2018 AGLOW Conference Schedule Bismarck-Mandan , ND . Baymont Inn & Suites
SECTION FOUR
2018 AGLOW Conference Schedule Bismarck-Mandan , ND . Baymont Inn & Suites
Monday , September 10
8:00am – Noon--AGLOW Board of Directors Meeting . The Annual meeting of the AGLOW Board of Directors will convene . AGLOW members are welcome to attend as silent observers .
8:30am – 4:00pm--Registration Table Open .
8:30am – 2:30pm--Press Room Open .
10:00am – 11:00am --Keynote Tourism Workshop - Tourism Members Only--Tourism members will hear about how to get the most from their AGLOW membership from Past President Jim Zaleski .
11:30am – 12:30pm--Delta Waterfowl Welcome Lunch Headquartered in Bismarck , North Dakota and Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada , Delta Waterfowl is one of the leading conservation organizations working to produce ducks and provide a sound future for waterfowling in North America . Delta Waterfowl is a relative newcomer to AGLOW , so join Alex Heiser , Vice President of communications , marketing and membership for lunch and learn a little about what it is that they do .
1:00pm – 1:30pm--New Member Orientation . New members and first time conference attendees should attend this informative presentation about how to get the most from the AGLOW conference experience . Presented by AGLOW President Dan Stefanich .
1:00pm – 1:30pm--Past Presidents Meeting .
1:00pm – 1:30pm--Spouse Reception . --Spouses who plan to attend any of the spouse activities planned for the week should attend this reception to find out details of these excursions in and around Bismarck .
1:30pm – 2:15pm--General Membership Meeting . --AGLOW members will learn the results of the recent election of officers and will hear presentations from the 2020 conference bidding finalists .
3:00pm--Busses depart for Pre-Reception / Diner Tours of Fort Abraham Lincoln .
3:30pm – 5:30pm--Pre-Reception / Diner Tours of Fort Abraham Lincoln . --This place is rich with the history of both General Custer and the Native Americans that once inhabited the land . Tour Custer ’ s last home before he and the 7th Calvary met their demise at the Battle of the Little Big Horn . Check out the “ On a Slant Indian Village ” which showcases the earthlodge homes of the Mandan Indians . An interpretive museum and reconstructed military buildings are also found here , set against the panoramic backdrop of the Missouri River .
5:30pm – 6:00pm--Bismarck-Mandan Welcome Reception Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park .
6:00pm – 8:00pm--Bismarck-Mandan Welcome Dinner Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park . --Join Mike Jensen from North Dakota Tourism and the Staff at Bismarck-Mandan CVB as they officially welcome the 62nd meeting of the Association of Great Lakes Outdoors Writers .
8:30pm - Midnight--Hospitality Room-- LaCrosse , Wisconsin will be the site of the 2019 AGLOW Conference and Jeremiah Burish and A . J . Frels from LaCrosse County CVB would like to open the hospitality room season with a big Badger State Welcome !
Tuesday , September 11
6:30am – 8:00am--National Wildlife Federation Newsmaker Breakfast .
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