p E 0 + multipole. The S 11 channel is of interest for several reasons. First of all, the first resonance S 11 (1535), which lies only 48 MeV above the ηN threshold, has a remarkably large ηN branching ratio. This necessitates the inclusion of the ηN channel into our MEX πN model. Secondly, the analyses based solely on pion photoproduction always underestimate the A p 1/2 helicity amplitude of S 11 (1535) with a value around 60 × 10 −3 GeV −1/2 , while extractions