We’re here at the DANK National Election which will start off with the Delegate Business Meeting from 9:00-11:00. This is were nominations from the floor can be made and candidates can talk about their vision for the organization. The actual election will take place from 11:00-12:00. Live updates will be provided as soon as we get started and the updates will appear with the newest [...] Read more »
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Milwaukee Chapter to Celebrate 50 Years
by Stephen - Webmaster November 6, 2009 » Add Comment.
Our Milwaukee DANK Chapter will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary on April 17, 2010. It will be held at Sacred Heart Church, 917 N. 49th Street in Milwaukee. This is located near Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers.
This event will include their DANK CHOR singers. It is scheduled to begin at 5:30pm… the doors will open at 5:00pm.
The Milwaukee chapter is asking [...] Read more »
Live from the Convention Workshops
Everyone’s here at the workshops that began at 9 am this morning. The first round of presentations are complete…I was part of the presentation so a Live Blog isn’t available for those. Topics covered included what the DANK National Office can do for members of DANK, Computer Basics, and Features of the DANK Website. Live blog posts are in Reverse Chronological Order.
Convention – Thursday Night
by Stephen - Webmaster November 5, 2009 » No Comments.
Well the convention has officially kicked off this evening and we are off to a great start! Registration began at 7 pm with a meet and greet. Everyone was able to sit back and catch up with old friends and make new ones too while enjoying appetizers and a glass or two of wine.
Meanwhile, the other room was being set up for tomorrows fun [...] Read more »
Bloging From The Convention
DANK’s 2009 National Convention kicks off today at 7pm in Tinley Park, IL. There are a lot of exciting events planned for the weekend and for the first time in DANK’s 50 year history, we will be bringing the excitement to this blog for those of you who can’t make it. Look for several updates on this blog every day of the convention (Nov. 5-8) [...] Read more »
Convention Workshops Finalized
by Stephen - Webmaster November 4, 2009 » No Comments.
The 2009 DANK National Convention will be kicking off tomorrow evening and it should be an exciting weekend for those attending. Friday’s workshop schedule has been finalized, with the exception of one presentation. Initially there were going to only be 4 workshops but things have been rearranged somewhat and now we have a much wider variety of topics planned. This might just be the most [...] Read more »
Milwaukee Germanfest on Saturday
by Bill Fuchs - National President July 26, 2009 » No Comments.
Wow, what a day it has been. The weather was nice but the festival was even nicer. German Fest outdid themselves. While the Milwaukee Air & Water show was going on at the lake front, our visitors to German Fest reaped all the benefits of the Air Force Thunderbirds formation flying demonstration, the F18 a performance demonstration, various other air show features and then the [...] Read more »
German Fest Update for Friday
by Bill Fuchs - National President July 25, 2009 » No Comments.
Well today the crowds came in at 3 PM and it got a little lively at the festival. The opening ceremony at 5 PM was a nice intro to the festival board, the sponsors and dignitaries including Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee. Our DANK PR tent did have quite a few visitors today. Foline Koch, from the Quad Cities chapter came by with several chapter [...] Read more »