2005 FQK Nevada/California Regional Convention
"Go for the Gold"

Have fun, meet new friends, get reacquainted with old friends.

April 29—May 1, 2005
at the
Sofitel on San Francisco Bay
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Program

Registration and Lodging

Friday 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.   Registration   • Candidates Setup • Yearbook and Art Displays • Chapter sales items • Regional Puzzle   • 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Regional Board Meeting • 4:00-5:00 p.m. Candidates Meeting: Dorothy Chase 3:00 - 6:15 p.m.   Dinner   6:30 - 6:45 p.m.   Welcome & Orientation 7:00 - 7:45 p.m.   Workshops I 6:00 - 10:30 p.m.   Friday General Session   • Welcome and Introductions: Neill Kovrig • Welcome: [Skyline] • Introduction of 2005-06 Regional Candidates • Candidate Speeches • Academic All-State Awards: Roger Ekins • Academic All-State Awards: Dorothy Chase • Alumni: Richard Rowley • Pinnacle Awards: Melissa Mayer • Alumni Organization: Richard Rowley • 2005 International Awards: Judy Ryan • Convention Crier • Candidate Ice-breaker • Ice Cream Social Saturday 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast   8:30 - 10:00 a.m.   Saturday General Session I   • Roll Call: Trudy Kritzeck • State of the Region: Judy Ryan • Headquarters: Melissa Mayer • Candidate Caucus   10:15 - 11:00 a.m.   Workshops II   11:15 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.   Marketplace & Get Connected   Lunch   Advisors Lunch     12:30 p.m.   Delegate's vote     12:45 - 1:45 p.m.   Saturday General Session II     • Columbia University School of General Studies: Matthew Rotstein • Presidential Farewell: Neill Kovrig • Regional Project Certificates: Neill Kovrig • Regional Honors Institute: Richard Rowley • Advisor Retreat: Roger Ekins • 2005 Leadership Conference • 2006 Regional Convention • Election runoff announcement • Scavenger Hunt 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.   Hiller Aviation Museum Or walk along the paved, scenic Bay Trail (photo at right)     6:30 p.m. Banquet   • Pictures     • Five-Star pictures • International awards pictures • Candidates pictures • Regional officers • Academic All-State   Awards Ceremony     • Five Star Certificates: Marilyn Lunde • Alumni Awards: Richard Rowley • 2004-05 Regional Awards: Judy Ryan & Charlie Klein • Election results: Dorothy Chase • Officer installation: Outgoing Board   9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.     Dance: Starry Night   with Pete and Ari from Pete Mar Productions. Sponsored by Columbia University School of General Studies.   Sunday 7:30 a.m. Outgoing/Incoming Regional Board Breakfast Noon—Hotel Check out

Weather Redwood City Conditions and Forecast What to bring Please bring a new or gently used cap, hat, or scarf for a cancer patient. Conference Registration Registration: $100 per person ($125 after April 1). Advanced registration is required. Download conference registraton form.pdf. Win a Convention registration for your chapter with the CARB quiz. Hotel Set along a placid lagoon, this French-themed resort hotel is 10 miles south of San Francisco International Airport and an equidistant 25 miles from San Francisco and San Jose. Sofitel on San Francisco Bay 223 Twin Dolphin Drive Redwood City CA 94065  Call (650)598-9000; identify yourself as "Phi Theta Kappa Annual Meeting." Single $89 Double $89 Triple $109 Quad $109 You much register with the Sofitel by April 8 to receive this rate. Transportation • By car: Get driving directions. Free parking. • By air: Free shuttle from San Francisco International Airport. Shuttle Instructions. • By train: The San Carlos CalTrain station is 1.5 miles from the hotel. For Fun Pictures from the 2004 Regional Convention Gold prospectors embarked from San Francisco for the gold fields of the Sierra Nevada. Strangers arriving in California expected gold to greet them from every inch…More San Francisco's population increased more than 10 times in one…More A miner's farewell to his wife. A poem Did you know Levi's originated during the Gold Rush? More… Do you know how sourdough bread started? More… The Carb Craze Low carb diet debated The CARB-quiz. Win a Convention registration for your chapter. Can you change fat to lean? Questions? E-mail boo@smccd.net Your Host Conference hosted by Beta Theta Omicron Skyline College From the San Francisco Bay Trail. Photo©CLCase