2013 Rotary Joint District Conference

May 17 – 19, 2013Amway Grand Plaza HotelGrand Rapids, Michigan

Theme:

Assumptions:

350 registrants (Rotarians)District 6290: 200District 6360: 150

135 room nights @ $124/room/night(102 room nights min. required)

Thursday, May 16

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception (cash bar)

7:00 pm Dinner on your own (House of Friendship open)

Friday, May 17

7:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration

7:00 am - 8:30 am Past Governors Breakfast 7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet 8:30 am – 9:00 am Opening Ceremony

. Nick Kroeze Welcome

. Flag Ceremony

. National Anthems

. DG’s Lody and Mark

. R.I. Rep McGovern

. Mayor Heartwell

Friday, May 17

9:00 am - 9:40 am Plenary #1 . Future Vision

Grant Management

9:40 am - 10:20 am . Special Presentation David Crow / Dom. Rep

10:20am - 10:30 am Break

Friday, May 17

10:30 am - 11:15 am Plenary #2 . Voc. Tech. Teams / Rotary Action Groups

Mark Henne/TanzaniaTerry Allen, DGE (6360);Jim White, DGE (6290)

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Break-out #1 . Roundtables

Friday, May 17

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Break-out #1 . Roundtables Fundraising

Membership retention Future Vision Community Involvement Polio Plus Water programs Rotary 101 Attracting Members Leadership Training Rotoract / Interact Treasurer Training International Service

Friday, May 17

12:00 noon - 2:00 pm Lunch . Nick Kroeze . Song: Happy Birthday . Greetings and Congrats

RI Rep. . GR Rotary Foundation

Scott Brinkmeyer . ITC, STRIVE, Interact. etc.. Centennial Committee

Mike Hampton . Historian - Gordon Olsen . Video . Song . Adjourn

Friday, May 17

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm Break

2:10 pm - 2:50 pm Plenary #3 . Fred / Christy Keller

2:50 pm - 3:15 pm Attracting New Rotarians . St. Pete Sunset Rotary

3:15 pm - 3:40 pm Rotary Diversity . Diversity

Friday, May 17

3:40 pm - 4:15 pm Best Practices for Fund Raising

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Break-out #2 . See list above

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Free time

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Cocktail reception (cash bar)

Friday, May 17

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Speaker (25 min.) . R. I. Rep.

Special video (15 min.) . Muppets

Red Grammer (40 min.)

River City Improv (40 min.)

Saturday, May 18

7:00 am - 11:00 am Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet

8:00 am – 9:00 am District Business Meetings

9:00 am – 9:05 am 2014 District ConferencePromo

9:05 am – 9:15 am Break

Saturday, May 18

9:15 am - 11:20 am Plenary #4. Intro Youth Exchange Students (20 min.) . GSE - Netherlands (20 min.) . GSE - Greece (20 min.) . Interact/Rotoract (20 min.) . Ambassadorial Scholar. (30 min.)

11:20 am – noon Break-out #3 . See list above

11:50 am - 12:00 pm Break

Saturday, May 18

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Heroes Luncheon . Speaker Intro

. R.I. Rep

. Hero Recognitions

. Special Recognition: Betsy Demaray

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Free Time

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception (cash bar)

Saturday, May 18

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dinner & Entertainment . Introducer (5 min.). Greg Kelser (40 min.). Matt Giraud (45 min.)

Sunday, May 19

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am - 9:10 am Memorial Service

9:10 am - 11:30 am Plenary #5 . Special Speaker . Awards Presentation . DG Citations . Presidential Citations . Closing Remarks . Adjourn