SPRING CONFERENCE MARCH 12 & 13, 2010

Sponsored by:

THE COPPER STATE DETACHMENT 906 ● PRESCOTT ARIZONA

LOCATION: WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL ( Was the Prescott Inn)

499 E. Route 69 Phone: 1-928-777-0770 - Toll Free 1-877-515-5118

● Room Rate: $60.00 per night (As always tell them you are from the MCL)

Note: The hotel when acquired by Wyndam Hotels underwent a renovation.

● You will need to make your reservation: No later than 30 days prior to conference.

● Breakfast will be provided for over night guest. A free of charge full breakfast served in the dinning room on Saturday & Sunday. From O6:30 AM to 08:00 AM.

● There will be a flag raising ceremony at 0800, with the Mayor or Vice Mayor welcoming the Marine Corps League to Prescott.

● Overnight guest will be provided with 10% discount tickets for Friday's Dinner as well as Saturday's lunch. No host bar from 1730 to 1900 (5:30 to 7:00 PM) Dinner will be served 1900 (7:00pm).

Entree’s: Chicken Cordon Blue or Choice Sirloin w/ Garden Salad and Desert.

ALL encompassing Conference Dinner cost $33.00 per person.

For those of you who plan on attending Saturday night's dinner, please mail your check, and your choice(s) of entree, and number of people in your party with total amount due to the below address by no later than 5 March, 2010.

MCL Copper State Detachment 906

P. O. Box 1775

Prescott, AZ 86301

● There will be a hospitality room, opening Friday & Saturday afternoon and evening.

Friday: 1500 to 2200 (3PM to 10:00PM)

Saturday: 1300 to 2200 (1pm to 10:00PM)

● The registration desk will be in front of the meeting room.

The Hotel is approximately 15 minutes from "WHISKEY ROW" and The Bashford Courts 14 Specialty Shops, as well as all the Down Town Shopping. Costco and Wal-Mart are just up the hill as well as the Prescott Gateway Indoor Mall.

If you coming through Prescott Valley on Route (69) towards Prescott, you will come to a signal light that will be the entrance to Yavapai Hills on the right and Old Black Canyon Hwy. on the left. Turn left at that signal and then right into the parking lot of the Wyndham Garden Hotel.

Any questions? Please contact:

Commandant Stohr @ (928) 443-7371 or cpstohr@cableone.net

DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA 2009 SPRING STAFF MEETING

MARCH 12-13, 2010

AGENDA

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

Commandant’s Council 1500-1600

Board of Trustees Meeting 1615-1700

Dinner (on your own) ----

Pups/Dogs for Advancement 1830

Growl 1900

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010

Nominating/MOY Committees 0700

Flag Raising/Opening Ceremonies

(Copper State) 0800-0830

General Staff Meeting 0845-1200

Lunch (on your own) 1200 -1330

General Staff Meeting Reconvenes 1330-???

DINNER, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010 (At the hotel)

No host bar 1730 – 1900

Dinner 1900

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. WELCOME COPPER STATE DETACHMENT

2. OPENING CMNDT. WALKER

3. INTRODUCTION OF DIGNITARIES SGT.-AT-ARMS

4. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS/MINUTES OF PREV MEETING/CORRESPONDENCE ADJUTANT REESE
5. REPORT OF PAYMASTER MARINE O’BRIEN

6. REPORT OF ELECTED OFFICERS SW DIVISION VICE CMNDT. PHILLIPS

CMNDT. WALKER

SR. VICE CMNDT. CRUVER

JR. VICE CMNDT. ROMERO

JA SORENSEN
7. REPORTS OF APPOINTED OFFICERS VAVS MARINE CONNELL

LEGISLATIVE MARINE BOHACH

PUBLIC RELATIONS MARINE SAHNO/AM BELLARD

MARINES HELPING MARINES MARINE CRICK

CHAPLAIN HARRIS

SCHOLARSHIP MARINE VOGLER

WEB SGT. MARINE DALTON

LUNCH

REPORTS OF APPOINTED OFFICERS HOMELESS VETERANS MARINE ROY

MARINE FOR LIFE AM BELLARD

QUARTERMASTER AM BELLARD

HISTORIAN/YM MARINE ALGER, JR.

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

9. NEW BUSINESS

BOT DISCUSSIONS CMDNT. WALKER

HASSAYAMPA RIVER NAME CHANGE

10. GOOD OF THE LEAGUE NOM. COMMITTEE MARINE CHEEK

HONOR FLIGHT SUSAN HOWE

CLOSING REMARKS MARINE STOHR
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS STATE CONVENTION MARINE EBRIGHT

12. CLOSING CEREMONIES CMNDT. WALKER

LATEST UPDATE ON JUNE CONVENTION

The banquet meal cost is $34 per person. Choices are chicken, beef or
fish. Attendees must reserve and pay for their dinners when you reserve
your hotel room. The deadline for room reservations is May 3, 2010.
Remember our Group Number is 804347. If you are not staying at the
hotel, you must reserve your meal and pay for it no later than April 30,
2010. Call the Dobson Ranch Inn at 800.528.1356 to reserve rooms and
banquet meals now.

PLEASE RESERVE YOUR ROOMS IN MARCH OR APRIL. DON'T WAIT! Due to the
great room rates we've arranged, we expect rooms to sell out early.

Jim Trupe
Convention Co-Chair
480-217-9356

The 2010 Arizona Marine Corps League Department Convention Dates Announced

James and Marcy Trupe, Co-Chairmen of the Host Saguaro Detachment 554 Convention Committee are pleased to announce the 2010 Arizona Department Convention will be held June 4-6 at the Dobson Ranch Inn, Best Western Hotel and Resort, 1666 South Dobson Road, Mesa, Arizona, 85202, 800-528-1356. The Committee’s primary focus this year is to provide a first rate convention experience at the best price possible, considering the status of our economy. We want to make Convention attendance affordable and enjoyable to everyone.

STANDARD ROOMS: All rooms are non-smoking. Rooms are very large and are furnished with one King or 2 Queen beds, hard-wired Internet, a coffee maker, large TV, frig, iron and ironing board and hair dryer. All rooms were completely remodeled this past summer and feature new carpeting and furnishings. Convention room rates for a Standard room are $50.00 per night. Considering these rooms rent for $130.00 during the busy season, and the normal group rate in summer is $58.00, our $50.00 Convention rate is an extraordinarily good value.

EXECUTIVE SUITES: Executive Suites include a King bed, all the Standard Room amenities and furnishings, and a Queen sized sofa bed. The Convention rate for Executive Suites has been set at $55.00 per night, which is also an exceptional value.

RESERVATION INFORMATION: Refer to Group Number 804347 when making reservations. Room charges as stated do not include a 12% hotel tax. Rates are based on double occupancy. For more than 2 people you will be charged an additional $5.00 fee per person per night. Rooms must be reserved with a guest name and payment guarantee absolutely no later than 5/1/10 to guarantee these exceptional rates. To reserve your room(s) please call 800-528-1356 toll free. Locally, call 480-831-7000.

MEETING AGENDA: Friday, 4 June, 2010: Early hotel check-in has been arranged at 1400. All Friday afternoon meetings are scheduled to be held in the Palo Verde Room. (Please refer to the map below.) We have arranged for speedy dual check-ins in the Main Lobby. You will be able to check into the Hotel and the Convention in the same room within a few minutes and continue on to your meetings.

The Commandant’s Council will convene at 1430
The Board of Trustee’s Meeting convenes at 1630
The Growl is scheduled at 1900; Pups at 1830

Saturday, 5 June, 2010: The General meeting will be conducted from 0800 to 1500 in the Posada III Banquet Center.

Sunday, 6 June, 2010: Officer’s Meeting from 0800 to 0930 in Posada III.

Additionally, the nominating and MOY Committees will meet either Friday or Saturday. Time and place have not been decided as of this report.

LOCATION: The Dobson Ranch Inn is extremely easy to find. Turn south on Dobson Road off Superstition Freeway (60) and take the first right hand turn into the facility. The property actually abuts the freeway.

MEALS: Friday guests will be given a coupon allowing them to dine in the main restaurant and receive a substantial savings off the menu prices. Saturday lunch will be served in the adjoining Posada II banquet Room during a break in the General Meeting.

SATURDAY BANQUET: Guests will have 3 menu selections; Fish, Chicken or beef. The Banquet price has not yet been established, but we are assured the meals will be reasonable and affordable. I have attended banquets previously at the Dobson Ranch inn and found the food and service to be very good.

AREA ATTRACTIONS: The Dobson Ranch Inn is centrally located to four major shopping malls including Fiesta mall, Superstition Springs Mall, Chandler Fashion Square, and Arizona Mills Mall. It’s within a half mile of the Dobson Ranch Golf Course pictured here. Located in Mesa, it’s also easily accessible to Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert and Apache Junction, AZ.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please feel free to call us, at:

480-217-9356 (cell) or 480-219-6906 (residence).

Be sure to check back here often as Convention updates will be posted here first.