District Conference Wrap Up

District Conference was a big success.

First, the Thursday evening cocktail hour where I made my guitar debut after 38 years was a lot of fun. It truly was.

The conference was held at a resort on the Gulf of Mexico. Thursday night was the cocktail party for the "Nifty Fifty" which is the first 50 signing up for the conference. It was a nice evening of fellowship.

The conference had a new format. The plenary sessions ended at noon and everyone had the afternoons off to relax and enjoy family and friends. (Well, almost everyone. The governor corp had additional meetings in the afternoons.) I polled my AGs after the conference and nearly all liked having that down time although a couple would have liked some planned social activities.

Friday evening was the Governor's banquet with his awards given out. Saturday evening was DGE's banquet with the changing of the guard ceremony. I received my DGN pin during that ceremony but I cannot wear it until July 1st.

The conference was so well attended that my conference chair is again looking for a venue. The one we had tentatively selected may not be large enough.

One last note. The plenary sessions had excellent speakers and were not instructional classes but a look at what Rotary has achieved.

All in all it was a very nice conference.