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The 2004 National Convention took place in Denver, Colorado.   
[[File:2004DenverGroup.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Group Photo taken after the Fellowship Banquet]]
==Attendees==
*[[Stephanie Liu]] & [[Drew Mayen]] served as [[voting delegates]]
*32 Active and Pledge brothers attended, along with assorted Alumni of Iota Phi.
***Three times as many people went over the last convention.
***Chaired by [[Aaron Lipton]] & [[Nancy Wong]].
==Convention==
*"Service At Its Peak" was the theme
**Somehow the original bids slogan "Join the Mile High Club" didn't stick
*[[Elizabeth Tom]] reelected to National Board of Directors
*Suprisingly, Denver isn't that cold in December.  Or snowy.
[[File:ManMile.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Sweet sweet victory]]*Iota Phi won the [[National Man-mile]]
==Memorable Moments==
*The "Love Train" to Nationals.[[File:2004DenverTrain.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Onboard the train!]]
**Organized by [[Aaron Lipton]] & [[Nancy Wong]], from Emeryville to Denver and back.
***Choose to take Amtrak because it was much cheaper than flying, and it increase attendance.
**Included brothers from [[Alpha Alpha Xi]], [[Zeta Omicron]], [[Rho Pi]], & [[Gamma Beta]].
**Trip lasted over 30 hours either way.
**Not everyone took the train to [[Nationals]], but everyone took it home.
***Outbound trip was in a car with defective air condition, leading to the delegates being cooked.
**To plug in the assorted laptops and charge ipods, [[Rickee Nguyen]] was called ahead to bring a powerstrip when he boarded in Sacramento.
**Squid and gummy bear sandwiches were served on the train.
**The Pepsi Challenge
*[["The Rapist Look"]] was invented by [[Elyson Serrano]].
*Denver lacks any sort of "regional" food.  People went to Sonic Burger a lot.  And delis.
*[[Stephanie Liu]] going berserk when Iota Phi didn't get the "Most Spirited" Award during the banquet.
**It's not a real award.
*I'Phi dropping it like it's hot
**Roll Call.
***[[Alpha Gamma Gamma]]'s roll call was awesome.  Step routinue.
*Booty Scoop notes attached to other chapter's doors, urging them to visit the Chapparal room
**They did visit the Chapparal Room.  We were popular
*Learning that other chapters like country music.  A lot
**Learning that other chapters don't like people chanting "Hip Hop" over their Country music.


There are definitely a few things worth mentioning about that [[National Convention|Nationals]].  First, the chapter started fundraising for the trip about 1 year before during [[Hancock]] Term.  During this term, [[Aaron Lipton]] was [[Fundraising Chair]]. The next term, [[Toy class|Toy term]], [[Marissa Kubo]] and [[Alice Cheng]] were the [[Treasurers]] and they coordinated the chapter's efforts in raising money for the trip.  After that, [[Nancy Wong]] and [[Stephanie Lee]] were the [[Treasurers]] of [[West class|West term]] and they, too, were instrumental in fundraising efforts. Finally, [[Aaron Lipton]] and [[Nancy Wong]] were the main planners of Iota Phi's trip itinerary and living arrangements there.  
==Planning the Trip==
*First nationals where trip was planned and promoted anyone could remember
**Planning was started [[F2k3|Hancock term]] by [[Aaron Lipton]], [[Fundraising Chair]] at that time.
**Fundraising for the [[Leadership Development Fund]] was continued by treasurers [[Alice Cheng]], [[Marissa Kubo]], [[Nancy Wong]], & [[Stephanie Lee]].
*Brothers who attended had their hotel room, basic convention registration, and train trip home covered by the [[LDF]] fund. That meant that if a brother took the train to Denver, the cost for the entire trip was less than $100 plus food and shopping.
*Attempted to coordinate planning with Section 4, but they didn't play.


The conference took place at the Adams Mark Hotel in Denver, and we rented 6 rooms to stay in.  We decided that the it'd be the most price efficient for everyone to take the train from California to Denver. 
[[Category: Leadership Events]]
 
Leaving on Christmas Day 2004, many of us took the train out of Emeryville and Sacramento.  Some people from Gamma Beta and one member from Zeta Omicron joined our ride.  The train ride took about 33 or so hours to get from California to Denver, and we entertained ourselves on the ride by eating, sleeping, reading, knitting, chatting, playing card games or other games, watching movies and playing computer games.  One memorable thing is definitely the fact that there was only one outlet to be found on our cart, and us calling ahead to Sacramento for [[Rickee Nguyen]] to bring a power strip so we can plug in more computers.  Sadly enough, this added to the extreme hotness we felt in the last cart (as some would say, we were being baked alive!)
 
We arrived in Denver on December 26 at about 7pm.  We decided to ride the 16th Street Mall Shuttle to the hotel and drop off our things before we had some REAL food.  People then went to places like Paramount Cafe and Taco Bell to eat. 
 
The next few days were full of things like the Fellowship Banquet, Awards Banquet, Workshops, legislative meetings, meeting people from all over the country who were also in Alpha Phi Omega, buying things from the National Office's store, and exploring Denver. 
 
A highlight of the trip was definitely having 32 of us from [[Iota Phi]] there and having a high attendance count from Region X overall.  We were known as that "big Asian chapter" and we even won the [[National Man-mile]] award! Another highlight was our [[rollcall]] that we did during the Fellowship Banquet...cuz we all know that when IPHI gets its service on we drop it like it's hot!!
 
The train ride back was much longer (more like 37+ hours) and there were delays caused by snow.  We definitely had a few snowball fights though! We celebrated New Years while leaving Salt Lake City, Utah and arrived back in California at about 9:00pm or so.
 
(I'd add more but I'm a little tired..please feel free to revise!)

Latest revision as of 01:21, 26 June 2009

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Group Photo taken after the Fellowship Banquet

Attendees

Convention

  • "Service At Its Peak" was the theme
    • Somehow the original bids slogan "Join the Mile High Club" didn't stick
  • Elizabeth Tom reelected to National Board of Directors
  • Suprisingly, Denver isn't that cold in December. Or snowy.
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Sweet sweet victory

*Iota Phi won the National Man-mile

Memorable Moments

  • The "Love Train" to Nationals.
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    Onboard the train!
    • Organized by Aaron Lipton & Nancy Wong, from Emeryville to Denver and back.
      • Choose to take Amtrak because it was much cheaper than flying, and it increase attendance.
    • Included brothers from Alpha Alpha Xi, Zeta Omicron, Rho Pi, & Gamma Beta.
    • Trip lasted over 30 hours either way.
    • Not everyone took the train to Nationals, but everyone took it home.
      • Outbound trip was in a car with defective air condition, leading to the delegates being cooked.
    • To plug in the assorted laptops and charge ipods, Rickee Nguyen was called ahead to bring a powerstrip when he boarded in Sacramento.
    • Squid and gummy bear sandwiches were served on the train.
    • The Pepsi Challenge
  • "The Rapist Look" was invented by Elyson Serrano.
  • Denver lacks any sort of "regional" food. People went to Sonic Burger a lot. And delis.
  • Stephanie Liu going berserk when Iota Phi didn't get the "Most Spirited" Award during the banquet.
    • It's not a real award.
  • I'Phi dropping it like it's hot
  • Booty Scoop notes attached to other chapter's doors, urging them to visit the Chapparal room
    • They did visit the Chapparal Room. We were popular
  • Learning that other chapters like country music. A lot
    • Learning that other chapters don't like people chanting "Hip Hop" over their Country music.

Planning the Trip

  • First nationals where trip was planned and promoted anyone could remember
  • Brothers who attended had their hotel room, basic convention registration, and train trip home covered by the LDF fund. That meant that if a brother took the train to Denver, the cost for the entire trip was less than $100 plus food and shopping.
  • Attempted to coordinate planning with Section 4, but they didn't play.
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