RMOWP Conference 2018 — Alamosa, Colorado
Sunday – Thursday, September 23 – 27
Meetings & Group Meals at Adams State University, room 309 in the SUB (Student Union Building), except as noted. Blanks will be filled in as they are nailed down.
(Updated 10 March 2018)
Saturday, September 22
8:00am Carpool from Super 8 for Pre-Conference Wild Horse Photography Field Trip ($60 including lunch; for details click here)
Sunday, September 23
8:00am Carpool from Super 8 for Pre-Conference Wild Horse Photography Field Trip ($60 including lunch; for details click here)
6:00pm Registration, Opening Reception, Happy Hour and Light Buffet – Colorado Welcome Center, 610 State Ave. (the old train station), Alamosa (included in registration fee for registrants & guests)
Monday, September 24
8:30am Carpool from Super 8 to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Explore national park, see Zapata Falls and Nature Conservancy’s Zapata Ranch bison – precise times to be determined)
12:30pm Lunch at Great Sand Dunes Group picnic Area (included in registration fee)
1:30pm Guided ranger walk
5:30pm Dinner in the Dunes – BBQ ($$); if inclement weather in Rm 309 at ASU
6:30pm Dunes sunset (6:57pm) and Dunes by moonlight (full moon 8:54pm) photography on your own
Tuesday, September 25
8:15am Carpool from Super 8 to Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge (rough road)
9:00am Guided walk with Wildlife Refuge Ranger
12:00pm Lunch (soup & salad buffet, $18)
12:45pm Presentation of Photo & Video Contest Submissions
1:45pm Break
2:00pm Workshop TBA
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Board of Directors Meeting (open to all members) or Free Time
5:30pm General Membership Meeting
6:00pm Dinner (Italian Buffet, $22)
7:00pm Showcase of Selected Members Photography with Jack Olson & friends
8:00pm Photo Critique with Fred Lord
Wednesday, September 26
6:30am Sunrise Photo Shoot (sunrise 6:53am)
9:00am Anne Sullivan Writers Forum with Kenita Gibbins & Virginia Staat
11:00am Workshop TBA
12:00pm Lunch (Soup & Deli Buffet, $18)
12:45pm Workshop TBA
1:45pm Break
2:00-5:00pm Auction
6:30-9:30pm Banquet (Apricot Glazed Roasted Turkey & Braised Beef Sicilian, $25) and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, September 27
7:30am Post-Conference ride on Cumbres and Toltec Narrow Gauge Steam Train – Carpool to Antonito train station ($90 adults, $45 children 12 & under, includes lunch)