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WELCOME TO THE 2007 TRI-DISTRICT CONFERENCE
The Annual Tri-District Conference October 25, 26, 27, will take place in Pueblo, Colorado. There will be plenty of opportunity to do matchmaking for International Humanitarian Matching Grants. This year, there will be one, two, or three ways to inform prospective partner clubs about your exciting projects. If you have never prepared a grant proposal - or even if you have - there will be expert guidance in English and Spanish. Matching Grant Submission Deadline:By mail: October 15, 2007 - Online:
October 22, 2007 Registration Costs: October 1-25, 2007 $95.00 At the door $115.00 
Rotarian Bus Transportation from El Paso Useful links to the Pueblo area https://www.pueblochamber.org/ 
https://www.pueblo.us/ 
https://www.chieftain.com/ 
ABOUT PUEBLO The City of Pueblo has a long and colorful history dating back to 1842 when it was called Fort Pueblo. What brought our city from a small Fort in southern Colorado, to the backbone of Colorado, were the ore mines. This area once housed four separate towns: Pueblo, South Pueblo, Central Pueblo and Bessemer. These four towns together now make up the City of Pueblo. The City of Pueblo is also known as "America's Home of Heroes", as was proclaimed by the United States Congress in 1993. Pueblo hosts National Medal of Honor Day and has had as many as four living Medal of Honor recipients living in our community."What is it...Something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes" - Dwight D. Eisenhower October 8th, 1953Courtesy City of Pueblo CONFERENCE SETTINGThe conference will take place at the Pueblo Convention Center.
The size of the convention hall for the grants is 150 feet by 200 feet. It can be expanded if necessary.
There will be plenty of tables for grant projects to be displayed on. Booth spaces are scheduled to be 8 ft. X 8 ft. and could be as large as 8 X 10 feet.
The convention room is open with no walls, so there will be no issues with space as in previous project fairs. Grants teams will have a special corner with separation from the crowd to set up and process grants.
Internet Wi fi is ordered for the event. Please make sure your laptops or PC's are set up for Wi fi use.
The event will have a specialist on site at the beginning of the project fair to assist you in getting on line.
There will be no land line to hook up to for internet connections.
Please note to bring your individual power strips, extension cords, UPC's for your own equipment.
If you wish to print, please bring a portable printer with you for your needs. A commercial quality copier will be onsite for use by participants.
The projects page is up and available on the website for posting of projects to it.
Please review the process for posting so that you may communicate clearly the process to participants wishing to post to the site page.
MATCHING GRANT PROCESSING OUTLINEThis year as last, District 5470 will attempt to have all of their grants submitted to the Rotary Coordinator for D 4110, Mireya Dominguez who will be a guest at the conference , by late Saturday Afternoon. We plan to have each grant with completed paper work, scanned into Adobe pdf and sent on to Evanston with copies to all the appropriate parties.
To do this, we MUST HAVE THE COMPLETED PAPER WORK AT THE CONFERENCE.
We are asking that all participants bring
3 copies of a completed page 2 of the 141-EN with 3 contact names (if you plan to be a host partner)
3 copies of a completed page 3 of the 141-EN with 3 contact names (if you plan to be an international partner),
3 copies of page 7 of the 141-EN that will contain the signatures of the 3 contacts PLUS THE CLUB PRESIDENT.
And 3 copies of page 8 of the 141-EN that contain the signature of the individual responsible for the final report for the grant
Please have these in hand when you go to negotiate your grant. We will help with page 5 of the 141-EN in an effort to finalize the financing necessary to complete the grant. Of course you will need:
Page 1: the grant description and,
Page 4: the completed budget
Since these don't require specific signatures, they can be completed at the conference, but the others requiring contact information and appropriate signatures should be brought with you to the conference. It is perfectly satisfactory to have these documents completed in Spanish, as we will have an abundance of translators to help with grant preparation.
A downloadable step by step grant process guideline is available on this site on the Download page
Thanks for your help in completing all the appropriate documents and bringing them to the conference.
PROGRAMThursday October 25, 2007 1:00 - 5:00 PM Registration in Bernstein Bothers Room adjacent to main entry of Convention Center. 1:00 - 6:00 PM Golf tournament, Walking Stick Golf Course. 2:00 - 5:00 PM Shopping trip. Union Ave - Non Guided. 6:00 - 9:00 PM No Host dinner. Explore Pueblo finest restaurants Friday October 26, 2007 09:00AM-05:00PM Registration in main entry / lobby of Pueblo Convention Center. Please note: Day participants cost: $42.00. Includes lunch and evening meal FOR SATURDAY ONLY. 09:00AM-02:00PM Grant project set up in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOM A of Convention Center. 12:00PM-01:00PM Lunch buffet in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOMS B & C adjacent to project booths. 01:00PM-02:00PM Event kick off:
Opening remarks and welcome to Fifth Tri–District Projects Fair and Conference.
Pledge to flags of USA, Mexico by participants.
Presentation of short history of event
Introduction of Event Convener
Governor Jan Williams to podium.
DG D4110, Ramon Torres Armenta, “Tormenta”
DG D5520Jackie Morgan
DRFC D4110, Jose Maria “Pepe” Avila “Chema”
DRFC D5520, PDG Rick Akins
DRFC D5470, Joe Williams. “Pelon”
DGSC D4110 Patricia “Paty” Legarda
DGSC D5520 Robert Boverie
DGSC D5470 Mike Lanham
D5470 Matching Grants Committee member Robin Cheri
TRF matching grants special representative and guest speaker, Mireya Dominguez
Co – Chairmen Bill Hendren and Frank Sobolik, “Los Cuates” “The Twins or BEST BUDDIES”
02:00PM-03:30PM Matching Grants Training Seminars DGSC Mike Lanham, English in Room #2,
TRF Representative Mireya Dominguez Spanish in Room #3
03:30PM-04:30PM Executive Committee, meeting Room # 5. 06:30PM-08:30PM Taste of Pueblo meal in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOMS B & C. Saturday October 27, 2007 9:00AM-12:00 PM Final registrations for late arrivals and day participants, main lobby of convention center. Please note: Day participants cost = $42.00. Includes lunch and evening meal. 9:00AM-5:00 PM Projects Fair in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOM A. 12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch served in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOMS B & C. 1:00PM-5:00 PMPueblo area tours. Gather at designated area of Convention Center main lobby. 6:00PM-7:00PM - Mixer and cash bar reception in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOMS B & C.
- Piano and Bass played by Pueblo Rotary Club # 43 members, Edward “Buzz” Kaufman and Dr. Jay Toney.
7:00PM-8:30PM Dinner - Pueblo Convention Center (Business attire)
Banquet and closing remarks in Fortino Grand Hall, ROOMS B & C.
Welcome to event:
Presentation of flags by Pueblo Cub Scout Troop Pledge to flags of USA, Mexico by participants.
Invocation/inspiration, Pueblo Rotary Club # 43
Dancers: Sangre De Cristo Arts Center Dance group.
Presentation of 2008-2009 event site and host District.
DG Jan Williams closing remarks Entertainment and dancing: Music provided by Triple Nickel Band
TRIDISTRICT CONFERENCE FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIESWALKING STICK GOLF INVITATIONAL
For information/reservation, please contact:
- Bill Hendren
- 719 546 1002
- 719 251 4916
- hendenrw@msn.com
The cost is $45.00 which included the golf fee, a golf cart, awards and door prizes. Go East on Hwy 47 to Colo State University-Pueblo and follow the signs to the golf course. We will start at 1:00pm on Thursday Oct 25, 2007. The golf is not included in the conference fee. 
Pueblo is the home of the Rotary Global History Fellowship
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