The final preparations for our 66th Quadrennial Convention are
now being made and we look forward to welcoming approximately
eight hundred delegates to Orlando fromacross the Alliance.
For those members that have the honor of representing their local
union as a delegate, one of the first things you will notice as you enter
the Convention Hall will be the diversity of the delegates. This diversity
will not simply be limited to the standard areas of age, gender, geographic
residence, etc., but also the broad diversity of crafts that our local
unions represent.
Although most of the delegates are not expected to arrive in Orlando
until Saturday, July 25th, a number of delegates will have been present for
sessions of the General Executive Board meeting which will be held the
preceding week.
Official registration for the Convention will open on Thursday, July 23rd
at 10:00 a.m. in the Australia 3 Room of the Walt Disney World Dolphin
Resort. Registration will continue on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. During
registration each delegate will receive their delegate kit, which will contain,
among other items, a list of Committee Appointments, the President's
Report, the Report of the General Secretary-Treasurer, General Executive
Board Meeting Book I and Resolutions Book I.
At each Convention, there is an opportunity for first-time delegates to
get an overview of Convention Week and be introduced to the various procedures
and policies of the Convention. This year the Indoctrination for
New Delegates meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, July 25th and will
convene at 7:00 p.m. in the Southern Hemisphere Ballroom I of the Walt
Disney World Dolphin Resort.
All District Conventions will be held on either Saturday, July 25th or
Sunday, July 26th and caucuses will be held at various times throughout
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (July 26th, 27th and 28th) of Convention
Week. Delegates are encouraged to carefully review the times and locations of both the District Conventions and any Caucuses
that may be of interest to you.
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