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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is pertinent information for our mini convention. Erm, affiliate board meeting, plus regional student seminar, plus Chapter Leadership Institute...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>1. Hotel and Transportation<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>THE WESTIN TYSONS CORNER<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>7801 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22043<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Telephone: (703)893-1340<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>If you’re taking the shuttle from the Silver Line at Tysons Corner, the shuttle leaves every hour at 20 Minutes after the hour from the Tysons corner metro south side entrance, at the bus stop by the Lord and Taylor department store.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Recommendation: Call the hotel and let them know you’re expecting the shuttle so they can look out for you. Remember the shuttle will drive you anywhere free of charge within a 3-mile radius.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>2. Dog Relief Area<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>The designated spot for guide dogs is outside the main entrance of the hotel and to the left. A trash can will be set up a few steps from the main entrance. Please ask the front desk staff for directions if you get turned around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>3. Lunch Arrangements<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>The following information is primarily for the general membership and does not apply to students or CLI participants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>If you’re local to the area and are thinking about arriving before 11:45 AM, kindly rearrange your thinking and get there closer to noon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>If you’re joining us from another part of the state and get there before 11:45, please go to the Willow Room. This is a designated holding area, because there will be active programming already in progress. Come into the hotel lobby and take your first left-hand hallway. A marshal will be on hand to help direct you. If the marshal is missing in action, please let me know so that we never ask them to volunteer again. :) The Willow Room will be the first meeting room on your left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>At or around 11:45, we’ll start the lunch distribution process. There will be a registration table near the Willow Room where people who need to pay for lunch can do so and collect their ticket. If you did not identify yourself as someone interested in a boxed lunch, please wait until everyone else on the list has been attended to before requesting a box. Boxes are $15, and Sean will be equipped to take cash or card. If you pay by card, we’re going to charge you an additional dollar to cover the processing fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>The lunch distribution itself will occur outside of Oaks 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please, this is important, Nick and Gerald will be in charge of distributing the boxed lunches. If you have already identified yourself as someone with a special dietary need, give either of them your name. You are on a list, and they will know whether to disseminate vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, or kosher. Do not under any circumstance decide on Saturday morning that you feel like trying a special diet. As much as I pick on my special people, I am highly protective of them and will be irritated if they do not get the lunch they asked for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please help by collecting your lunch and quickly finding a seat in Oaks 1 so that we may flow smoothly into President Riccobono’s keynote address.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>And I think that’s it. If I missed anything, call or write. If you have questions about student programming, find Kathryn Webster. If you have questions about the board meeting, talk to President Soforenko, and if you want to know more about the blind parents’ meeting, see Jessica Reed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Very much looking forward to seeing y’all soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Courier New"'>Joe Orozco, Event Operations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>