THE EXPLORERS CLUB ANNUAL DINNER WEEKEND 2004

Schedule of Events

 


Thursday, March 18, 2004 (at The Explorers Club, 46 East 70th Street, New York City)

 

6:30PM-10:00PM      Chapter Chairs’ Dinner

(Only for Chapter Chairs & Guests; Board and Officers / RSVP required)

 

6:30PM            Cocktails (Trophy Room)

                                                7:30PM            Dinner (Clark Room)

 


Friday, March 19, 2004 (at The Explorers Club)

 

9:30AM-2:30PM       Chapter Chairs’ Meeting (For Chapter Chairs only; Board & Officers welcome) - Chapter Chairs to refer to detailed agenda

 

5:00PM-6:00PM        New Members’ Reception (For new Members only / RSVP required)

 

5:00PM            Welcome by President Richard C. Wiese & V.P. of Membership Julie Chase (Clark Room, 2nd Floor)

5:30PM            Club Tours with Communications Director Jeff Stolzer and Curator of Research Collections Clare Flemming

(meet at Polar Bear)

 

6:00PM-8:00PM        Members Only Mixer (For Members only / RSVP required)

 

6:00PM            Drinks Party (2nd Floor & Trophy Room)

8:00PM            Club closes in preparation for ECAD

 


Saturday, March 20, 2004

 

10:00AM-12:00PM   Board of Directors Meeting (For Directors & Officers only)

(at The Explorers Club)

 

5:00PM-1:00AM       EXPLORERS CLUB 100TH ANNUAL DINNER (Tickets required)

(at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, Park Avenue at 50th Street, New York City)

 

  5:00PM          Cocktail Receptions:

o       Exhibits and Exotics (Jade & Basildon Rooms)

o       Silent Auction (East Foyer)

o       Patron Reception (Astor Salon)

o       Platinum Reception (Starlight Room)

  7:00PM          Dinner and Program (Grand Ballroom)

11:00PM          Post-ECAD Party (Jade & Basildon Rooms)


Sunday, March 21st, 2004

(at The Explorers Club, 46 East 70th Street)

 

  9:30AM-5:30PM     OPEN HOUSE

 

  9:30AM-10:30AM     Full Breakfast (2nd Floor)

 

 


10:30AM-12:00PM     Annual Meeting for Members Only (Clark Room)

 

Board of Directors Meeting immediately after Annual Meeting (Board Room)

 

 


12:00PM-2:00PM        Light Lunch (2nd Floor)

 

 


12:00PM-5:00PM        Gift Item Sale (Members Lounge)

 

 


Book Sale, hosted by Library & Archives Committee (Trophy Room)

 


                                    Library & Archives: Open House (5th Floor), hosted by Curator of Research Collections Clare Flemming & Library & Archives Committee Chair, Ross MacPhee (FR’03)

 


                                    Oral History Interviews of Members (sign-up at Reception during the weekend) - Become a part of club history through one-on-one 30 minute taped interviews.

 


1:00PM-4:30PM          Afternoon Lecture Program (Clark Room)

(as of February 26 – subject to adjustment)

 

Round-table discussion: Dr. Don Walsh, HON ‘61

 

Followed by a series of lectures - topics ranging from flying in hurricanes to Montana’s wilderness caves:

o       Martha Watkins Gilkes, FI ‘99

Taking a Flight on the Wild Side: Flying into the Eye of Hurricane Fabian

o       Dr. Kenneth John Lacovara FN '03

The Last of the Titans: Giant sauropod dinosaurs from southern Patagonia

o       James M. Chester, FN ‘00

The Secrets of Montana’s Wilderness Alpine Caves

o       James Laatsch, SM ‘03

Clues from the Ice: Antarctica and the Study of Earth as a Planet

o       Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, FN ‘94

X Prize: A New Generation of Private Spaceships

o       Kenneth L. Zerbst, FN ‘98

Ultima Thule:  Historic Discovery of a New Northernmost Point of Land and Climbing the World’s Northernmost Mountain

                                   

5:30PM                        Club Closes promptly

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