you mentioned right now usta file-based markets program fabric as products made from your force despite a peace. can you tell us why this is the case? >> to read the legislation has been incorporated for the regulations that had been drafted, there is language that requires it would be a new product with a certain date. if you look at projects that have come off of my farm, an example would be hard work needed to palace. this palace that come from overseas made of hemp, which compete and get it the way the lane and also with you at a federal agency would have to perkier overt and instead of product made locally on that farm. and i think that is an understanding consequence of the legislation in a recommendation is the playing field be leveled so that all bio-based products, whether they are traditional or new will be recognized and create more jobs and stimulate the economy. that is particularly important in the forest industry at this time because the forest industry is still struggling with one of the worst downturn since the depression. >> similarly i have concerns the curren