President's Message
3/20/2022
The sun is shining, daylight is growing longer and slush is everywhere. Welcome to spring!
The NDPCS board of directors and committee chairs will hold the Spring board meeting on Sunday, April 3, 2022 to prepare for (drumroll please) our Annual convention and meeting. It will take place at the Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND, June 10-12. We are excited to get back to our new normal and greet everyone in person again.
I want to thank Don and RoseAnn Goerger for volunteering to be our convention chairs, and I am sure they would not refuse anyone who wanted to lend a helping hand! They have an exciting agenda planned. The an-nual meeting of membership takes on special significance this year attending to our society’s business after a two-year absence.
Commemoratives have been produced and can actually be picked up in person, thanks to Commemorative Chair Nate Leben. Also, thank you to Richard Berg, Linda Bakken and anyone else who is involved with our member auctions. Special thanks to everyone who has volunteered to make our convention a success.
We have been challenged the past two years as an organization, and the NDPCS board has been discussing our next steps going forward. At the fall board meeting it was decided that our future conventions will be held in Fargo. This will make planning for the convention more efficient and consistent. We can revisit this decision in the future if members can provide locations where meeting space and convention chairs are available.
Remarkably our membership has stayed fairly steady. We also have new members serving on the board and in officer and committee chair positions. Thank you to everyone for your service. We do need to fill the treasurer position ASAP as RoseAnn did not volunteer to serve in infinity!
Please contact me:Michael Kaul 651-587-8070 oaklore @comcast.net
The sun is shining, daylight is growing longer and slush is everywhere. Welcome to spring!
The NDPCS board of directors and committee chairs will hold the Spring board meeting on Sunday, April 3, 2022 to prepare for (drumroll please) our Annual convention and meeting. It will take place at the Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND, June 10-12. We are excited to get back to our new normal and greet everyone in person again.
I want to thank Don and RoseAnn Goerger for volunteering to be our convention chairs, and I am sure they would not refuse anyone who wanted to lend a helping hand! They have an exciting agenda planned. The an-nual meeting of membership takes on special significance this year attending to our society’s business after a two-year absence.
Commemoratives have been produced and can actually be picked up in person, thanks to Commemorative Chair Nate Leben. Also, thank you to Richard Berg, Linda Bakken and anyone else who is involved with our member auctions. Special thanks to everyone who has volunteered to make our convention a success.
We have been challenged the past two years as an organization, and the NDPCS board has been discussing our next steps going forward. At the fall board meeting it was decided that our future conventions will be held in Fargo. This will make planning for the convention more efficient and consistent. We can revisit this decision in the future if members can provide locations where meeting space and convention chairs are available.
Remarkably our membership has stayed fairly steady. We also have new members serving on the board and in officer and committee chair positions. Thank you to everyone for your service. We do need to fill the treasurer position ASAP as RoseAnn did not volunteer to serve in infinity!
Please contact me:Michael Kaul 651-587-8070 oaklore @comcast.net
Please join me in thanking the members of the NDPCS board for their care and concern for everyone during this difficult time. They clearly love this organization and its members and are deeply concerned about its fu-ture. Finally, I need to share a piece of Rosemeade that reminds me of spring and is featured as their logo.
Happy Hunting,Michael Kaul
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Convention Update from Don & Rose Ann Goerger
33rd ANNUAL CONVENTION - FARGO, ND
Lots of stuff going on and all is going ahead of schedule. No major glitches, so it looks like it will be a lot of fun. Just a note: Get those registrations in. We have a block of 60 rooms locked in at $99.00 per night. This block is good until May 9, 2022. Phone number for the Holiday Inn is 701-282-2700 Address: 3803 13th Ave South, Fargo.
Remember, if you have any questions email us atDGOERGER@AOL.COM OR RGOERGER8010@AOL.COM
Phone # 701-238-3896.
Room visitations will be held again as usual, so bring your good stuff.
Last newsletter we sent out our general agenda. There have been no major changes other than we have moved Bill and Linda Bakken to Saturday morning. This will give us and OPENING for other entertainment on Friday evening. As for any other changes, and I’m sure there will be, check our Facebook listings.
THANK YOU ALL,Don & RoseAnn Goerger
2022 Annual NDPCS Convention Tentative Agenda
Holiday Inn
3803 13 Ave S.
Fargo, ND 58103
Friday: June 10, 2022
3:30 - 4:30pm Room Check-in; Hotel Lobby
3:00 - 4:30pm Registration; Commemorative Pickup; Harvest Hall
3:30 - 5:00pm Meet & Greet; Harvest Hall
5:00 - 7:00pm Evening Meal; Open Bar; Harvest Hall
7:30pm TBD; Harvest Hall
8:00pm Room Visitations
Saturday: June 11, 2022
7:30am Board of Directors Meeting
7:30 - 9:30am Registration; Commemorative Pickup; Harvest Hall
9:00 - 10:30am Educational Seminar; Robin Reynolds; Harvest Hall
10:30 - 12:00pm Presentation by Bill & Linda Bakken
12:00 - 1:15pm Auction Setup; Harvest Hall
11:30 - 12:30pm Box Lunch
1:30 - 2:00pm Auction Preview; Harvest Hall
2:15pm Auction; Harvest Hall
5:30pm Banquet; Social & Silent Auction; Harvest Hall
6:30pm Evening Meal
7:00pm Program
9:00pm Room Visitation
Sunday: June 12, 2022
8:30am Coffee; Harvest Hall
8:30am Membership Meeting; Harvest Hall
9:00am NDPCS Annual Meeting; Harvest Hall
11:00am Safe Travels
2022 NDPCS Silent Auction
A Silent Auction will be held during the social hour from 5-6 PM before the banquet Saturday evening.1. Members who have put at least one item in the Saturday afternoon auction may submit one item for the Silent Auc-tion. Item to be registered with the Auction Catalog Chair on the form below.2. There will be a limit of ten items in the Silent Auction. The first 10 items submitted will be accepted.3. Items must meet the same criteria as those in the Saturday afternoon auction. No duplicate items will be accepted.4. The owner may set a reserve which will be kept secret until the end of the auction. Items must have a reserve of at least $100 as bidding will begin at that amount. Bids must be in $10 increments.5. Silent Auction items must be delivered to the banquet room at 4:45 PM for check-in.6. Bidding will begin at 5 PM and close at 6 PM.7. NDPCS members who are registered for the convention may place bids.8. If the reserve is met, the item is sold. If not, the high bidder will be told the reserve and offered the opportunity to meet it. If the item is not sold, the owner may reclaim it at no cost to the owner.9. Winning bids will be announced during the program following dinner.10. The winner will write the check to the NDPCS. 90% of the selling price will be paid to the owner and the NDPCS will retain 10%.
