Note to
our delegates:
If you want to stay at our convention hotel, the Old Mill Inn, you must
reserve your room directly with the hotel not later than February 28, 2010
to be assured of accommodation at the special AVSC rate. Don't delay.
Rooms may also be hard to obtain after that date as any unreserved rooms in
our block will be made available to others wishing to stay at the hotel.
Also, if your Convention
registration is postmarked on or before February 28, 2010, you will pay a
lower registration fee. Registrations will still be accepted until April
30, 2010.
It's that time again when we
make our plans to attend the annual AVSC Convention and Show. All AVSC
members are welcome to attend. Advance registration is necessary. African
violet enthusiasts who are not yet members of AVSC but who are interested in
attending are urged to join AVSC (See the
"Join AVSC"
page.) and then register for your first Convention with your fellow violet
lovers.
In addition, members of the
public are invited to visit our show on the Centre Square of Sherway
Gardens, 25 The West Mall, Toronto, Ontario. The show is open to visitors on
Saturday May 1 and Sunday, May 2, 2010, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. See our
Coming Events page for the details
as the show draws nearer.
All the information you need
is here. Just click on the links above to obtain the item or read through
the paragraphs below if you need a little explanation first. You will need Adobe
Reader to view our Convention documents. If you do not have it, please
click here to
download Adobe Reader.
If you want to learn a
little more about our Conventions and Shows, please read our
Convention 2005 pages,
our
Convention 2006 pages and our
Convention 2007 pages. You can also view lists of winning plants and even see some photos of the them.
Invitation from our Host
Every AVSC Convention and
Show is hosted by one of our local affiliates across Canada. This year it is
the Lakeshore African Violet Society of Toronto who will be entertaining us and doing the "work". Please read the
Invitation by their Convention Chair, Doris Brownlie to learn
more.
Schedule of Events
Convention activities cover
several days. You should read this document in order to be sure of which
activities you want to participate in and when they are scheduled.
Show Schedule
Every African violet show
has a schedule and rules which are the "law" of the show. It explains to
our exhibitors which plants they can plan on showing and in which classes.
It also covers special exhibits, commercial exhibits, and design with
African violets. Read this to learn more about the show that you will see
and perhaps even enter plants in if
you attend.
Call for Judges
This one concerns members
who are AVSA Judges and who plan to attend the Convention. The Judges Chair
is looking for you to help judge the show. Please read this and contact him
if you are interested. Members who are not judges are welcome to apply to be
judges' clerks.
Registration Form
Now we get down to business.
Everyone who attends this Convention must register. Here is the form for
doing so. There is an "early bird" registration rate for those who mail
their registrations by February 28, 2010. Sorry, on-line registration is not
available.
Hotel Reservation
Form
Naturally, most of us will
want to stay at the famous Old Mill Inn and Spa where the Convention
accommodations, meetings, dinners and other functions will be located.
Please use this convenient form to make your arrangements with the hotel or
contact them at the phone numbers provided. A special AVSC rate applies to
reservations received by February 28, 2010. Members who regularly attend our
Conventions, please note the date which is a bit earlier than usual.
AVSA Judging School
For those Convention
delegates who qualify and wish to become AVSA Judges or who wish to renew
their credentials, there will be an AVSA Judging School held at the
Convention. If you are interested, please read the
AVSA Judging School file and submit your
application to the Convention Treasurer. The Judging School chair person
will contact you with further details.
Article from Chatter
Members of AVSC were able to
read this article about the coming Convention in their AVSC magazine, Chatter
-- where they will be staying, the flower show, and other things
they can do while in Toronto. Non-members may also be interested in reading
it.
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