2007 Conference
– Roanoke,
Va.
Information about the 2007 OWAA Conference will be posted here
as available. Please check back often to get all the latest details!
In the meantime, get a feel for what's in store by visiting the following
Virginia Web sites:
Free Workshop to Convene in Roanoke
The Roanoke, Va., conference will kick off with a free, half-day workshop, “How to Become an Outdoor Communicator,” on Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m.-noon, at the Hotel Roanoke, headquarters for OWAA’s 80th annual get-together.
Workshop subjects will include the following:
- The newspaper outdoor beat,
- Following the big story for newspapers,
- Outdoor radio shows,
- Outdoor stories in mainstream magazines,
- Working with state and federal agencies,
- Outdoor photography,
- Writing for travel publications,
- Women in the hook-and-bullet world,
- Self publishing your outdoor book.
Workshop presenters will include Virginia celebrities like Bruce Ingram and Mark Taylor, in addition to well-known outdoor communicators from other parts of the country, including Wade Bourne, Tony Dean, Susan Ebert, Tim Flanigan, Mark Freeman, Christina Larson, Joel Vance, Risa Weinreb-Wyatt and Pat Wray.
No experience is necessary! We all started with just interest and desire. Plenty of time will be allowed for questions and answers. Participants are welcome to attend the members-only conference as guests.
Interested? Register online NOW or call 406-728-7434.
Ninth Annual OWAA Golf Scramble
It’s time to dust off the clubs and get ready for the ninth annual OWAA
golf scramble, to be held on Friday, June 15, at the Ashley Plantation
Country Club, about 20 minutes from The Hotel Roanoke. Prizes
will be awarded to golfers who master the course.
Ashley Plantation Country Club is the Roanoke Valley’s newest
golf course. It features picturesque views and a beautiful Georgian-
Style clubhouse. Ashley Plantation is a public 18-hole golf course with
a private feel. For more information, contact Ashley Plantation
Country Club, 919 Greenfield St., Daleville, VA 24083, 540-992-
4653. Visit www.ashleyplantation.com.
Registration costs $55, which includes the green fee, a cart,
box lunch and prizes. Pairings will be made by the Scramble
Committee, and we guarantee you will enjoy a professional looking
(but probably not professional-golfing) group. Special pairing
requests will be considered (but not guaranteed), so let us know if you wish
to have someone join your team. Tee times begin at 11 a.m. Awards will
follow with hors d’oeuvres at the Ashley Plantation pub.
Fill out the registration form and send your check or money order to OWAA
Conference Planner Gail Brockbank, Premier Planning, P.O. Box 217, Helena, MT 59624, 406-
442-4141, 406-442-8018 (fax), gbrockbank@owaa.org.
We can’t guarantee you’ll score well, but we do guarantee a lot of laughs! If you have questions
about the scramble, please contact Claude Bain at 757-491-5160 or mrcswt@visi.net. We
look forward to seeing you there.
Roanoke Times Outdoors Page
Check out the
Roanoke
Times outdoors page. Read up-to-date information from Mark Taylor and Bill
Cochran on what's going on in the Virginia outdoors. You won't want to miss
Mark's blog,
which can be quite funny at times - like the recent entry where he had video of
himself getting hooked in the nose while flyfishing!
World of Outdoors – Benefit Auction
What Past Attendees Say...
"The OWAA
conference in Madison, Wis., was one of the better conferences, ever. I
enjoyed several of the seminars, I got a lot of radio interviews done,
and I actually contracted a radio sponsor at Breakout Day. In my book,
OWAA is alive and well!"
- Wade Bourne,
full-time outdoor writer/broadcaster/photographer
and host of “Ducks Unlimited TV” on OLN
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