Convention 2007
 

Convention 2007


BOSTON


DATES: JUNE 27TH - JULY 1ST 2007


GCers to look for at Convention this June:
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adpideltaup
jwright25
ADPi Conniebama
ADPiAkron
polarpi
ASUADPi
FirstAndFinest

Maybe going to be there?
lyrica9
EXiADPi

I have always wanted to go there!!!

<-------- crossing fingers that maybe I can go.....

I want to go. I would LOVE to go to Boston.

I'm not in love with Boston itself, but I'm loving how much less it would cost to go there!

Just an FYI its actually in Danvers not Boston itself. Danvers is 30 minutes north of Boston on the way to NH, closer to Salem MA (home of the Salem Witch trials). I know they normally pick the biggest town to the hotel but just thought I'd let you all know. I figure I'll be there in some capacity. If I'm still advising for ZA or if I've moved back to good ole Bah-ston by then (fingers crossed).

Now hopefully this time something won't come up last minute and I will be able to go...

YEA!!!! FINALLY a Convention in DISTICT III!!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!!!


Yeah, I'm excited. Beantown is about a 4-hour drive for me. Of course, there's still the matter of the Registration fees, but I'm gonna start saving NOW!


WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!

Fingers crossed I'll be able to go - maybe I can convince the local AA again to choose me as their voting delegate, and I'll offer to pick up *half* the cost - rather than trying to fundraise for the ENTIRE cost (who knows, though!) :)

Count me in. Assuming nothing crazy happens.

It seems every ADPi trip I've ever gone on (Conventions, VLS, DLC) my daughter gets sick before I leave. (FYI - she has cerebral palsy so even a cold can easily and quickly develop into something alot worse.) This year it was no different. She came down with strep throat. I was debating at the last minute whether I should go at all, but my Hubby told me he could handle it. Everything was fine at home, but I still ended up calling several times a day to check in.

as CPD for Zeta II which includes BU, UVM, Bishops and Western Conn as well as the Greater Boston Alumnae Association President, i can happily say we are excited to welcome everyone to the Boston area!!!!

Believe me, several of us were busy taking copious notes in Phoenix and taking everything from menus to programs off the tables for planning for '07!!!!!

For those you that may be part of other new england chapters/alumnae associations dont you worry, we'll be pulling everyone in to help with this one!!!!!:)

I was at Convention and saw the "revealing" slide show, however I can't remember exactly where Convention will be held (i.e. what resort or whatever). Does anyone know?

It was a Sheraton...thats all I remember...


ehope- can I make a food suggestion and just mention that the seafood meals didnt go over so well with a lot of girls. A lot of people, myself included, thought we'd have a choice when it came to meals and didnt think seafood would be served with no alternative so we didnt fill out the food restrictions. Anyways just thought I'd pass that on.

Good point on the seafood. I was fouled on the ravioli lunch because it had lobster in the sauce. That's the only food I am deathly allergic to. Since it's so expensive I never thought they'd serve lobster (even in that small quantity) to so many people. It never dawned on me to list it as a dietary restriction.

Food comments...

I'm not sure if there is much you can do about this next time, but I think there was way too much salad. I mean, we had it at every meal. Can we mix it up with different soups or maybe a fruit salad. It wasn't terrible, though, just a too-familiar course. Hey, if it is easier to go with, I'll just skip it if I so desire.

Since 2005 was my first full convention, I might have felt a bit "overwhelmed". For all I know, that is what happens at every Convention.

:)

Hotel: Sheraton Ferncroft Resort

Food: I totally second the whole seafood thing. At first Jennie and I had heard that the ravoli (spelling issues) was going to be served for closing banquet and I was appalled that I would be spending 75 bucks for food I wouldn't eat.

I loved the steak but they gave such small portions of the meat and huge portions of the veggies (and being a non veggie eater it totally sucked for me, but I can't control things like that).

scho5148 I agree about the salads and along the same lines I wish we had something besides sweets for dessert every day. While they were all very delicious, I'm definitely not use to having 2 desserts a day. Some fruit would have been nice...

Perhaps this is the place then...
http://www.sheratonferncroftresort.com/

Yep- I remember "Ferncroft" now that you brought it up, scho5148!

FYI...all of the Convention planning, including meals, etc. is done by the Meeting Planner at Executive Office & Grand Council.

At almost every Convention I've been to (except Cincinnati where we had Chicken for 4 or 5 meals in a row) there's a seafood meal at least once...just as there's usually beef at at least one, etc.

I wasn't there for the ORIGINAL Chicken Dance, though I've seen it re-enacted!

Yeah, the meals are pretty formal in that you have a salad and dessert for both lunch & dinner. I wouldn't expect it to change too much... In the future, we should advise first timers to list ANY dietary restriction (and maybe list PREFERENCES as restrictions). However - one year I was a veggetarian and listed that as a restriction. Well, I got my veggie meals... but usually there was a delay in getting served, thus holding up my table from eating. And, the veggie meals weren't half as good as those with meat. (Seriously, I'm not just saying that as a meat-eater; the veggie meals were LAME.)

That's odd, about the veggie meals! I learned years ago to order a veggie meal, and it's usually MUCH better than the usual one. Plus, you get sick to death of so much moo.

One place served me a platter of crudites & dip AND a plate of ratatouille!! That was wonderful!!

FD, I think we just threw off their routine by not being able to register when they said we could :p

Since I do eat chicken, that's pretty much what I had at every meal - not that it was *entirely* bad, yet I was kinda sick of chicken by the diamond banquet on Saturday night! :D

My best friend called me last night all excited. (She's the new president of the Brazos Valley Alum Assoc.) She decided that now that she and I are both AA officers, we HAVE GOT to go to convention in '07! So, we're gonna plan on being there! I am WAY excited about this!!! :)

I may have to join you gals!!!!

You should definately do that!!!!! :) I wish it was coming sooner.... I'm ready to go now! Hahaha.

If things work out for me financially I will be there for sure! My chapter and the chapter I advise are up for Golden Lion! This would be the first time for Gamma Theta-- second for Beta Tau!

I'm going to try to go also! Probably won't be as a voting or any other kind of official delegate (unless I get picked to represent ADPi as an officer of some sort, which would be awesome!)

I don't feel like digging through my files, but I believe that at this past summer's Convention the position of Meeting Planner was eliminated. It was decided that this was an unnecessary position.

We had an Alumnae Association meeting yesterday, and I have to say, this new group is AWESOME!!!! They are just so on fire - we're committed to the Lion's Share program, and we decided to try to start saving for the Convention. We're going to try to have AT LEAST 50% participation!

The position of meeting planner is still an active staff position at Executive Office... there hasn't been a discussion of eliminating this job as far as I was aware (being on Council last biennium) and the meeting planner recently helped plan the SLT meeting and was involved with the building dedication...

I stand corrected. Yes there is a Meeting Planner employed by EO. The position that was eliminated was the Convention/Conference Planning Chair because it was unnecessary. My bad. I should know better than posting something without looking it up first. :)

The position at Convention that was eliminated was the international officer position of Convention/Conference Planning - Executive Office hs a staff member that is officially ADPi's Meeting Planner - the reason they did away with the IO position was because there's now a staff person dedicated to doing the things the volunteer position had previously done. Another reason we now have a meeting planner is that there are 6 District Leadership Conferences to plan for as well as the summer event and other committee and task force meetings that take place throughout the year.

I attended my first convention this past summer in Arizona and had an amazing time! I paid my own way out there because I thought it was a very important expierience to have as a collegian and I am so glad I got to make it. I just hope I can afford it again by the time Boston rolls around and I'm an alum!!!

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I probably met you at the airport since I was one of the greeters. I hope you had a wonderful time at convention. It was a blast. I loved meeting all the sisters. (And listening to some complain about the AZ heat and others thanking god that their hair wasn't all frizzy. LOL)

BTW: Welcome to the boards!!!!!!!


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Hopefully I'lll save enough money to go. I've never even been on a plane! I'm moving in with a sister in June, I'm so excited to be with sisters..Our chapter closed down so we don't see each other as often.

Just read in our newsletter (for the alum assoc.) that there will be an ADPi auction at convention. I'm not sure if it is a silent auction or what. But that sounds kind of exciting, although the bad thing is that how many collegians (if they even wanted to bid) would be able to compete with the alums, who would most likely have more money to put down for bidding.

From what I understand from those that are gathering the items for the auction is that there will be items that the collegians will be more likely to want and then there will be other items that alumnae may want...

And sometimes I think there are just as many broke alumnae as collegians :)

I know. I think I was one of those broke ones last year. LOL.

Since I am on the Alumnae Director team planning the "Lion's Share Challenge Silent Auction" - I can tell you that there will be items available for purchase and any sister in attendance should be able to have enough $$ to purchase them - even those of us poor alumnae!

I'll give you a sneak peek of how things are being planned...

There will be "grab bags" available for "x" amount of $$ (not decided yet) and those bags will have different ADPi trinkets, memoribilia, etc. in them.

There will be some "bigger" items available for auction - and it will be a silent auction.

I can tell you that a 3-volume set of Loyally and a badge mold (the ADPi badge, not ADPhi or Adelphean) will be part of the auction portion.

All of our proceeds are going to the ADPi Foundation.

Can/Will there be reserves set on items? I'm thinking about donating something, but only if it brings in $x. Is that really tacky, since proceeds are going to Foundation? :o