Last month I attended The Great Lakes Region Conference in Dayton, Ohio. The three days of meetings were very informative and interesting. One of the best parts of attending the region meetings is the chance to make new friends and to renew your friendships with GFWC members who live in your adjoining states. With only around 150 ladies in attendance, one gets a chance to actually talk with the International President and President Elect in a much more intimate setting than the International Convention affords.
There are always great workshops at these meetings. This year the focus was on membership. The brainstorming and other great suggestions would apply to almost any organization one belongs to. GFWC gives all the members many useful organizational skills, and learning how to grow or retain club members is just one small reason for joining.
In addition to interesting workshops and seeing old friends, our conference also included a tour of the United States Air Force Museum. I did not know that Dayton, OH was the home of the Wright Brothers and the site of most of their work in the invention of the “flying machine.” Sixty women make the field trip to the museum and had a really wonderful time.
I hope you will consider attending your region conference next year. The Great Lakes Conference will be in Madison, WI next year, in October.
Karen is right. This is a great opportunity to explore GFWC beyond the club, district and state level, without having to travel far. At international convention, the International Officers are busy conducting their meetings. At a regional conference, the Region Officers are the busy ones. The workshops are usually much more detailed that at other "busier" meetings. Find the dates for the 2011 Region Conference in your area and mark your calendar now!
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