This is what we used to do 30 years ago and it worked just fine.
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Originally posted by JoinerLxa
Some ideas on conferences:
1. Smaller areas
The conclaves are too large. Even if a conference is in the
middle of the conclave, some chapters have to travel many
miles to get there.
I would suggest creating areas/conclaves where no one would
have to travel more than 100 miles. Of course where chapters
are sparse, this wouldn't work. But for most chapters I think
it would.
2. No fluff.
Have a chapter (in one of the small areas) host the meeting;
no need for fancy hotel conference rooms. Hopefully the
hosting chapter could "put up" some/many/most visiting
brothers, even if it meant sleeping bags in the formal room...
or cheap-cheap motels.
3. Focus on practical items, concerning problems in that local
area.
4. Encourage inter-chapter cooperation. For some reason,
this seems to have been a no-no in the past....without
'supervision' from someone at IHQ.
The chapters themselves, mostly the 'hosts', would have
to put in much of the work....not enough staff at IHQ to
handle so many local events. They could be planned to
occur while an ELC is in the area perhaps. Could be accomplished
by 'delegating' certain events/seminars to each chapter.
my 2cc
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