The
2010 Annual General Meeting of the Academy will be held in Queenstown, New Zealand from 1 - 5 September.
In
view of the strong sponsorship support for the 2009 Vancouver meeting, and the
high level of satisfaction expressed by those who provided that support, the
Executive Committee has decided to once again offer sponsorship opportunities
for Queenstown in order to help make the meeting a memorable one and to keep it
as affordable as possible.
The
sponsorship opportunities for Queenstown (all of which include appropriate
recognition in all conference materials and in the course of the meeting, and
the opportunity to distribute promotional material to delegates) include:-
| |
USD |
Principal sponsorship of the
meeting
|
Taken |
Welcome Reception
|
Taken |
Conference Handbook (including
educational program papers)
|
$ 3,500 |
Delegate gifts
|
Taken |
| Educational Program |
|
Thursday
|
Taken |
Friday
|
$ 1,750 |
| Audrey Ducroux Memorial Lecture
(open to Fellows and Guests) |
$ 2,000 |
| Coffee breaks for Educational
Program |
|
| Thursday |
Taken |
| Friday |
$ 750
|
Happy Hour
|
|
Thursday
|
$ 1,750
|
Friday
|
$ 1,750
|
Both Days
|
$ 3,000
|
The President's Dinner
|
$ 5,000
|
| Entertainment for President's
Dinner |
$ 1,750
|
| Wine tasting, President's
Dinner |
Taken
|
The Happy Hour will be held from 6.00pm to 7.00pm
on Thursday and Friday to enable Fellows and their guests to meet over a drink
before proceeding with their social arrangements for those evenings when no
formal activities are planned. The
President's Dinner will be preceded by a wine tasting from a number of leading
wineries from the Central Otago (New Zealand's premier wine producing region).
The Audrey Ducroux Memorial Lecture this year will be delivered by Dame
Silvia Cartwright, former Governor-General of New Zealand and current Head of
the Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal.
Principal sponsorship of the meeting, as well as sponsorship for the Welcome Reception (which features a trip on the
historic lake steamer TSS Earnslaw to
Walter Peak Station with farming demonstrations and dinner
at the Colonel's homestead) and gifts to delegates have already been taken, but
other opportunities are still available.
The sponsorship opportunities are flexible. Any proposals for sponsorship, at different
rates or in other forms, or in any combination - or in concert with other Fellows
- are welcome.
Even if you are not able to come to Queenstown, you may still see
benefit in being recognised and having a presence through one of the sponsorship
opportunities.
I would be grateful if you could let me know by 30 June whether you
are willing to contribute in this way.
Any support which you are able to provide would be much
appreciated.
With warmest regards,
Ian Kennedy AM
President