[AZ-AlphaXi]

other tips ....

1) with the exception of the opening welcome banquet and the closing rose banquet there is not assigned seating at meals. look to sit at a table with someone you don't know. this is a great time to meet new sisters...and you never know .. you might be sitting with a past national president or a current national officer or just a sister from across the country that will be a great connection for you next year or 20 years from now.

2) echo the "if there are several of you from your chapter split up for the breakout sessions". There are always wonderful information given and great contacts to be made at these sessions.

3) bring a sweater to the meetings. I know that Tucson will be hot (probably 102- 105) during the end of June. But "THEY" keep the hotel meeting rooms COLD!!! if you are weaing a sun dress or even just a regular short sleeve blouse you will freeze.

4) be sure to bring sun screen, if you are going to be doing any of the outdoor activites or plan on visiting the pool, and WEAR IT!! The sun is very bright and you'll burn before you know it .. the last thing you want to wear at convention is a sun burn.

5) when you register, you'll get a convention program with a listing of the breakout sessions. Try to look over all the sessions and map which ones you want to attend. Many programs will have repeated sessions so if there is a conflict between two programs you want to attend, check later in the schedule and see if one is offered again at another time.

6) bring comfortable shoes. the resort is very large and you will probably be doing alot of walking from your room to the meeting rooms to the banquet rooms back to the meeting rooms between meeting rooms ... you get the picture ... and if you have new shoes, you probably want to break them in before you come.

7) bring some extra spending money ... there are always great vendors with neat stuff you've never seen and will wish you'd bought when you get home ..

8) be sure to remember to bring your school supplies. The Tucson alumnae have identified two schools in Tucson which really need the supplies for their students and which are very excited about receiving

9) if you aren't the delegate, consider signing up for the choose children philanthropy program ( space is limited - so I'm not sure if its full or not)... the participants will be visiting 1 of 3 pre-schools where one of the programs that the Tucson Alumnae support (Make-way for Books) provides books for pre-schoolers. You'll be reading a book to a pre-schooler and then give them the book to keep.

10) Remember that seating for business meetings is by delegate. At the last convention, collegiates were on one side of the aisle in chapter order and the alumnae were on the other side in (I think ) alpha order of city within state (hmmm don't remember now). don't know if that's the way it will be this year, but if you're the delegete you'll need to find your assigned seat and if you aren't the delegete remember you'll need to find a seat behind the delegate's section (yeah its a bummer when you're as short as I am to be in the back)