2008 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CELEBRITY PHOTOS

Rudy & Beth with our new International Vice President, Sylvester Neal
Ted with Sylvester

Beth & Rudy (Rudy is actually laughing for once!)



Lori & Tom at the PNW Dinner
Lori Says: "We are delighted to be in Orlando, the rain is warm and the hearts are too."

Charlie & Nancy

Charlie says: "Hurricane reef is really Florida's rot gut ale."

THE PARADE AT OPENING FESTIVITIES

The opening festivities included a parade of all the nations represented by Kiwanis around the globe.

MAX KLAMM

I'm Max here in Orlando ejoying the Kiwanis International Convention. Max and I were in the same seminar this afternoon, he's from Kansas City.

CHECK HERE FOR THE VOTING RESULTS

Sylvester Neal made it to the final round of voting we'll see if he won, I'm guessing tommorrow morning. Here are the results of this years Convention Ballot:

PRESIDENTIAL POSTITIONS

International President: Don Canaday

International President Elect: Paul Palazzolo

International Vice President: Sylvester Neal

From the Auburn Club in our own Pacific Northwest Division

NEWLY ELECTED INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEES ARE:

Ed Hutchison

James Jennings

Gary Warner

Robert Rieviere

BY LAW CHANGES AND RESOLUTIONS THAT PASSED:

1. There will be a two year option for club officers.

2. There will be a two year term option for lieutenant governor.

3. There will be an electronic balloting for club elections.

4. There will be improved efficiency of election of international trusstees, since they will be voted on by the International Board.

5. The use of the Kiwanis Brand & Logo will continue to be restricted, in other words use by permission only.

VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JORGE GARCIA

Jorge when asked about growth potential noted that South America has 400,000 thousand inhabitants but only 2,000 Kiwanians.

SYLVESTER NEAL UP FIRST

The first candidate for vice president to speak was Sylvester Neal.

WHAT IS THIS?

They had blimp flying around.

CLOSEUP OF THE OPENING CEREMONIES

Part of the opening ceremony included a parade with marching band and dignitaries from around the world, including Austria (Ted's comment....."Who cares.") Ted was inclined to jump up and get out his orange vest to help with traffic control...hey there are 10,000 or so folks here.

FLORIDA WILDLIFE NEWS

Just in case you were wondering, this is not the Geico Geko, rather it is some of the awesome wildlife we are encountering on our trip. This one jumped out and bit Ted in a place that I won't mention.

WEATHER REPORT

In case you were wondering about the weather down here......yes Ted and I flew about as far as you can in the lower 48 only to find this fine Florida weather. We hope you're all enjoying the weather back home! (No sower grapes here.)

WARM UP ENTERTAINMENT

Ok check out the band! This was the warm up entertainment.

OPENING SESSION FOR THE 2008 NATIONAL CONVENTION

Greetings and salutations fellow Kiwanians of the Kiwanis Club of Puyallup!!! This is a photo of what Ted Maloney and I are seeing at the opening session of the 2008 National Convention. Thanks for allowing us to represent you. Please log into this blog for ongoing updates of the Convention this year. We will post pictures of lots of folks you know and some you'll want to meet. Ted brought his cool camera so the quality of pictures can only go up. See you all next Thursday at the meeting.

Rudy:)