Fall Annual Convention "Shiver Me Timbers"

Shiver Me Timbers . . . . . 

Stay in a Hotel at the Fall Annual Convention Rather than a Pirate Ship 

Reserve ASAP to insure getting these rates - Release Date: September 9, 2012 Prices: Canadian Funds; plus taxes

Rates for Single or Double Occupancy; additional persons $10.00 each for #1 & #2 

1. Best Western Dorchester Hotel 70 Church St. 250-754-6835 800-661-2449
Headquarters Hotel

• $109.00 Standard Room City View $119.00 Standard Room Harbour View 
• $159.00 Executive Suites & View Rooms $149.00 Family Suites 
• Parking $8.00 per night. 1/2 Block from Convention Centre 

2. Coast Bastion Inn 11 Bastion St. 250-753-6601 800-663-1144

• $135.00 Comfort Double Double $155.00 Superior Double Double 
• $155.00 Superior Queen $175.00 Superior King 
• Parking $8.00 per night Next to the Convention Centre 

3. Howard Johnson Harbourside 1 Terminal Ave. 250-753-2241 800-663-7322

• $94.00 Single or Double Includes Continental Breakfast 
• Complimentary Parking Less than 1/2 mile from Convention Centre 

4. Painted Turtle 121 Bastion St. 866-309-4432

• $85.00 4 people to a room 1 block from Convention Centre 
• Parking the same as the Convention Centre 

5. Travelodge Nanaimo 96 Terminal Ave. N. 250-754-6355 800-667-0598

• $105.00 Single or Double Includes Deluxe Continental Breakfast 
• Complimentary Parking 1 mile from Convention Centre 

6. Ramada Inn 315 Rosehill St. 250-716-2009 866-925-2009

• $115.00 - Two Queen Beds Includes Continental Breakfast 
• Complimentary Parking 1.5 miles from Convention Centre 

7. Port O Call Inn & Suites 505 Terminal Ave. N. 800-977-7224

• $70.00 Two Queen Beds Includes Continental Breakfast 
• Complimentary Parking 2 miles from Convention Centre 

8. Living Forest Oceanside Campground 6 Maki Rd. 250-755-1755

• Rates: $21 - $37 per night with full service sites. 10 minutes from Convention Centre 

Register for the Convention, attend the General Sessions and Contests and Awards, vote and attend the seminars. If you don’t want to eat the meals, come anyway or pick one or two meals that sound the best and attend those events. Don’t’ stay home and miss the fun and learning because you feel the meals are too expensive. There is lots to do for those who register.

Preliminary Convention Schedule – It could change. 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11th 

• 8:30 am– 2:00 pm Council Meeting 
• 1:30-3:00 Signature Seminar: History of Nanaimo Bathtub Races. Maybe even a boat will be on display! 
• 3:30-5:30 Curling “Lessons” - A new experience for you? 
• 7:30 pm Opening General Session:
• State of the District Addresses from G, H, I 
• Nomination of 2013-14 Council Chairperson 
• No candidate for 2013-14 Vice Council Chairperson 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th 

• 8:30 am Second General Session
• State of the District Addresses from D, A, F 
• Excellence Awards Presented: Club, Zone
• Secretary, Membership Director & Visitation 

• 9:00 am Deadline to turn in Winning District Scrap-books, Business Cards, Brochures for Judging 
• 10:30-Noon LCI Update or LCIF news 
• Seminars Zone Chairman Round Table
•  NWLLI Alumni Meeting
•  Effective Club Meetings 
•  MD19 Service & Leadership Foundation
• Leadership - what does that actually mean?
• Things to do in Nanaimo! 
• Noon Luncheon to Honour Key Members – All invited 
• 2:30-4:00 pm Harbour Boat Tour
• Seminars Presidents Round Table 
•  Faculty Development Institute 
•  Diabetes Info 
• Social Media (possible signature seminar) 
• CARE 
• Information Technology 
•  Lioness Meeting (not a panel) 
• 5:00 pm Social & Friendship Dinner 
• 7:00 pm Contests and Awards 
• 8:30 pm Pirates Melee (Fun Night) 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13th

• 7:30–11:30 am Voting 
• 6:50 am PDG and Partners’ Breakfast 
• 8:30 am Memorial Service 
• 9:15 am Closing General Session 
• State of the District Addresses from C, E, B 
• Uniform Parade 
• Announce Contests & Awards Winners 
• 10:30 - Noon Harbour Boat Tour 
• Seminars Membership 
• BC Lions Society 
• Gaming Grants in BC 
• Step by Step Guide to Start a new Club 
• NW Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation 
• Noon Mixed Luncheon 
•  Keynote Speaker Lee Rhodes, Created Glassybaby 
• 2:30-4:00pm Seminars 
•  Lee Rhodes 
•  Secretary Roundtable 
• Lions 101 
• LEOs: the future of Lions 
•  Camp Horizon 
•  Mentoring: how to be one, how to get one? 
•  YEP Meeting (not a panel) 
• District Membership Chairs Roundtable 
• 6:30 pm Lions Appreciation Banquet 
• Keynote Speaker: Marco Pasqua 
• Former Timmy at the Timmy’s Telethon