Stardate 2010.078 Region X meeting

Friday, March 19, 2010

Slick picked up Denise, Wendy and me at the Phoenix airport and whisked us to the hotel where we checked into our room. Wendy's brother was in town so she went out and spent some time with him until he had to leave to get back home. Denise and I went to ten forward (hospitality) to greet the early arrivals and welcome folks as they all arrived. Some of the guests went to dinner although I had enough of the hospitality food so I was not hungry and remained with those remaining souls.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Saturday there was the Regional breakfast meeting where each of the candidates presented their case to the assembled Senators. Elections were conducted by the most current past Regional VP which is Clarence Alvey. Carolyn Smith was reelected as Region X VP for 2010 - 2011. After the Regional meeting the Golfers headed out to the course, shoppers went their way, and I joined Pat and Bob Holbert, Steve Sutherland and Doug White for a trek to the Phoenix Hard Rock. We did a pretty good job in contributing to the local economy with just that one stop. It was then over to the Holbert's home where we admired his vast pin collection.

We returned to the hotel were the group again split for dinner. Some folks wished to have a more relaxed dinner at a restaurant while others of us decided to visit the local McDonald's which has an informal car show, a la American Graffiti. There were custom cars and hot rods from many eras. They brought back some great memories of my youth. We had dinner a bit later at Sweet Tomatoes then returned to the hospitality room and some Screw Your Neighbor activities.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

We met Debbie Steele and Her husband Jim at the hotel and went to Denny's for Breakfast/lunch. We were joined by a few more Senators and had a great time catching up. This was the first Time I met Jim and found him a likable man with a good sense of humor. They dropped us off at the airport and we made our flight home without incident.