WELCOME MESSAGE FROM BOB BAILEY, EASTERN REGION VP AND STEVE POWELL, MEETING CHAIR
Hear ye, Hear ye, as the Eastern Region Vice President and Meeting Chair, we are delighted to encourage you to attend and participate in this year’s regional meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia. While our meeting venue may be colonial in nature and steeped in history, your Meeting Planning Committee has focused all of its energies on creating a valuable and timely educational experience, full of opportunities to network and learn something new, while remaining mindful of the many commitments vying for your time and attention.
This meeting will provide a great mix of business and social activities with an opening reception on the landscaped lawn and garden of our hotel, the historic (and recently renovated) Williamsburg Lodge Hotel, while Monday night we will parade to dinner at nearby Shields Tavern. The business sessions will take place all day Monday and end at noon on Tuesday with a farewell luncheon. This event embraces all of the education, industry news, and social events that you’ve come to expect from an ASLRRA meeting.
Colonial Williamsburg is Virginia's number one tourist attraction and with our meeting taking place at the Williamsburg Lodge, we will be immersed in this amazing time machine. Colonial Williamsburg, a careful, on-the-spot restoration of the former Virginia capital, gives you the chance to walk into the 18th century and see how earlier Americans lived. A ticket or pass admits the holder to sites in the restored area, but it costs nothing just to walk around and absorb the 18th century atmosphere.
The Williamsburg Lodge Hotel, site of this year’s meeting, is a charming historic property which has just completed a two-year restoration. The new Williamsburg Lodge offers guests a generous helping of southern hospitality with impeccable service. The Lodge presents the ambience of a southern family home—furnishings are inspired by art from the nearby Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.
So don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet with your peers, while sharing ideas and networking with others in the industry. Make plans to head to Williamsburg where we’ll make history. We sincerely look forward to seeing you and welcoming you to this conference as we come together to make history!
