On July 2nd 2009 at the ICN congress in Durban, South Africa, members of the Rural and Remote Nursing Network's core steering group met with and listened to hundreds of nurses that expressed concerns related to rural and remote nursing. This meeting provided a wonderful opportunity for nurses across the globe to voice their concerns to the core steering group. The group took notes and spoke briefly about how they hope to make the network more active, increase communication venues, and increase list serve membership. The core steering group inform the ICN of problems that need to be addressed in rural and remote areas, ultimately providing the framework for some of ICN’s initiatives.