Welcome to autumn 2013. We’re about one month away to perhaps the most exciting regional event of the year, the R7 Conference! It will be held at the Embassy Suites in Maryland on the weekend of November 8-10. The bulk of programming will be on Saturday with some panels and workshops held on Sunday. Friday evening will be the RC mixer hosted by RC Wayne.

The Embassy Suites is in Hunt Valley, right across the street from the Hunt Valley Inn, home to Shore Leave.

Room rates are $129 per night (sleeps 4) and $149 per night (sleeps 6). We do not have to purchase any minimum number of rooms. The meeting room(s) will be what the region is paying for. Wayne and I have been working on panels and workshop ideas and the schedule is just about complete and will be posted shortly.

Join us for the Barbara’s Greek Festival, in Toms River, NJ on Sat. Sept. 28. It’s a USS Challenger tradition, filled with lots of food, folks and OPPA! For We’ll meet in the parking lot @6pm, and head in from there.

For more information, go to:  http://www.stbarbaranj.org/special-events/greek-festival

We’re back at the Seaside Heights Community Center for our Sept. Meeting — Sunday, Sept 1 @1pm, at the Seaside Heights Community Center in Seaside Heights, NJ.  After our meeting (weather permitting) we’ll be adjourning to the beach for a picnic (bring your own food.)

See you there!