The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for The 18th Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN 2008), to be held at the University of Virginia, 6-11 October, 2008, held its first meeting on Wednesday, 21 February 2007, in Newcomb Hall at the University. The LOC is chaired by Don Crabb (UVa). Others attending were Todd Averett (W&M), Jian-Ping Chen (JLAB), Jym Clendenin (SLAC), Don Day (UVa), Hai-Yan Gao (Duke), Simonetta Liuti (UVa), Zen-Eddine Meziani (Temple), Blaine Norum (UVa), Matt Poelker (JLab), Oscar Rondon-Aramayo (UVa), Xiao-Chao Zheng (UVa). Photos by Clendenin.