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Session 2007 - Schedule |
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Wednesday,
October 17, 2007
Pre-Session Banquet, 7:00 P.M.
Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cromwell
Welcome - Robert Sendewicz, State Master
Invocation - Robert I. Brockett, Interim State Chaplain
Star Spangled Banner - Huena Wetmore, State Pianist
Introduction of Special Guests
Guest Speaker
Presentations:
- Scholarships
- FFA
- Agricultural Awards
- Heifer International
Announcements - State Master
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Thursday,
October 18, 2007
MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.
Opening in form in the Sixth Degree
(Guests will be recognized and escorted throughout the session as they may arrive.)
Introduction of National Representative,
William Steel, Master of the National Grange
Roll Call of Officers, Committees, Deputies
Lower Grange to Fourth Degree
Presentation of Fourth Degree Delegates
Roll Call of Granges
Report of Credential Committee
Sessions Committee Announcements
Introduction of business to be referred without debate
Address of State Master, Robert Sendewicz
Report of State Lecturer, Marge Bernhardt
Report of State Treasurer, Philip Bergquist
Report of State Secretary, Edith Schoell
Report of Auditing Committee, Charles Brush
Report of Executive Committee, F. Philip Prelli
Reports of Officers & Committees will be given throughout session as time permits.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:45 P.M.
Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Introduction of Past Voting Delegates
2:00- SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS:
Election of Chaplain and one member of the Executive Committee
Reports as time will permit:
Camp Berger, Ellsworth Beecher, Advisor
Legislative, Gordon Gibson, Director
Connecticut Granger, Todd Gelineau, President/Editor
Connecticut Agricultural Fair, Todd Gelineau, President
Membership, Joanne Cipriano, Director
Recess for Sessions Committee Meetings
4:45 - Youth Hospitality Room open for all - Kent Room
THURSDAY EVENING SESSION
Open Meeting, 7:00 P.M.
Youth Report & Presentations, Donald Lanoue, Director
Report of Foster Children Liaison, Karen Warner
State Lecturer’s Program- Marge Bernhardt (7:30 P.M.)
“Should Auld Acquaintance” Project
Lecturers’ Awards
Honor Granges- State Master
Community Service Awards- Jody & Jodi Ann Cameron
Code Reading Awards
Agricultural Contest Awards
Past Deputies’ Raffle
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Friday,
October 19, 2007
7:00 A.M. Insurance Breakfast for Delegates, Officers, Committees and Deputies
(Tickets will be distributed in advance by Earl Phillips)
Report of National Grange Mutual Insurance Company
Report of The Patrons Group
Remarks by State Master
Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call of Officers
Reading Minutes of Previous Day’s Sessions
Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Memorial Service and Report of Chaplain Marvin Wilbur
Reports as time will permit:
Information, Carl H. Bernhardt, Director
General Deputy Robert Buck
Pomona Deputy East James Palmer
Pomona Deputy West Todd A. Gelineau
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:45 P.M.
Introduction of Business to be referred without debate (last opportunity)
2:00 P.M. - Report of Committee on Women’s Activities-
Betty Jane Gardiner, Director
Recess at 3:00 P.M. for Sixth Degree Rehearsal (Officers)
ALL OTHER OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES’ REPORTS SHOULD BE TURNED IN TO THE SECRETARY, IF NOT SENT IN PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE HAVE THEM TYPED AND READY FOR PRINTING.
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION - 7:45 P.M.
Candidates must be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel by 7:45 P.M.
Candidates must have the fourth and fifth degree words and the sixth degree ticket stub to give to the deputy at the door.
Applications for the sixth degree will be on sale during the session and at the door on Friday. Cost of the application is $5.00.
Opening in form in the Sixth Degree- 7:45 P.M.
Escorting National Master William Steel
Recognition of Honored Guests and Past Voting Delegates
Conferral of the Sixth Degree in Full Form
Rose Drill under the direction of Cindy Anderson
Recognition of Golden Sheaf Grangers
Closing the Evening Session in the Fourth Degree by the Youth
March to the Table – Officers and Court
A Game Night will follow the closing of the session, in the ballroom,sponsored by the State Youth Committee.
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Saturday,
October 20, 2007
Morning Session- 9:00 A.M.
Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call of Officers
Reading Minutes of Previous Day’s Sessions
Session Committee Reports and action thereon.
Recess 12:15 P.M.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:15 P.M.
Junior Grange Program and Report – Joan Perry, Junior Director
Reconvening in the Fourth Degree
Remaining Sessions Committee reports and action thereon.
Installation of newly elected officers by Edith Schoell
Any Unfinished Business
Announcements
Closing in form in the Fourth Degree
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