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Registration is closed. Contact Anita K. Brown for late registration.
Dartmouth Club and Group Officers Weekend 2013 will be held February 8–9. Join us for a fun and eventful weekend designed to help you strengthen your local club or group, network with fellow volunteer officers, and reconnect with campus and your College liaisons.

If you have any questions, please call us at (603) 646-3497. 

And don't forget to bring your skates and mittens for Winter Carnival!

Suzanne Wiley Young ’77
Senior Associate Director, Regional Affairs  		Lisa Chau '06MALS
Assistant Director, Alumni Diversity and Shared Interest Groups

Event Program

Friday, February 8
1–6 pm Registration Opens
 Hanover Inn
1:30–2:30 pm Orientation
For new club and group officers and first-time CAGOW attendees
Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
3–4:30 pm Black Family Visual Arts Center Tours and Talks
Enjoy studio tours and discussions with faculty in the beautiful Black Family Visual Arts Center, which opened in September 2012. Meet in the Center lobby.
Faculty: Mary Flanagan, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities and Louise Hamlin, George Frederick Jewett Professor in Art

Film Screening for CAGOW Volunteers: Passion for Snow
Documentary film produced by Steve Waterhouse '65 and Lisa Densmore '83 showcasing Dartmouth's historic impact on the world of skiing
Hood Museum of Art Auditorium
5–6 pm Address by President Carol L. Folt '78a
 Loew Auditorium , Black Family Visual Arts Center
6:15–7:15 pm Welcome Reception
Kim Gallery, Hood Museum

Dinner on your own
Saturday, February 9
7:30–9 am Registration Continues
Palmer Lounge, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
7:45–8:45 am Breakfast and "Dartmouth for Life" Presentation
Hear from Dan Parish '89, director of a new Dartmouth alumni program designed to provide lifelong connections to Dartmouth through continuing education, travel, career networking and much more.
Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
9–10 am Workshops: Successful Event Planning and Implementation
Hanover Inn
Track I
Marquee Events: Tips on how to plan successful large-scale events
Brewster/Ford Sayre Room
Track II
Small Event, High Impact: How to make a small gathering a big hit
 Hayward Room
10:15–11:15 am Workshops: "Show Me The Money"
Hanover Inn
Track I
Accounting/Taxes: Learn about important best practices
Drake Room
Track II
Resource Building: Attracting new sources of support through fundraising, sponsorships and other tactics
Hayward Room
Track III        
Dues and Membership: A professional fundraiser talks about how to increase participation
Brewster/Ford Sayre Room
11:15–11:30 am Coffee Break
 Lower Level, Hanover Inn
11:30 am–12:30 pm Workshops: Connecting Through Words and Video
Hanover Inn
Track I
Introduction to Social Media and Marketing Strategy
Hayward Room
Track II
Momentum Through Video Magic: Taking your club to the next level
Drake Room
12:45–2 pm Lunch with Club Scholarship Students and Affinity Group Student Leaders
 Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
2:15–3:15 pm Looking Ahead: The Arts at Dartmouth
Remarks by Michael Taylor, director of the Hood Museum, and director of the Hopkins Center Jeffrey James
Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
3:30–5:30 pm District Enrollment Directors Sessions
 Brewster/Ford Sayre Room, Hanover Inn
3:30–4:30 pm Club Roundtables: Inspiring New Leadership and Participation to Lessen Your Load
-Small Clubs, Room 001, Rockefeller Center
-Medium/Large Clubs, Room 003, Rockefeller Center
-Metro Clubs, Room 002, Rockefeller Center
3:30–5:30 pm Affiliated and Shared Interest Group Roundtables
3:30-4:30 pm  Part I/Track I:  Affiliated Group Roundtable, Class of 1930 Room, Rockefeller Center
3:30-4:30 pm  Part I/Track II:  Shared Interest Group Roundtable, Morrison Commons, Rockefeller Center
4:30-5:30 pm  Part II:  Joint Affiliated and Shared Interest Group Meeting, Class of 1930 Room, Rockefeller Center
4:30–5:30 pm Hood Museum Tour and Talk
Introductory tour and discussion by Stephen Gilchrist, curator of Indigenous Australian art, featuring Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art at the Hood Museum of Art. Meet at the entrance to the Hood Museum.
4:45–6 pm Dartmouth Trivial Pursuit Contest
Hosted by the Hill Winds Society
Hayward Room, Hanover Inn
6:30 pm Reception
 Top of the Hop, Hopkins Center
7:15 pm Dinner and Awards Presentation
 Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
10 pm Occom Pond Stroll
Followed by nightcaps at the Canoe Club, Main Street. Meet in Hanover Inn lobby. Cash bar.
Sunday, February 10
9–11 am Club and Group Officers Executive Committee Breakfast Debriefing
 Class of 1930 Room, Rockefeller Center

ALL OTHER VOLUNTEERS:
Sunday morning is an ideal time to meet with other volunteers and explore new ideas and collaboration opportunities. We’ve set aside two rooms in Blunt Alumni Center for you to gather informally. There is no need to reserve a room, unless you have a large group, in which case a call to Anita Brown at (603) 646-3497 is recommended.

Zimmerman Lounge and Conference Room, First Floor, Blunt Alumni Center