BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130808T120000 DTEND:20130811T120000 DTSTAMP:20130221T180252 SUMMARY:40th General Convention DESCRIPTION:The40th General Convention will be held August 8, 2013 to August 11, 2013 Thursday, at noon thru Saturday evening. At the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center inBethesda, Maryland. Be on the lookout for further details as we get closer to the date, but keep those days open! Questions? Email: convention@sigmaphidelta.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ConventionOutline (Note that some things in the schedule may still move aroundbased on availabilities, and the final schedule will be confirmed as weget closer to the event) General notes: We're trying to makethe meetings a lot more interesting and dynamic than in years past.We've already booked several groups to come in so that it's not just usdroning on for hours! We've got some pretty interesting stuff lined up,and you won't want to miss it. Thursday August 8th: Everybodychecks in sometime in the morning, we start our meetings around noon.After we get through some business we'll be heading over to Dave andBusters across the street for the evening. Expect plenty of food andfun, share a drink and catch up with Brothers you haven't seen in agesor meet some new faces. Friday August 9th: Our meetings onFriday should be very interesting, we'll be having guests from PhiredUp! come in to present to us for most of the day on a number of topicswhich should be extremely informative and useful for everyone to takeback home with them. Once we wrap meetings up we will have a little bitof down time and then head over as a group to the DC Area. We arecurrently finalizing our plans for a professional event, but expect agroup tour that will be educational and interesting. SaturdayAugust 10th: We will wrap up our meetings, including having electionsfor our next Supreme Council. To conclude the weekend as is tradition,we will have a formal on Saturday evening. Please note that there willbe a cost associated with dinner, and dates are welcome. Someloose ends that we are finalizing: We also will be having Men'sWarehouse as a guest speaker. They will be presenting to us on a coupletopics including helping educate our undergrads on how to Dress forSuccess as well as how to ace your interviews. All in all thisis going to be a legendary weekend. With all of the tremendousexpansion we've been undertaking since our last gathering in Minneapolis2011, we will have record numbers in attendance this year, which isonly fitting for our momentous 40th General Convention. Please be sureto set those dates aside so that you can attend, you will not want tomiss out. Once you know you will be attending, make sure to sign up onour form at www.sigmaphidelta.org/40GC! LOCATION:Bethesda, MD UID:-1-371-1890 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR