PROGRAM

• Attend all Spring Fling Committee meetings.
• Maintain records and notes that will help your successor.

MARCH-JUNE

Select Main Speakers

A) Solicit suggestions from the committee and others

B) Solicit idea, suggestions from Central Office for Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento and Yolo Counties etc. For speaker lists as well as contacting Lost Angeles Central office for Orange County speakers.

C) Submit your own suggestions.

D) Listen to all the speaker tapes you can for variety.

E) Use suggested balance listed for 10 minute speakers from through out the local Spring Fling area.

F) Obtain phone numbers and address

JULY-AUGUST

Obtain commitments for the selected main speakers

A) Get confirmation for main speakers

B) Indicate this is an invitation for the entire weekend

C) Explain covered and non-covered expenses

D) Speakers travel expenses are paid (this does not include spouse or traveling companion. Ask for preferred travel mode, air, bus, care, etc. and if travel expenses will be needed in advance. If traveling by air ask if we should make arrangements

Explain Speaker and companion registration is paid

A) Banquet for both are paid

B) Hotel accommodations are paid Rooms provides Continental Breakfast for each person in the room.

C) All dance tickets are paid .

D) $75 for travel expenses. Provide pick-up and return to airport.

Send Confirmation Letters to all speakers

A) Explain all specifics listed above in written form.

B) Inform them of your home and work phone numbers for any questions they may have.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER

Select all ten minute speakers for program

Balance the speakers:

SUGGESTED

A) Sobriety

B) Gender

C) Ethnic Group

D) In Town/Out of Town

Obtain Chair people for meeting

Follow the guideline above.

Start obtaining readers for [mal program to be submitted in December

A) Follow guidelines listed above.

Reserve rooms (Smoking or nonsmoking)

A) Hotel (make arrangements with Spring Fling Chairperson)

B) If possible, put speakers together in one wing.

C) Fruit baskets, if provided. Use SF chairperson for this.

JANUARY 1ST -15TH

Reconfirm all commitments for speakers, chairperson, and readers

A) Contact by phone letting each person know of their meeting times and schedule.

Confirm all speaker arrangements.

A) Travel

B) Hotel

C) Registration packets

D) Fruit

E) Baskets

Make arrangements for speakers to be picked up at the airport or greeted at the hotel. You can form a committee for this.

JANUARY 15TH - 31 ST

1. Present the Chairperson with a complete list of speakers so that arrangements can be made for registration packets and baskets.

FEBRUARY

Get thank you cards and Big Books and have the committee sign all thank you cards. As speakers arrive at the Spring Fling arrange for all the speakers to be at the Saturday night Banquet and have all speakers sign the five Big Books to be given to the newest newcomers on Saturday night.

Note: In the past speakers have signed three books and four new big books were needed. What is not given away on Saturday will be raffled off on Sunday.

MARCH

Attend the elections to pass on your experience strength, and hope to the next chairperson.