Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Convention & Symposium in Austin

I'm BACK! And it was a great convention. Starting with a nice
hotel, the Renaissance Austin Hotel, and convenient meeting rooms
and schedules of Councils and Committees that also enabled the
Delegates to attend the education sessions as well. Of course, since
my flights were uneventful and my luggage was on the carrousel when I
arrived in Austin and back home that was an added plus. I am on the
Membership Committee so I shall give you a run down on the items
coming from this group. I also attended the Adult Education Council
and the GMO Council. The Adult Education Council oversees the Adult
Clinics given through all 9 Regions. The Region 3 Adult Clinic was
held in Ocala in October.

The Symposium was held over Saturday and Sunday with a lecture
Saturday evening. The clinician was Jan Brink and the topic:
Communication: A Two-way System of Understanding. We were in a
climate controlled arena -- emphasis, wear your big coat over layers
because climate controlled temperatures change drastically when they
roll up the big door between horse and rider combinations -- and
there were 8 of those! I will be posting information gleaned from
the lecture and symposium in my lessons and on this site.

Glad I went, glad to be home.