| Welcome to an exciting venue of events
that will be unfolding for us from June 7 to June 10, 2012.
We will host the
108th Annual Meeting at the Grandover Resort and Conference Center
at Greensboro, North Carolina, June 7 - 10, 2012. It is a first class facility. You can learn
more about Grandover by logging on to their
website at
http://www.grandover.com.
New this year will be an email around mid March containing all
details about the convention. Also voting for our Slate of
Candidates will be done via email in mid March. Continue checking
this website for new information and announcements about the 108th
Annual Meeting.
Prior to the official opening of the
convention, the annual shotgun golf tournament will be held at the
Grandover East Golf Course beginning at 1 pm. Pre-registration for
golfers is a must to facilitate the start of the tournament.
Further information on the golf outing will be found in your
convention email going out in March.
Then the official opening of the
convention will begin with Registration on Thursday, June 7, from
5:00 to 7:00 pm on the Grandville Registration Desk followed by a
Cocktail Reception from 7:00 to 8:00 pm in the Griffin Room. Dinner
and conversations with old and new associates in the leather
industry will complete the evening.
ALCA President Andy
Rhein will open the Technical Program at 8 am on Friday. This
year’s technical program is being organized by Vice-President Steve
Gilberg and will offer a wide array of leather technologies covering
tanning to finishing to environmental issues and can be viewed in
the coming months under this section of our website. The John Arthur
Wilson Lecture will feature Dr. Anthony Covington of the UK. Our
Technical Committees will have an opportunity to meet and have
discussions during lunch-time. The technical sessions will end at
4:45 pm followed by the Fun Run at 5 pm. Friday’s activities will
be capped off by a cocktail party and dinner on the Grandville
Lawn. This will be an exciting evening that you won't want to miss.
Technical papers
will resume Saturday morning at 8 am with the Annual Business
Meeting ending the morning sessions at 11 am. At noon everyone is
invited to attend the Activities Awards Luncheon in Grandville
Ballroom A/B where prizes will be awarded for the Fun Run and golf
outing. Technical papers will resume in the afternoon at 1 pm
until 4 pm with the Awards Banquet Social Hour beginning at 6:00
pm. Dinner will follow at 7:00 with the awards presentations
afterwards. The convention will close with check out on Sunday.
Please make plans now to join us for a
wonderful time at Grandover.
Lee Lehman
Convention Chair
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