SAN RAMON, Calif.--Rather than hold a major statewide seminar this year, as it did in 2004 in Monterey, Calif., the directors of Primary Eyecare Network (PEN) are staging a series of regional in-office meetings throughout California during 2005, bringing information to members one evening at a time.

"We plan to have another big meeting in 2006, however," PEN president Carl Moore told VM.

In the meantime, PEN has been trying new classes, such as two seminars held in early February in conjunction with a local computer company on how to handle computer-security issues in an optometric practice.