The Holiday Inn Express-Lexington will be our hotel for Association members during their stay, as well as Thursday evening’s Executive Committee Meeting, New Member Orientation and Welcome Reception.
Yes, that’s snow you see in the picture! Actually, when I left Lexington there was more snow on the ground there than when I returned to Rochester. And they were expecting two more feet that coming weekend!
Usually Saturday’s main business meeting is held at the hotel where our Association members stay, however VMI is able to do something different this year. The Naval ROTC department has a new building on campus, and is willing to have our Saturday meeting on campus this year. One of their state of the art classrooms will perfectly accommodate our Saturday business meeting.
Because we will be meeting on a traditional college campus this year on Saturday, our lunch plans will change as well. VMI has agreed to have us eat in their mess hall on campus, with cadets as our lunch hosts. I ate lunch on campus with Woody while I was there and it was very good!
Lastly, Woody and I met with VMI’s Alumni Office to discuss plans for Saturday evening’s cocktail reception and dinner. Both will take place in Moody Alumni Hall, a very historic building with a lot of character.
There’s still much planning that needs to be done for October, such as catering, transportation, Navy Day, etc. but I think we are in very good shape for this year’s conference. Special thanks to Woody Sadler at VMI for being my tour guide during my stay. Woody gave me a great tour of both Lexington and VMI, and access to areas not many “civilians” would be able to see.
And a very special thank you to Tom Osella, general manager of the Holiday Inn Express-Lexington. Tom brought me to the Radford-VMI basketball game while I was there. Fun game to watch but not a lot of defense as Radford downed VMI; 111-84.
-Scott
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