March 16, 2008

Hi to all,

Our Spring Conference will be held April 10 – 12, 2008 at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach. As usual, lodgings will be available for arrival on Thursday and we’ll end the conference at noon on Saturday following the business meeting. A three-day agenda is attached.

On Thursday night, we’ll meet at the Chesapeake Bay Center at the Park for some “conviviality” and then change our routine from past conferences. Instead of our usual entrée of frozen pizza, Roy Dudley has arranged for discount dining at a local seafood restaurant (Dockside). We’ll order from the menu and pay for our respective meals.

Friday, April 11, will feature a full range of activities beginning with a complimentary continental breakfast hosted by the local Friends Group at the First Landing State Park Trail Center. We’ll spend the rest of the morning touring the Park. After lunch, we’ll load up and head for False Cape State Park where we’ll spend the rest of the day and have a dinner “cook-out”. Delegate Kirk Cox, House Majority Whip, will be our dinner guest.

Saturday, April 12, will begin with another complimentary breakfast hosted by the local Friends Group. Lunch will be available after the business meeting. For those who would like to stay in the area for the afternoon or possibly the night, Roy Dudley will arrange free tickets to some local attractions including the Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia Marine Science Museum, and Virginia Lifesaving Museum.

Nancy Heltman will play her usual role in arranging our lodging. Please contact her at 804-786-5057 or email her at nancy.heltman@dcr.Virginia.gov and tell her your arrival date and lodging needs. If you would like to stay over Saturday night, you will need to bring this to her attention and see if your cabin will be available for that purpose.

Please complete the attached registration form and send it to Ann Lipp, 401 Stonehouse Road, Williamsburg, VA 23188. If you haven’t yet paid your 2008 dues, we’ve made the registration form user friendly so that you can include your dues payment along with the conference costs. If you have questions for Ann, she can be reached at 757-566-3788 or via email at calipp@verizon.net.

This is going to be a great conference. I look forward to seeing you there….Johnny