Pack List for Grand Session
Schedule Overview
Wednesday Ritual team practice (evening)
Thursday Competitions (day), Formal Opening (evening)
Friday Business Meetings (day), Awards Presentation (evening)
Saturday Installation Practices (morning), Grand Bethel Installation (afternoon),
Grand Installation (evening)
Packing List:
Note! If you can’t carry your clothes into the hotel in one trip – you packed too much!
1+ Formal Dresses (we’ll have 4 ceremonies on 3 days) PLUS appropriate undergarments
1 Look-a-like shirt & coordinating skirt (to be worn Friday)
2 Casual outfits (to be worn Thursday/Saturday)
2+ Shoes to go with above outfits
1 Pair of pajamas
1 Swimsuit & flip flops
1 Toiletry Kit – to include toothbrush/toothpaste, shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, hair
products, vitamins, any medications needed, and feminine products.
3+ Underwear/bras (one set must be white or nude)
1 Robe (in a carrying case) PLUS headband, shoes, long white slip, and hosiery
1 Pen & Paper for notes, Line Officers should bring bylaws
$ Money for purchase of selling table items and one lunch
? Jobie jewelry, e.g. charm bracelets, pins, sashes, tiaras, medallions
? Earplugs or eye-mask (if you desire)
Do NOT Bring:
· Skirts or shorts that are shorter than 3” above your knee.
· Any clothing with rips, tears, or holes in it.
· Shirts with inappropriate sayings on them.
· Reading material that is inappropriate for the younger members of our family.
· Valuables or expensive electronics.
· Linens – these are provided by the hotel, including towels and pillows
NOTE!
If You Bring a cell phone or an Ipod (or other electronic music device)…
You may be asked to surrender it to the Guardian or Associate Guardian at their discretion. If you bring a cell phone, please bring it knowing that you should only be contacting your parents during your time at Grand Session.
Reminder: YPP Bridge Training at Grand Session
Most of you have completed the YPP Bridge Training offered by the GGC to turn your previous Oregon training certification into an IOJD YPP training certification. For those of you who have completed the full training or the Bridge training, please remember that to be certified you also need to mail your background-check form and cash to International.
If you are serving on the Council for 2008-2009 and you have taken the training - please mail in your form ASAP. It would be nice to be able to brag that our whole Council is certified in time for our Bethel Council Installation on June 30th. (Also, if we all mail them this month we will be on approximately the same renewal schedule. Bonus!)
For those of you who took the Oregon training previously, a second Bridge Training will be offered at Grand Session. This is your LAST opportunity to complete the Bridge training instead of taking the full JDI 6 - 8 hour course. The class will be offered Saturday morning of Grand Session. Details will be included in the Grand Session schedule. Please let the Guardian know ASAP if you intend to take the Bridge training at Grand Session so we can be sure to get you signed up!
The YPP (Youth Protection Program) training is required for all adults who intend to serve on the Bethel Guardian Council, Grand Officers and Grand committee members, and chaperones who volunteer to supervise children other than their own at Job's Daughters events. It's also just great knowledge to have about our Order and working well with teenagers
2008 Proposed Bylaw Amendments Online
The 2008 Proposed Bylaw Amendments have been posted to the website. There is currently 1 very large file... 3.6 MB and 105 pages! I have broken the file up into the separate amendments, except the amendments which went to the Grand Bethel. Mr. Emmons has posted the individual amendments to the ORIOJD website to allow anyone to download the entire packet or to only download those amendments which may be of specific interest. (http://www.oriojd.org/08PAmend.html)
Kris A., Grand Secretary
Attention Grand Bethel Officers & New Box Delegates
From the Grand Bethel Guardian:
Grand Bethel Daughters for 07-08 please bring back your folders or your Bethel will be charged $5.00 for it [and the Bethel will deduct it from your account]. Make sure that you give it to someone on the GB committee and make sure they write your Bethel # down.
Secondly, all daughters had at least one state that they should have been writing to this past year. You each will be asked to give a report on that state during the Grand Bethel meeting. Please bring a written copy of your report to turn in to the Grand Bethel Recorder.
Those daughters that have been elected as delegates for this coming year should bring $40.00 for dress material. You can purchase the material at Grand Session. There will be some patterns for sale also.
The Vice Grand Bethel Guardian has requested that no NEW tattoos or body piercings be done before Grand Session. Remember the jewelry to be worn does not include earrings. [Guardian's note: Don't embarrass your Bethel by doing anything silly. Save your piercings for after session, don't ever get a tattoo, and please, please, please do not change your hair color between now and June 26th. Purple may be the official Jobie color but it doesn't look good on your head. Thank you.]
We'll be seeing all of you at Grand Session,
Mrs. Greenlee, Grand Bethel Guardian '07-'08
Vice Grand Bethel Guardian Announcement from GG
This is to inform you that Mary Kay P., PGG has been appointed as VGBG for
the remainder of the 2007-2008 Grand Guardian Council Year. Need to get in touch
with her, please call: [Number available from Sarah N.] Effective 4/11/08
Donna Jean McManamon,
Grand Guardian
[Note from Sarah N. - Due to Mary Kay P. stepping into the VGBG role, she has stepped down as Chairperson of the Jurisprudence Committee. The new Jurisprudence Chairperson is Lois Ann S.]
Letter from the GG - Adult Training at GBW
To all Oregon Job's Daughter Adults:
We all realize that Oregon has had the opportunity to have Dr. Henderson and Mr. Aanderud as a team to train most of us in Youth Protection in Oregon. We also realized, from the beginning, that this was only in Oregon and that we would have to "Bridge the Gap" from Oregon to Supreme when the time came. That time is now.
I have rented a large conference room at the Comfort Inn in Cottage Grove, where I am staying, and am assured that this will be suitable for the morning training from 9 AM until noon for all adults who have not yet had the opportunity for the initial youth protection training. This training is required for all adults who serve on Executive and Associate Bethel Guardian Councils, as well as all Grand Guardian Council committee members and officers by March of 2009.
Following the morning training, it is anticipated that everyone will come to the Cottage Grove Masonic Hall and have lunch to support those raising money for their group's project. All adults who were trained in the morning, along with those adults who have already received Part 1 of the Oregon Youth Protection class, will stay in the dining room following lunch to receive Part 2 of training at 1 PM, "Bridging to Supreme" with Dr. Henderson and those coming from Supreme to share their expertise with us. This will make for a smooth transition to the new Supreme mandate for Certified Adult Volunteer training.
Dr. Henderson assures me that this section of the training will only take TWO hours and will be finished by 3 PM allowing time for everyone to meet with the Vice Grand Guardian and Vice Associate Grand Guardian, allowing them to present their programs for next year. Mrs. Zimmerman and Mr. Barclay will welcome questions and discussion, as well as share who their next year's officers are. I believe a 5 or 10 minute break between the two sessions should be sufficient and the two plus hours before dinner can be spent involved in the planning for the smooth transition from one year to the next with the help of all present.
The one small interruption will be when Mr. "Ooh Rah" Killion and I have the pleasure of presenting the newly elected Grand Bethel Honored Queen. Then we will return to the Grand Bethel Room to complete the business of the day. We look forward to visiting at dinner time and the festivities that will happen later in the evening.
I apologize and regret that some of us will not be able to partake in the training at this time due to our commitment with the girls. I believe there will be another opportunity for us to take Part 2 "Bridge" training before our Grand Session in June.
Thank all of you for being flexible when push came to shove. It is hard to see how everything will come together (like a puzzle), but with your love and understanding that our main concern is the welfare of our daughters, we will succeed in making it work.
Donna Jean McManamon
Grand Guardian
Supreme Team Tryouts Form
www.oregonjdi.com
Rememberance Ceremony - Next Tuesday
Plans for the evening are as follows:
6:15 - Dinner is served. Mr. Gatton can secure tickets for us gratis, but he will need a firm headcount.
7:30 - Program begins (time will be allocated after dinner for the girls to change)
The program should conclude by around 8:15, so it should not be a late night. Please email Sarah N. if you are able to attend so that she can confirm the headcount for dinner. Thanks!
Initiation Date Change
We will still have our stated meeting this evening - it will be a regular meeting. We will add the Ceremony of Installation to this evening's schedule and will install the officers who were not installed at our public Installation of Officers (Tiffany and Jeana).
Statewide Initiation will be held March 1st at the Eugene Scottish Rite Center. Those daughters participating in the ceremony (Grand Bethel Officers) are required to be there for a practice at 10 am. For everyone else, the ceremony will begin promptly at 2 pm (please plan to be there by 1:30 to get seated). Following the ceremony, for those who wish to stay, the DJR dance will begin at 7 pm and the Talent Show at 8:30 pm.
If you have questions, please do not hesistate to contact Sarah N. Thanks!
Purple Party Sunday Afternoon
Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) we are meeting at Wilsonville Lanes to have a "Purple Party" at the bowling alley. Please bring as many of your friends as you can! We will meet at the bowling alley at 2 pm, bowl a few games, and then grab some pizza at Izzy's afterwards.
Call Sarah N. on her cell phone if you are in need of a ride to Wilsonville.