By general consensus this sixth annual meeting of Grantmakers East Group (GEG), held in Bucharest and hosted by the Romanian Donors Forum, was the best yet. Why? One significant factor, I suspect, was the decision to invite a number of non-grantmaker specialist speakers. But above all else, and completely beyond the control of the organizers, was the timeliness of the conference, coming just a few weeks after the terrorist attacks on the United States.