IT'S DISTRICT CONFERENCE TIME!
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Enjoy a Weekend Getaway, with a couple of hundred friends, some that you know now, some that you will meet for the first time at the 2014 District Conference, taking place at the Desert Princess Hotel and Golf Resort on October 24-26, 2014 in Palm Springs. And enjoy a FREE reception Friday night, with hospitality suites for all attendees. If you would like to host a suite, contact Susan Bleicher McNeil at susan@bleicherpro.com for details.
District Conference Registration has opened, and 150 of these friends have already registered; we need you there too. To register, CLICK HERE. And make hotel reservations by clicking RESERVE A ROOM. You can also call 1-800-433-0431 if you’d like and use Code RTRT5340.
District Conference registration starts at $99, with full packages (including all meals and the Foundation Gala) at $199.. This promises to be an amazing conference, set in an idyllic resort. Don't miss out: rooms at the Desert Princess are going fast.
Schedule of Events
Friday, Oct 24
2:00 - 6:00 Registration Booth Opens
5:30 - 9:00 Hospitality Suites - food, drink, music, fun and fellowship.
Saturday, October 25
Ongoing Hall of Friendship (club displays of projects)
Ongoing Rotary vendor for pins, scarves, and other Rotary bling
7:30 - 8:30 Registration and breakfast
8:30 - 11:55 General Session
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| Past RI Pres. Wilf Wilkinso |
· Introductions, Past Rotary International President welcome
· John T. Capps - humorist and motivational speaker
· Stories of projects, including peanut butter project, LN4 artificial hands, Invisible Threat, Reality Changers, with break as well
12;15 - 1:30 Lunch
· Speaker - Sylvia Whitlock - first woman in Rotary
1:30 - 2:30 (repeated 2:30 - 3:30)
· Foundation and endowment planning
· LN-4, free hands for those who need them. Learn how to get them (FREE!) for your project, and how to assemble them. (Ongoing training - 20 min. sessions)
2:30 - 4:30 Council on Legislation
6:00 - 7:00 No host reception
7:00 -10:00 Foundation Gala Dinner - black tie optional, or dress in native dress of any country
Past Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson - inspirational speech
· Music and Dancing
Sunday Oct 26
8:00 - 9:00 Celebration of Life
9:00 - 11:30 Brunch
· PRIP Wilf Wilkinson - State of Rotary
· Speaker TBA
· Preview of 2015-2016
· Farewell