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Spring Conference
March 28, 2025 - March 30, 2025
8:00 am - 10:00 am Registration includes: Saturday Breakfast Buffet before the meeting and an Italian Dinner Buffet on Saturday night.
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Grand Celebration Cocktail Cruise
March 28, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pmIncludes: Welcome Champagne, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and live entertainment
This will be a beautiful way to get out on the water to enjoy the sunset and mingle with our fellow 99s.
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Hike the Grapevine Canyon
March 29, 2025
12:00 pm - 5:00 pmHike the Grapevine Canyon
Guided by Jamie Tanabe, Fullerton Chapter
2-3 miles, easy
Schedule of Events
Friday, March 28, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Hospitality and Registration – Riverside Resort, Mirror Room
Lunch on your own
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. SWS Board Meeting
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Chapter Chair Meeting
5:30 p.m. at the Aquarius Casino dock. River Cruise Departs at 6:00 (For manual wheelchairs, there is an elevator to the boat dock at the Aquarius Casino)
Saturday, March 29, 2025
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Starview Room
9:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Southwest Section Business Meeting
12 – 4:00 p.m. Grapevine Canyon Hike
Explore Laughlin on your own
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Cash Bar open in the Starview Room
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Dinner Buffet in the Starview Room
Sunday, March 30, 2025
8:00 a.m. to? Transportation back to KIFP (please sign up for times at Registration)
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Debrief and handover to Monterey Bay Chapter (location to be determined)
Useful Information
If you registered for the Friday night Celebration Cocktail Cruise, you should try to get to the dock at the Aquarius Casino by 5:30 pm. (Anchor’s up at 6:00!)
Grapevine Canyon Hike transportation will be departing around 12:30 with trailhead departure at 1:00 p.m., and you should be back at the hotel by 4:00 p.m.
For those of you FLYING into KIFP;
Please cancel IFR clearance as soon as you can do so safely; there are 6 airports in our aerodome that will lockout other IFR aircraft. Let the tower know you are with the 99s. They will have the list of tail numbers and they are expecting you; upon arrival at the ramp, pilots should switch to the FBO frequency 122.85, and one of the ramp volunteers will guide you to parking and assist with tiedown and offloading. You will have a $.50 discount for gas and a $20 tie-down fee. There will be Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors to greet you, and the free Riverside Resort Casino Shuttle will take you straight to the Riverside Casino Resort Hotel. If you are coming in later in the afternoon on Friday, let Allyn Auck know (951-660-5758), and we can make arrangements for your luggage if you need to get to the Cruise before checking into the Hotel. There will be an A&P on site during the weekend; the FBO can contact him if the need arises.
On Sunday from 11-2, there will be 4 ramp volunteer personnel to help out as needed with luggage, etc.
The free Riverside Resort Shuttle service to and from KIFP runs from 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and carries 15 people.
We look forward to seeing you!
Rio Colorado 99s, Southwest Section
Venue: Riverside Resort
Venue Phone: 8002273849
Venue Website: https://www.riversideresort.com/
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