Friday May 29, 2026 |
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Afternoon Program
Registration Opens | 12:00 Noon | West Hall, Four Points Sheraton | |
Conference Opens | 2:00 pm | Opening Ceremony, tribal acknowledgement, CA/ US Anthems. Remarks by Governor Jeff Ferweda, other special guests. | |
“Irresistible” | 2:35 pm | Louise Horne, Regional Rotary Membership Coordinator | |
Membership | 3:10 pm | Membership Chair and DGE Lorna Gunning-Fatschko | |
Polio | 3:35 pm | PDG Katherine Hahn | |
Free Time | 4:00 pm | ||
Evening Program
Social Hour | 5:00 pm | West Hall, cash bar open all evening |
Parade of Flags | 6:00 pm | Youth Exchange followed by YEO Race to Erase Fundraiser ask |
Buffet Dinner | 6:25 pm | West Hall |
Keynote Speaker | 7:40 pm | Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, President, The American Medical Association. |
After Glow | 8:15 pm | Network with the keynote speakers, all fellow Rotarians, as well as colleagues from throughout the district. |
Evening Program Ends | 9:00 pm |
Saturday, May 30, 2026 |
Morning Program
Registration Opens | 7:00 am | West Hall, Four Points Sheraton |
Breakfast | 7:30 am | Food service ends 8:30, program begins at 9:00 |
“The Heart of Rotary” | 9:00 am | Brenda Cressey, Past Chair, Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees |
Our Foundation | 9:35 am | Sonja Glass, District Rotary Foundation Chair |
Morning Break | 10:00 am | Coffee, tea & nibbles |
International Service and Hand Up | 10:15 am | Pat Cavan & Trudy Morris |
The Environment | 11:20 am | Doug Thompson |
Break | 11:45 am | End of morning session |
Afternoon Program
Buffet Lunch | 12:00 noon | West Hall |
Presentation | 1:00 pm | Brenda Cressey, Louisa Horne, DRFC Sonja and DGE Lorna |
Interact Presentation | 1:35 pm | Sandy Crockard & Interact students |
RYLA Presentation | 2:00 pm | Marissa Cutts & Seminar for Tomorrow’s Leaders students |
Afternoon wrap up | 2:25 pm | Announcements about other available activities |
End of afternoon session | 3:30 pm | Break until dinner |
Gala Evening Program
5:30 pm | West Hall, cash bar open all evening | |
Plated dinner | 6:30 pm | |
Foundation Awards | 7:45 pm | DRFC Sonja along with Trustee Brenda Cressey |
Silent & Live Auctions | 8:00 pm | Silent auction bids close at 8:00. Live auction of Trustee Brenda’s handmade quilt, proceeds (tripled!) go to polio funding |
Entertainment | 8:15 pm | Pauline Perreault, Kirk Langford and Youth Exchange students |
After Glow | 9:00 pm | Trivia contest |
End of evening program | 9:30 pm |
Sunday May 31, 2026 | ||
Breakfast | 8:30 am | West Hall, food service ends 9:30, program begins at 9:45 |
Rose Ceremony | 9:45 am | Honoring recently deceased Rotarians |
Thanks to our keynote speakers | 10:00 am | DG Jeff with Louisa Horne and Brenda Cressey |
Thanks to our volunteers | 10:10 am | PDG Dennis Dinsmore |
“Advancing Sustainability” | 10:20 am | Peter Love |
“Conflict Resolution” | 10:45 am | Cayla Charles |
Next Year’s Conference | 11:10 am | DGE Lorna Gunning-Fatschko |
The Famous DG Basket | 11:30 am | DG Jeff and DGE Lorna |
Final words and closing bell | 11:45 am | DG Jeff |
Conference Ends | 12:00 pm | |