Convention

Beryana · #1 06-30-2003, 10:38 PM

Okay, convention has closed. All those who went. . . .give us the skinny!!!

Roses!

Sarah

aopirose · #2 07-01-2003, 03:00 AM

It was GREAT! I met NeonPi, Snowlady and OleMissGlitter. Snowlady has a beautiful voice and led all the songs. Snowlady, did I see your baby girl there? She is beautiful.

Omicron won JWH. Kappa Tau, my chapter of initiation, won a Ruby Award and my alumnae chapter won a Pearl Award.

The PIPs had a great story telling. The buzzwords, thereafter, were "white gloves." It seems back in the day Rose Banquet was actually Rose Ball and area young men were invited. If you were willing to dance, you wore white gloves.

The 2003-2005 Board was escorted into the banquet by some navy seamen. Damn if they didn't look good. Something about a navy man in a white uniform.

A diamond lavaliere was auctioned off for the foundation. Sadly, I did not win it. The good news is that I can purchase one for ~$400 when my rich uncle comes out of the poor house.

MS State colonization will take place late August/early September. A few more details need to be finalized but things are looking good. We haven't come to an agreement about the house, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it. We may be building the new chapter a new one.

The 2005 convention will be in "HOT"lanta!

AOII*Azra-elle · #3 07-01-2003, 04:07 AM

oooh! HOT'lanta!

I can't wait..*l* us EGers are already saving up for next year. Too bad we couldn't have gone this year

But hey, I can always live vicariously through y'all!

Beryana · #4 07-01-2003, 09:22 AM

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Originally posted by aopirose
Omicron won JWH. Kappa Tau, my chapter of initiation, won a Ruby Award and my alumnae chapter won a Pearl Award.

The PIPs had a great story telling. The buzzwords, thereafter, were "white gloves." It seems back in the day Rose Banquet was actually Rose Ball and area young men were invited. If you were willing to dance, you wore white gloves.

The 2005 convention will be in "HOT"lanta!

Congratulations! I truly wish I could have afforded to go. Alas, retail does not give too much left over every month. . . .

I LOVE listening to Nancy McCain tell stories of her travels, etc. I can only imagine how much fun having all the PIPs together telling stories.

I am going to try and save up my pennies to make to Atlanta in 2005 (along with possibly Germany for World Youth Day - guess that means I need to find a better paying job!).

Sarah

AOIIalum · #5 07-01-2003, 10:23 AM

All right! Atlanta is a decent flight for me! Whoo freaking hoo, I'm a happy girl! Come on Sarah, you've gotta be there in 2005! You've got to!

'Rose, I'm so glad you got to meet so many of our GC AOIIs. SnowLady has a beautiful voice (and she's a wonderful sister and friend, too!) PIP storytelling is always a Convention Highlight. I love the "white gloves"!

Good luck with the MSU Housing situation. I can imagine how tough it is to get all the kinks worked out and decisions made.

Roses
Christin

OleMissGlitter · #6 07-01-2003, 12:51 PM

Hey Sisters and Friends!
Convention was awesome! I met some of ya'll! I had the best times and gosh did I learn some great ideas from other AOIIs! My roommate was a doll, she was the Delta Delta (Auburn) Chapter Adviser. Everyone else I met was a delight too. I am also happy to say that Arthritis Research has picked AOII to be one of their national sponsor and an AOII with arthritis will be their spokesperson! GO AOII! International publicity for AOII! Well, I have to go and look for a job! I'm still jobless but hopeful because I don't want to leave Oxford and my Nu Beta darlings!

pandarose18 · #7 07-06-2003, 11:32 PM

I was there and had an AWESOME time!!!!!!

I'm not 100% sure if I met all of you GC AOII''s that were there but I must agree that the songs were beautifully lead by Snowlady! I can't wait for everyone to come to good ole GEORGIA in 2005!!!!

I hope to see each and everyone of you there! Congrats to all the sisters and chapters that were recognized at convention. And congrats to our new Executive Board who will proudly lead us through the next biennium!

Roses,
Sarah

AOII*Azra-elle · #8 07-07-2003, 04:33 AM

Where is convention 2004?

AOIIalum · #9 07-07-2003, 06:40 AM

Next year is LI, and is held in Nashville (every off year is LI, which works for me because it's an easy drive from Central Ohio!) Convention 2005 is in Atlanta!