by Ruth Nicholson UE
We met in early July and again in September to settle on a few more plans for our upcoming Dominion Conference. We discussed a title for the conference and wanted to include “head of the lake” as that is the historical name for our location. Gloria Howard came up with the title, as shown above. We feel it is a suitable title and it has a welcoming feel to it.
As you know, we have settled on the main site as the Holiday Inn in Burlington. That is where all meetings and most events will take place. The initial reception and registration will take place in the large open area where the pool and entertainment features are located. The genealogy meeting, the annual meeting and the gala will take place in this hotel. There will be a room for our draws and silent auction items that will also be a hosting area with hot and cold beverages.
The Friday evening off-site dinner will be held at the Burlington Golf and Country Club. Friday will be our tour day. We plan on offering a local tour that will take in Dundurn Castle, the Hamilton Cemetery and Battlefield Park, Stoney Creek. A second tour will visit sites in the Niagara area. We are thinking about offering workshop sessions, back at the hotel for those not wishing to go on the tours.
On Sunday we hope to attend Christ’s Church Anglican Cathedral on James St. N. in Hamilton. On route we will stop at our famous Loyalist monument. Another possibility would be to attend a church service at Battlefield Park if one is planned. We are looking into both ideas.
We still need to decide on our speakers, our bags and gifts, costing each event out, finding great silent auction and basket gifts and many other details. We have a good start and will need many people to make this a success.