Conference Schedule Lodging Speakers Conference Idol ChildCare
Conference Activities
| !!! Schedule for District Conference | |||||||
| House of Friendship (HF) | Seminars (Sem) | Outside of Conference Hotel (Out) | |||||
| House of Sharing (HS) | Family of Rotary (FR) | ||||||
| Time | Event | Location | H F | H S | Sem | F R | Out |
| Wednesday May 28, 2008 | |||||||
| 5:00pm-7:00pm | TRF Donor Recognition Reception | Vistas | |||||
| Thursday May 29, 2008 | |||||||
| Time | Event | Location | |||||
| 10:30am-5:00pm | Registration | Conference Center Lobby | |||||
| 12:00pm-5:00pm | Golf Tournament | River Ridge Golf Course | |||||
| 12:00pm-5:00pm | Leadership Academy lunch and meeting | Vistas | |||||
| 12:00pm-5:00pm | Rotary Store open | Conference lobby | |||||
| 2:00pm-5:00pm | Bert Morris – "Leadership is a Verb, not a Noun." | Composers I | |||||
| 6:00pm | Pick up YE students by host families | Hilton Hotel 7th St hotel exit | |||||
| 6:00pm | Home Hospitality hosts pick up guests at Hilton | Hilton Hotel lobby 6th St entrance | |||||
| 6:00pm-7:00pm | Leadership Academy 10th Anniversary Celebration Reception | Conference Center lobby | |||||
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | LA 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner | Composers II | |||||
| Friday, May 30, 2008 | |||||||
| 6:00am-8:45am | No host breakfast, Big River Grille | Adjacent to hotel lobby | |||||
| 7:00am-8:45am | Light continental breakfast | Conference service lobby | |||||
| 7:00am-9:00pm | Registration & information desks | Conference center lobby | |||||
| 7:00am-9:00pm | Rotary Store open | Conference center lobby | |||||
| 7:00am-9:00pm | House of Friendship | Conference lobby west end | |||||
| 7:00am-9:00pm | Scrapbook exhibit & competition | Conference lobby east end
lobby east end | |||||
| 7:00am-9:00pm | TRF Silent Auction opens | House of Friendship | |||||
| 8:00am | YE students return to conference center | Mezzanine, studios B, C, Director | |||||
| 8:00am-9:00pm | Family of Rotary - Free child activities | Mezzanine Studio A | 8:00 | 8:00 | |||
| 9:00am-10:45am | First Plenary Session, Opening Ceremonies | Composers I & II | |||||
Welcome from RI President's Representative
PDG Hal Darcey | |||||||
| Past RI President Frank Devlyn -keynote address | |||||||
| 10:45am-11:00am | Break | ||||||
| 11:00am-11:45am | House of Sharing opens and staffed | Joplin and Seeger | |||||
| 11:00am-1:45am | Seminars | ||||||
District Simplified Grants - Chris Haynsworth,
District Committee chair | Mezzanine Board Rm | ||||||
Volunteer Service Grants - Mary Howard,
TRF Humanitarian Grants Coordianator | Composers I | ||||||
Rotary First Harvest - Shelley Austin,
RFH Exec. Director | Composers II | ||||||
| 11:45am-12:00pm | Break | ||||||
| 12:00pm-1:45pm | Second Plenary Session & Lunch | Playwrights Hall | |||||
Past RI Preisdent Cliff Dochterman -
Keynote Address | |||||||
| 1:45pm-2:00pm | Break | ||||||
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | Youth Exchange World Faire | Conference Center lobby | |||||
| 2:00pm-3:45pm | Third Plenary session | Composers | |||||
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | PDG Hal Darcey - RI President Rep. -
Rotary Today | Composers I & II | |||||
| 2:30pm-3:45pm | Interactive Forum: You ask the questions! Cliff, Frank, Hal and Mohamed | Composers I & II | |||||
| 3:45pm-4:00 pm | Break | ||||||
| 3:45pm5:00pm | House of Sharing - staffed | Joplin and Seeger | |||||
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Ambassadorial Scholars
Emily Talor Meyers & Heather Huhtanen | Composers I | |||||
| 4:30pm-5:15pm | World Peace Fellow Scott Field | Composers I | |||||
| 4:00pm-5:15pm | GSE Teams (inbound & outbound, Argentina) | Composers II | |||||
| 5:30pm | TRF Alumni Reception | Vistas | |||||
| 6:30pm | Share Rotary Dinner | Playwrights | |||||
| Rotary Idol! Join our first time talent contest for great fun! | |||||||
| John Taylor Group & dancing | 9:00 | ||||||
| Saturday, May 31 | |||||||
| 6:00am-8:00am | Fun Run - Walk | Hotel lobby | |||||
| 6:00am-8:30am | No host breakfast, Big River Grille | Adjacent to Hotel Lobby | |||||
| 7:00am-8:30am | Light continental breakfast | Conference service Lobby | |||||
| 7:00am–2:30pm | Registration & information desks | Conference lobby | |||||
| 7:00am–2:30pm | Rotary Store open | Conference lobby | |||||
| 7:00am-2:30pm | House of Friendship | Conference lobby - west end | |||||
| 7:00am–2:30pm | Scrapbook exhibit & competition | Conference lobby - east end | |||||
| 7:00am–2:30pm | TRF Silent Auction opens | House of Friendship | |||||
| 8:00am-10:00pm | Family of Rotary - Free child activities | Mezzanine Studio A | 8:00 | ||||
| 8:00am-8:30am | Memorial Service | Composers I | |||||
| 8:30am-10:00am | Business meeting | Composers I | |||||
| 8:30am–10:00am | Four Way Test Speech Contest - semi finals | Composers II | |||||
| 10:00am-10:15am | Break | ||||||
| 10:00am-12:00am | House of Sharing - staffed | ||||||
| 10:15am-11:15am | Youth Exchange Speeches | Composers II | |||||
| Fourth Plenary Session | |||||||
| 10:15am-10:45am | PDG Mohamed Abdulla - Sharing Rotary into the Future | Composers I | |||||
| 10:45am-11:45am | Interactive Forum - You ask the questions!
Moderated by PDG Mohamed
Cliff, Frank, Hal and Mohamed
| Composers I | |||||
| 11:45am-2:00pm | Break | ||||||
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | Fifth Plenary Session & Lunch | Playwrights | |||||
RI President's Rep. PDG Hal Darcey
Sharing His Rotary Story | |||||||
| 2:00pm-2:15pm | Break - Last chance on TRF Silent Auction | ||||||
| 2:15pm-4:00pm | Seminars | ||||||
Rotarians in Our Twenties & Thirties -RIOTT
Kristi Goversten, RC of East Portland, D5100 | Board Room | ||||||
| Four Way Test Speech Contest Finals | Vistas II | ||||||
| Club Strategic Visioning overview - D5100 PDG Dick Elixman | Vistas I | ||||||
| 2:30pm-5:00pm | TRF Silent Auction - Pick up auction items | ||||||
| Scrapbooks picked up by clubs | |||||||
| Close House of Sharing | |||||||
| 4:00 | 4:00 | 4:00 | |||||
| VALLEY RIVER INN | |||||||
| 5:30pm | Hilton provides complimentary transportation for hotel guests | Hilton front entrance | |||||
| 6:00pm–7:00pm | DG - DGE Reception | Willamette Room Foyer | |||||
| 7:00pm | Governor's Dinner | Willamette Room | |||||
| DG Changeover Celebration | |||||||
RI President's Rep.PDG Hal Darcey
Closing remarks | |||||||
| Youth Exchange Talent Show | |||||||
The John Taylor Group - Let's have some Fun!
Let's Dance! | 10:00 | ||||||
| Youth Exchange All Night Party at Eugene YMCA | |||||||
| Sunday June 1, 2008 | |||||||
| 9:00am | District Conference evaluation and future planning | Vistas | |||||
Conference Schedule Lodging Speakers Conference Idol ChildCare

