When

Friday May 11, 2012 at 2:00 PM EDT
-to-
Saturday May 12, 2012 at 9:00 PM EDT

Where

Howard Johnson Plaza Tampa Downtown Hotel 
111 W. Fortune Street
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: (813) 223-1351
Note: The LWVF group rate is $95/night, which includes breakfast and parking.

 
Driving Directions 

Tentative Itinerary

Friday, May 11, 2012
8:30-11:30 AM: LWVF/EF Board of Directors Meeting
12:30-2 PM: Sisters Across the Straits Luncheon
2-5 PM: Council of Leaders Check-in / Registration
3-4 PM: Presidents' Meeting
3-4 PM: New Members' Orientation
4-5 PM: Voter Service Chairs' Meeting
4-5 PM: Budget 101 w/ Margaret Wolter
4-5 PM: Speakers' Bureau Training w/ Pam Goodman
5-6 PM: Welcome Reception & Silent Auction
6-8 PM: Dinner on your own
8 PM: The Florida Orchestra presents Rhythms of Cuba, with music director of La Orquesta Nacional de Cuba, Enrique Perez Mesa

Saturday, May 12, 2012
7-8 AM: Breakfast at hotel
7-8 AM: Council of Leaders Check-in / Registration
7-8 AM: Budget Q&A with Margaret Wolter
7 AM -5:15 PM: Wares Table Open
7 AM-1:15 PM: Silent Auction
8 AM: Action Motions Deadline
8:15 AM-10:20 AM: Council Convenes - Plenary Session I
10:20-10:30 AM: Break
10:30-11:30 AM: Visioning and Strategy Session: "Local League Muscle"
11:30 AM-12 PM: Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince on the Purpose of Merit Retention
12-1 PM: Working Lunch: Fundraising Panel
1-1:15 PM: Break
1:15-3:20 PM: Council Reconvenes - Plenary Session II
3:20 PM: Council Adjourns
3:20-3:30 PM: Break
3:30-5 PM: Speakers' Bureau Training w/ Pam Goodman
3:30-5 PM: Workshop -- Constant Contact/Twitter 101
3:30-5 PM: Caucus -- Cool Cities Initiative
3:30-5 PM: Caucus -- Transportation Study
5:30-6:30 PM: Shuttle available to transfer members to Columbia Restaurant
6:30 PM: Dinner and Flamenco Show

Sunday, May 13, 2012
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Contact

Jessica Lowe-Minor 
League of Women Voters of Florida 
lwvfexecutivedirector@gmail.com 
850-224-2545