Spouses' Committee Meeting April 27, 2008

Minutes

Below you will find the topics that were discussed at the meeting.

1-Weekly calendar – We will need to let George Stancil know if we would like something particular in the spouses hospitality room. Ray Harris will be responsible for the labor force for spouses registration, possibly even hospitality room as well.

Saturday 7/12 – Registration Table, Spouses hospitality (2-4 pm)

Sunday (7/13) – Registration Table; Spouses hospitality (1-5 pm)

Monday (7/14)- Registration Table; Spouses hospitality (8 am – 4pm); Spouses Tours (whole and half day)

Tuesday (7/15)- Spouses hospitality (1:30 – 4 pm); Spouses Workshops morning and afternoon (9-11 am and 2-4 pm); Spouses Luncheon (11:30 – 1:20)

Wednesday (7/16) – Professional Improvement Tours All Day

Thursday (7/17) - Spouses hospitality (8 am – 3 pm); Spouses Workshops morning only ?? 9-11 am Mitch is checking to see if we can eliminate the afternoon workshops to allow time for the spouses to tour the city on their own.

2-Spouses Tours – The committee decided to go with “Southern States Tours and Conventions” to organize tours for the conference. There will be 11 whole day tour options and 4 half day tour options for spouses. We will be able to spend $50 per person per tour to keep within our budget. This appears doable with this company and this will also allow for the tours to be offered to spouses for no additional cost. The only exception may be the tour to Asheville, NC to tour the Biltmore House. Mitch is in charge of the details of the tours. For specific information on the tours look in the binder sent earlier by Mitch.

Whole Day Tours:

Replacements, Greensboro Historical Museum & Blandwood Mansion

Greensboro Historical Museum & State Street Station

African American Tour (with a stop at the NC A&T Farm)

Biltmore Estate

A Tour of Mayberry Furniture Tour

Victory Junction Gang Camp, Richard Petty Museum & North Carolina Aviation Museum

Seagrove Pottery (with several little changes)

Reynolda House, Old Salem & MESDA

Civil War & NC Transportation Museum

Bob Timberlake Gallery, Historic Downtown Lexington & Childress Vineyard

Half Day Tours:

Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park & Old Mill of Guilford

Garden Tour

Richard Childress Racing Museum & Childress Vineyard

The Sara P. Duke Gardens & Duke University Chapel

3-Spouses Workshops:

Attached to this e-mail is a list of workshops that were discussed. Each of the workshops will be 2 hours in length. We will need to know who the presenters are and their contact information. We will also need to know what materials they will need and a brief summary of the workshop. This needs to be turned into me by May 15 so it can be compiled and turned in to Karen Neill and Mark Tucker. When contacting presenters it is important to stress that we want the workshops to be as hands-on as possible. If they can have the participants to make something and take home it would be fantastic. Joanna is in charge of the details for the workshops. Our budget will allow approximately $100 per workshop. We would like this to go toward the participants. Presenters, hopefully, will be free.

The food presentations will depend on Sam Groce’s answer from the convention center. We should know something by next week. Presenter forms are attached to this e-mail for your use. Please use this form to retrieve information needed for the workshops.

4-Spouses Luncheon:

Bill Mangum will be our keynote speaker during lunch. He will be given $500. He will also hold an autograph session with the spouses. We will ask him to bring paintings and set them up throughout the area. These may be purchased as well. Karen Neill will report to the decorations committee and request decorations involving paintbrushes, palettes, etc. Mitch is responsible for the details with the speaker.

5- Budget:

It appears that we will be within our budget.

6-Spouses Goodies :

Gift - Bill Magnum’s book – Carolina Preserves.

Registration gift- Will check with Barry in June.

Registration packets- Will need 350 of any little “freebe”. So far we have ornaments from Replacements, coffee packets. We will need to check with Bert Bees for lip balm, Revlon, lid openers, peanut growers for peanut packets, soybean growers for packets of soybeans, Thorlo for socks dairy council for post-it notes, book marks, pencils, any pharmaceutical for clips, post-its etc. Then we will need to include visitor guides, blue ridge parkway brochures, etc…Anything anyone can pick up will be great. You will need to let Mitch or Joanna know what you have.

7. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your time and dedication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

Joanna and Mitch

 

 

Spouse's Committee Meeting for 2008 December 12, 2006

Minutes

 

The Spouse's Committee met on December 12, 2006 at the Guildford County Extension Center. Members present were Mitch Smith, Joanna Radford, Roger Cobb, Ruby Coltrain, J.B. Coltrain, Brenda Morris, Molly Sandfoss, and special guest Steva Allgood.

 

Mitch Smith share an agenda and packet at the start of the meeting. The following items were discussed.

 

Budget – The budget for the spouse's program was reviewed. The following changes were recommended to better reflect projected costs for this program. Spouse's hospitality for an estimated 350 spouses would be $5500. Spouse's gifts were estimated to cost $3500. Spouse's tours would cost $9000. Other costs were to remain the same as of this time. Committee members questioned whether the budget shared was the whole budget to be referred to. Brenda shared a former budget from the national FCS meeting which projected costs for this meeting.

 

Tours – Stefa Allgood was welcomed as a representative from the Greenboro Area and Conventions Bureau. The list of proposed tours was reviewed for other suggested locations to be added. Other sites were proposed by the committee. These were Chiquapin Plantation, National Science Center, Guildford Battleground, a WW2 museau located near the zoo, and the Blanewood Mansion. After further discussion, the decision was made to let bids for these tours to be organized into various packages. This recommendation was also embraced by Ms. Allgood.

 

Workshops – The current list of workshops was reviewed by the committee. Brenda Morris suggested that Gilford Technical Community College be utilized as a resource for any workshops held on ethnic foods and photography. The topics of time management and meal planning were eliminated. The heading of NC wines was changed to be entitled, “Make Your Own Wine.” Brenda shared a list of craftmen from a previous event which could also be utilized. Other topics suggested were Civil War Reinactivement, Butterfly gardening, sweet potatoes, Master Gardeners, Christmonds, and wreathmaking. Michael's craft stores, and the local mall were also mentioned as possible resources.

 

Spouse's Luncheon – Mitch announced that Jeanne Robertson was a possible speaker for the spouse's luncheon. The suggestion was made that the FCS agent's assocation be contacted for other possible speakers.

 

Spouse's Gifts – Brenda shared information on a bun warmer as a registration gift for spouses. This gift cost $3000 for 490 registrants at 1999 prices. Other ideas presented were a LED flashlight and a dogwood pen ($6.50 per item). The question was raised as to the actual number of registration gifts to be given.

 

Other items – Mitch announced the wiki which would be used to post minutes and information related to this committee.

The meeting was adjourned.

 

Former information listed below:

2008 Proposed Spouse Program

This is a tentative plan of work for the spouse's committee. It is a start and will likely undergo major revisions.

 

Proposed Tours

 

1)Moravian's Old Salem – A Living History Community – Travel back in time to one of th emost authentic and inviting living hsitory towns inthenation. Begin you tour with the Old Salem Visitor's Center. Then move into the interior of the town to explore the homes, trade shops, and outbuildings,. There you will meet costumed interpreters re-entacting and recreating life as the German-speaking Moravians knew it in this eighteenth century trading center.

 

2)North Carolina Zoo – Spend the afternoon by strolling through a rainforest of tropical birds, and gaze over a prairie teeming with bison. Do a walkabout with a kangeroo and stand head to head with a polar bear. The North Carolina Zoo is home to over 1,100 animals from North America, Africa, and Australia. (whole day tour) ($10.00)

 

3)Furnitureland South – If you have a taste for the finer things in life, this tour will provide you with the opportunity to see the finest selection of furnishings anywhere, appreicate the opportunity to have discovered great value, and enjoy the entire adventure of viewing, selecting, and purchasing in a beautifully appointed campus. ($20.00 per person) - one-half day tour

 

4) Duke Gardens and Duke University - Duke Gardens provides a place where people of all backgrounds and ages come for beauty, education, horticulture, solitude, discovery, study, renewal and inspiration. The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, often spoken of as the "Crown Jewel of Duke University," occupies 55 acres in the heart of the University's West Campus, adjacent to Duke University Medical Center. It is recognized as one of the premier public gardens in the United States, renowned both for landscape design and the quality of horticulture, each year attracting more than 300,000 visitors from all over the world. 9 (full day tour)

 

5)Greensboro Historic Tour – Discover Greensboro through the Piedmont people and events ehich shaped it from the very beginning to the present day. Let some colorful characters in period costume – a Revolutionary War soldier, a former First Lady, and a past college preisdnet take you back in time while you explore Greensboro's legacy as a patriotic flag bearer, a center of economic growth and a pioneer in education and human rights. Tour includes a visit to the Guildford Courthouse National Miliary Park or the Greensboro Historic Museaum. ($21.00 per person) – one-half day tour

 

6)Civil Rights Heritage Tour – On this unique African America tour, history comes alive through actors in period costume who depict Greensboro's rich past through the eyes of people who lived it. The tour follows the city's story of civil right activism form the early Quakers with their secret work on the Underground Railroad to the famous four A&T Freshmen students who initiated the powerful Woolworth's Sit-in Movement and changed the course of history. Tour includes a visit to Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historic Site. ($21.00 per person) - one-half day tour

 

7)Lowes Motor Speedway - Lowe's Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959 and today is one of the premier NASCAR race tracks in America. Three NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series events, two NASCAR Busch Series races and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event are among the major events held on the 1.5-mile superspeedway. Come and experience the rush! (one full day tour)

 

8)Replacements, Ltd. – Visit the world's largest supplier of old and new china, crystal, silver, and collectables. Our 300,000 square foot facility (the size of five football fields!) houses an incredible inventory of 10 million pieces in mor ethan 200,000 patterns, some over 100 years old! This is your chance to find that special or hard to find piece! - one-half day tour

 

9)Timberlake Gallery/Thomasville Furniture Outlet - Nestled in the heart of North Carolina's Piedmont region, The Bob Timberlake Gallery invites visitors to step into the artist's life and immerse themselves in his world. The Gallery itself is truly a work of art and offers a shopping experience that you will not want to miss. Comfortable, casual and just a touch elegant, Bob Timberlake captures your sense of style. From fine art reproductions to finely crafted furniture inspired by 18th century artisans; decorative accessories, to Home Finishings; to menswear. Everything that bears the Bob Timberlake name reflects all the comforts of home.

 

10)Seagrove Potteries – One of the finest source so decorative pottery on the East Coast, is site is home to over one hundred potters and pottery galleries, many of award-winning distinction. Included are Ben Owen Pottery, Holly Hill Pottery, Turn and Burn, Jugtown Pottery, and a stop to the North Carolina Pottery Center. You will have a chance to follow the pottery-making process from wheel to kiln to shelf. Have a tasty lunch at the Wetmore Family Restaurant, one of the area's best old-fashioned seafood eareries. Cost of lunch is not included. Five hours - $35.00 per person.

 

11)Richard Petty Museaum – The world of NASCAR racing comes alive through the cars, trophies, and awards honoring this seven-time Winston Cup Series Champion. Take the opporunity to watch a special film on the history of NASCAR and visit the museaum gift shop to purchase some NASCAR paraphanalia.

 

12)Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historic Site – This is the state's only official historic site honoring a woman and an African American. It was here in 1902 that Dr. Charlotte Hawkins founded Palmer Memorial Institute, a nationally recognized preparatory school for young African Americans.

 

13)Guildford College Art Museaum – Check out the college's wide-range permanent collection of fine art and crafts, or catech a travling exhibition.

 

14) Old Mill of Guildford – A working, water powered gristmill listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The gift shop offers a great selection of stone ground meals made on site, honey, ham, and North carolina pottery and crafts.

 

14)Piedmont Triad Farmers Market - Meet some of the South's friendliest folks while checking out fresh fruits and vegetables, flwoers, and plants, baked goods, crafts and more.

 

15)Thomasville Furniture Tour - North Carolina Furniture is known for decades of fine design and quality manufacturing. Over 60% of all furniture manufactured in the U.S. is made within a 200-mile radius of central North Carolina. Why spend hours driving around looking at outlet furniture? Save money by shopping for quality gallery furniture at discount furniture prices. Save time by buying that furniture online. We carry a wide selection, ranging from leather furniture to children's furniture. Please take a moment to look at our gallery furniture. We carry all the NC furniture top name brands like Lexington 2008 Proposed Spouse Workshops

crafts cooking ethnic foods herbs quilting photography home design arts stamping scrapbooking gardening doing an autobiography jewelry making budgeting time management meal planning wood working medical workshop (topic?) Pet first aid Biological insect control for your home garden NC Wine tasting Experience NC foods – This would need to be done off site based on hotel restrictions.

Proposed Spouse's Luncheon

 

Karen and Mark: Currently, we are working with Bill Ellers to secure Jeanne Robertson as speaker for this luncheon.

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