AVA Convention – Sacramento, CA
June 2007

By Phil Hait – Northeast Region Director

National elections for the AVA were held with 234 clubs voting either by being in attendance or having a proxy. The following were elected:


Additionally of the 10 Regional Directors elected, 5 new faces will be joining the Executive Committee.

The AVA will be sponsoring a booth at the AARP Convention in Boston, MA this September 6 – 8. John McClellan, the Vice President for the Walk ‘n Mass Volkssport Club has agreed to be the AVA point of contact. John will be needing volunteers to help out at the booth to explain our sport to the conventioneers. Please don’t let this opportunity to have fun and meet people from all over the country to pass you by.
John can be reached at: j.mcclellan@neu.edu
Please let him know when you will be available for a two hour shift.

Attached are a couple of photo’s from the Northeast Region booth in Sacramento. The booth was initially sponsored by Walk ‘n Mass, but subsequently received contributions from the West Point, Empire State & Southern Maine clubs. We then procured brochures from other clubs in the region and tourist info as well. Quite a number of region volunteers helped out staffing the booth during the three days it was open. A big thank you from the new “NERD”. We had a great time meeting walkers that came by for information. Many had visited the region previously but wanted to come back again to sample our unique hospitality and terrific scenery. We take for granted much of what we have that others don’t! The West Point Club brought a t-shirt & hat to be raffled off. Ginny Drumm from Cincinnati won the prize. The gummy lobsters from Maine were a delicious treat. Thanks SMVC.

Meritorious Service Awards were announced for the following in the Northeast Region:

Certificate of Service Awards were announced for the following: Congratulations & thanks to all. In the Publicity category: Future conventions: This is a request from the California Convention Committee!
Just when you thought you were done with those slackers in California, we’ve created some web pages that you might want to take a look at www.2007AVAConvention.org The 2007 AVA Convention Committee would like to thank all those who attended the Convention and others who helped support our efforts. It was great seeing you all here in Sacramento and we thank you for bringing us moderate weather for the week – it’s hot now.

Miscellaneous Convention tidbits: