are held once a year and are open to staff of member organizations and specially invited guests but only with prior agreement of a member organization's CEO, President, or Executive Director. The 2015 Annual Meeting was held at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas on April 20–22 with the theme "The Vulnerability of Translation". The 2016 Annual Meeting will be held at the RIT Conference Center in Rochester, New York on April 10–13 with the theme "Deaf Communities: Today's Macedonian Call". This Annual Meeting is being organized by the Deaf Development Group and the keynote speaker will be Lance Forshay from the University of Washington. Regional and national forums The Forum of Bible Agencies International is one expression of the broader and growing FOBA alliance. With the encouragement and efforts of international CEOs, regional forums emerged in the mid-1990s. The Forum of Bible Agencies International serves as the “hub” for the global FOBA alliance and, as such, supports the development of regional and national forums. The Forum interacts and supports regional and national forums in many ways such as providing information on global FOBA developments, including international CEOs in local meetings and gatherings, engaging in joint ventures, launching local forums, and researching and providing the tools and know how for setting up and sustaining national partnerships. Regional forums Regional Forums are Bible agencies who collaborate within a specific region of the world and have meetings to determine the work that each organization will do within that region. These agencies come together to have the greatest impact that they can in that region by not stepping on one another's toes, but trusting that each organization will do their part in accomplishing the task of bringing the Bible to that region of the world. Forum of Bible Agencies, Africa Forum of Bible Agencies, Asia Forum of Bible Agencies, Latin America Meets once per year Forum of Bible Agencies, North America Meets once per year Forum of Bible Agencies, Pacific Meets once every two years National forums National Forums are forums within specific countries of the world where the Bible agencies there have meetings to determine the work that each organization will do within that country. These agencies come together to have the greatest impact that they can in that country by not stepping on one another's toes, but trusting that each organization will do their part in accomplishing the task