BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Events PRODID:-//Sitemason, Inc//Sitemason Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US-Central LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://www.sitemason.com/element/chcw62b/id/236524 SUMMARY:AAFN Awards Luncheon DESCRIPTION: Join us for the presentation of our annual Nashville Mosaic Awards\, President'\;s Award\, Silver Medal Award and installation of our new Board of Directors.  The featured speaker will be Butch Spyridon\, president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau.  He will talk about the branding of Music City and why being a diverse city is important in bringing conventions\, meetings and tourists to Nashville.\n ABOUT THE AAF SILVER MEDAL\:\n AAF'\;s Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry'\;s standards\, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. Annually\, AAF member clubs bestow this honor upon outstanding members of the local advertising community.  Last year'\;s winner was Jeffrey Buntin\, Jr.\n ABOUT THE NASHVILLE MOSIAC AWARDS\:\n The Nashville Mosaic Awards recognize diversity achievement of Middle Tennessee companies that have demonstrated workplace and employee diversity\, and multicultural efforts in advertising campaigns\, media usage\, supplier partnerships\, interactive media\, and student diversity.  The awards program addresses the advertising industry’s need to increase the number of corporations that have endorsed the national Mosaic principles and practices\, as well as the issues that hinder improved diversity and multiculturalism.  The awards have been offered nationally since 2001.  In 2010 Nashville became the first advertising market to offer the awards on a local level\, and in 2011 became the first to include a student category.\n ABOUT BUTCH SPYRIDON\:\n A hospitality industry veteran\, Spyridon has led the charge to broaden the image of Nashville as Music City\, beginning the first-ever city-wide branding initiative in 2004. Since that time the CVB has found new and innovative ways to grow its sales and marketing efforts keeping Nashville in the Top 25 performing hotel markets nationwide.\n Butch Spyridon has served as the CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau (NCVB) since 1991. Under his leadership Nashville’s hospitality industry has reached the $4.0 billion mark\, becoming Music City’s second largest industry.\n Spyridon began his career in 1979 at the Mobile Chamber of Commerce as Assistant Manager of the Travel and Convention Department and was later promoted to Manager. From 1985 – 1991\, he served as Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau before moving on to Music City.\n EVENT DETAILS\:\n What\: Nashville Advertising Awards Luncheon\n When\: Thursday\, May 17th • 11am Registration & Networking • 11\:30am Lunch & Program\n Where\: Renaissance Hotel • 611 Commerce Street\n Cost\: $35 for members of AAFN\, Ad2 and past Silver Medalists\; $40 for guests\n RSVP\:  make reservations by May 11th by calling 615-469-4040 or online [https\://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/Shopping/Shopping.aspx?Cart=0&Site=AAF%20Nashville]\n URL;VALUE=URI: GEO:36.1611066;-86.7810184 LOCATION:Renaissance Hotel\, 611 Commerce St.\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203 CLASS:PUBLIC SEQUENCE:4 DTSTAMP:20120507T213344 CREATED;TZID=US-Central:20111109T191754 LAST-MODIFIED;TZID=US-Central:20120507T145158 ORGANIZER;CN=AAFN Office:MAILTO:mark@aafnashville.com DTSTART;TZID=US-Central:20120517T110000 DTEND;TZID=US-Central:20120517T130000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://www.sitemason.com/element/chcw62b/id/236509 SUMMARY:District 7 Leadership Cruise DESCRIPTION: You are invited to join your AAF District 7 Officers and Board Members as they attend a fun Leadership Conference aboard the Carnival Elation! We will board the ship in New Orleans on Thursday\, August 16\, 2012 at noon and will return to port at noon on Monday\, August 20\, 2012.\n Even though Officers and Board members will be attending Workshops on Friday and Sunday\, they will have lots of free time to spend with any guests that they may bring. We will dock in Cozumel on Saturday for an all day outing. The Elation is designed as a family friendly ship with private areas for adults only. Sunday night is a must to attend the famous “Mouth of the South” presentation. Enjoy the ship while your Board Members work!\n Rates\: All start at $463.37 (per person) for inside room on lower deck\, up to $513.37 for outside room on upper deck. Grand Suite on Upper Deck is $888.27 per person and the Junior Suite on Verandah Deck are $738.37 per person. Suites and triple/quad cabins are very limited. FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS....this price also includes your Leadership registration fee!\n *Rates are based on double occupancy and include cruise\, on-board meals\, port charges\, government fees\n and taxes. There is also a $40 gratuity fee and optional insurance.\n Registrations\: Reservations should be made immediately to ensure you get the type cabin you desire! You will not be required the pay the full balance at the time of registration. The current deposit is $150 per person and the final balance will be due June 1\, 2012. The website for registration is http\://www.springdaletravel.com/aaf or\n contact Carolyn Utsey at 251-414-4613 or 800-874-0550.\n Take that Vacation that you’ve been promising yourself and your family! Reserve now!\n .\n URL;VALUE=URI: CLASS:PUBLIC SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20120507T213344 CREATED;TZID=US-Central:20111109T184401 LAST-MODIFIED;TZID=US-Central:20111109T184402 DTSTART;TZID=US-Central:20120816T120000 DTEND;TZID=US-Central:20120820T120000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR