District Conference 2023
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This District Conference is a collaboration between District 6400 and 6380. Don’t miss District Conference 2023 at the beautiful Caesars Windsor!
Club HUB 6400 – Fillable registration
Many thanks to our sponsors!
Things to sign up for:
Tentative Conference Schedule:
| District 6380/6400 | |||
| Imagine the Collaboration District Conference | |||
| May 5 – 7, 2023 Caesar’s Windsor Hotel and Casino | |||
| Friday May 5, 2023 | |||
| Time | Task/Event | Located | |
| 10 am – Noon | Water Walk demonstration | Detroit Riverfront | |
| 11 am -2 pm | Tours (Wolfhead, Hiram Walker, Rumrunners) OPTIONAL TICKETED EVENT | TBD | |
| 10 am – 6 pm | Ambassadors on Duty | Meet at Jovis | |
| 10am -6 pm | Registration | Hotel Lobby | |
| 3- 9 pm | Club Hub open | corridors outside Augustus | |
| 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM | Meet & Mingle | Pre function outside of Augustus/Club Hub | |
| 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM | Presidents/Presidents Elect/AG’s Reception | Verenis | |
| 6:00 PM | Doors to Banquet hall open | ||
| 6:15 PM | Procession of Dignitaries (PDGs and RI) | ||
| Club president introduction (stand) | |||
| National Anthems (stand) | |||
| 6:30 PM | Indigenous Land acknowledgement | Augustus | |
| 6:40 PM | Inspirational Moment/Indigenous Reflection | Augustus | |
| 6:45 PM | Welcome from the Mayor of Windsor | Augustus | |
| 6:50 PM | Introduction of Conference Chairs | Augustus | |
| 6:55:00 PM – 8:00 pm | Dinner | Augustus | |
| 8:00 PM | Formal Welcome | Augustus | |
| 8:05 PM | Introduction of President/President’s Rep – Alberto Cecchini. Italy | Augustus | |
| 8:00- 8:20pm | President and President’s Rep Welcome Remarks | Augustus | |
| 8:25 -8:35pm | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 8:37 PM | Introduction of Keynote | Augustus | |
| 8:38- 9:10:00 PM | Key Note Speaker | Augustus | |
| 9:10 PM | Housekeeping | Augustus | |
| 9:10 – 11:00 pm | Club Hub and hospitality room – with Cinco de Mayo theme | Outside Augusta 1/Verenis | |
| Saturday May 6, 2023 | |||
| Time | Task/Event | Located | |
| 7:15 AM-8:30 AM | Breakfast | Augustus | |
| 8:35 AM | Emcee welcomes Rotarians, shout out to | Augustus | |
| first timers, guests and our Youth Exchange/Rotaractors | Augustus | ||
| 8:40 AM | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 8:50 AM | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 9:00 AM | Introduction of Mitty Chang | Augustus | |
| 9:00AM -9:30 AM | Key Note Speaker | Augustus | |
| 9:30 AM | DisCon 2024- Dist. 6400 | Augustus | |
| DisCon 2024- Dist. 6380 | Augustus | ||
| 9:40 AM | Break | Outside Augustus 1 | |
| 10:15 am- 10:25 | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 10:25 – 10:35 | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 10:35 AM | introduction of Kirk Langford | ||
| 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM | Keynote Speaker | Augustus | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 am | Introduction and Remarks – President’s Rep | Augustus | |
| 11:45AM – 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch | Augustus 2 | |
| 1:30pm -3:00PM | Awards -districts will be in separate rooms | Augustus 1, 2 or 3 | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00PM | Major Donor Reception | Veneris | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00PM | General Reception | Outside Augustus | |
| 6:10 PM | Toasts | ||
| 6:15 PM | Inspirational Moment | ||
| 6:15 PM | Sponsor Acknowledgements | ||
| 6:20 PM -7:45 PM | Dinner | ||
| 7:50 PM | Introduction of RIP | ||
| 7:50:00 pM – 8:20 pm | RI President Remarks | ||
| 8:20:00 pm – 8:40 pm | Arch Klumpf Society Ceremony | ||
| 8:40- 10:00 pm | Gala | ||
| Sunday May 7, 2023 | |||
| Time | Task/Event | Located | |
| 7:15 AM-8:30 AM | Breakfast | Augustus | |
| 8:30 AM | Remembrance Ceremony | Augustus | |
| 8:45 -8:55 am | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 8:55 – 9:05 am | Spotlight 2 clubs | Augustus | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Introduction of Mitch Albom | Augustus | |
| 9:05 – 9:45 a.m. | Keynote | Augustus | |
| 9:50 AM | President’s Rep Closing Remarks | Augustus | |
| 10:05 AM | Introduction of President Jennifer Jones | Augustus | |
| 10:05 – 10:20 am | RIP Closing Remarks | Augustus | |
| 10:20 – 10:30 am | Closing Remarks/Thank you to Caesars, Conference Chairs, Committee, | Augustus | |
| 10:30 AM | Closing Song – Imagine | Augustus | |
Here are some of the inspirational speakers we will have at our conference:
Mitch Album
Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers – including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022 – award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. After bestselling memoir Finding Chika and “Human Touch,” the weekly serial written and published online in real-time to raise funds for pandemic relief, his latest work is a return to fiction with New York Times bestseller The Stranger in the Lifeboat (Harper, November 2021). In 2006, he founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit, whose operations include a dessert shop and popcorn line to fund programs for Detroit’s most underserved citizens. He also operates an orphanage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan. Learn more at www.mitchalbom.com, www.saydetroit.org, and www.havefaithaiti.org.
Kirk Langford
Kirk Langford has been involved with Rotary for many years—all thanks to Rotary Youth Exchange! His Rotary journey began as an exchange student to Brazil way back in 2005-2006, then as an Interactor, Rotaractor, RYLA participant, Rotex member, and finally, a Rotarian since 2016! He currently serves as the Public Image and Social Media Chair and Rotary Youth Exchange Outbound Coordinator for District 6330. Youth Exchange is Kirk’s passion within Rotary, especially when it comes to Outbound student training. Watching the students go from shy and insecure to confident and curious—and that’s before they even go on exchange!—is such a rewarding, inspiring thing to see. He’s excited to share his ideas and thoughts on Youth Exchange with you!
Tom Gump
Thomas A. Gump
Aide to Rotary International President 2024-2025
Tom Gump is a member of Rotary International’s Membership Growth Committee (2022-25) and former Rotary Coordinator. He passionate about growing Rotary Membership through forming new and creative Rotary, Rotaract and satellite clubs. He founded, co-founded, helped form and/or inspired dozens of new and creative clubs around the world. Tom also formed a Rotary Community Corps for Refugees, which serves hundreds of refugees in Minnesota.
Tom is also one of only 1,000 Rotarians in the world to be named to The Membership Society for New Member Sponsors for bringing in more than 50 active members into his club, which puts him at the Gold Level of the Society. He was the winner of 2021 “Zones 28 and 32 Individual Membership Innovation Award,” for promoting new cause-based clubs throughout the world. Tom now inspires others around the world to form new and innovative Rotary clubs. He speaks regularly on the topic of membership at Rotary club, district, multi-district, zone and international events. He has spoken at the 2022 Rotary International Assembly and is scheduled to speak at the 2023 Rotary International Assembly. For the past few years, he has led and been a panelist on breakout session panels at Rotary International Conventions. He also led a panel at 2022 Presidential Rotary Preconvention Conference: Serve to Bring Peace. He is on the Presidents-elect Training Seminars Alliance’s list of “Popular Speakers” and serves on the organization’s Advisory Committee. Tom has also served an International Assembly Training Leader and the General Chair of the 2022 Rotary Zones 25B and 29 Institute. He has served in various promotion roles for Rotary including as Zone Promotion Coordinator for the Toronto and Honolulu Conventions and for Rotary’s Rose Bowl Parade Float.