Acting upon a recommendation from the Exam Directors, the board voted to raise fees for the Written Proficiency Exam from US $15 to US $25. This coincides with the rollout of new Quarterly Written Exams that will allow multiple, geographically-dispersed sites to give written exams at the same time, and then combine them for grading purposes. The intent is to allow more written exams to be given without requiring a minimum number of examinees per site; this also frees up more slots for tasting exams on the exam calendar.