To Lead
I’m impressed. It all began with leaving NAITSA in a rental, picking up the other execs and then traveling down to Hotel Alma in Calgary. Hotel Alma is located on the UofC campus. Their brand new hotel on res is pretty impressive I must admit. They even have small plastic keys, which were pretty neat. Hotel Alma was the headquarters for the 56 student leaders and 20 school represented. There was a mix of Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC, Ontario and even NS schools, colleges, and universities alike being represented and it was quite inspiring to be around some of the leaders of tomorrow; some of the people who are going to change the world, now that’s a good feeling. Below is a picture of the welcoming committee and my self.
Gallivan had a huge part in organizing and fund-raising this event, as well as U of C, SAIT, and Conestoga College. Together they delivered. Gallivan was there to meet us as we arrived with employees and also one of the founders, John Gallivan and that really sent me a message. They actually care. Not only with warm smiles and great service but we were all each given great leather notebook carrying cases which must have cost at least $80.
From there we were treated like royalty with welcoming beverages, maps of the city, free transit passes and cool bracelets.
Food
Here is an area, which in my opinion, could not have been better. We had sushi, roast beef, scrumptious potatoes, cool finger foods and complimentary drink tickets for each meal. The food was great and had a nice differential touch (again the sushi).
Fed breakfast, lunch and dinner, I don’t think there was a single meal that was sub-par. Except maybe the watery looking scrambled eggs the last morning lol. Below is a picture of what our table placements for our sessions looked like. Sorry I never thought of taking a picture of the food:(
