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You will continue to receive information via e-mail in
the weeks leading up to the AVMA VLE. In addition, all
subsequent correspondence will be posted as New
Information on the AVMA VLE website.
Overview by Date
June 3:
Arrive at Red Lion
Hotel in Spokane, WA by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time for a welcoming banquet and
introductory presentations at 7:00 pm.
June 4: Bus to Ross Point Conference Center, Post Falls, ID at 8:00 a.m.
for four + days of experiential leadership training. Getting
started, emotional intelligence/competence model, teambuilding.
June 5:
Communications model and experiential activities.
June 6:
Leadership and continued teambuilding activities.
June 7:
Integrating the models, putting the models into practice, dinner
cruise of Lake Coeur d’Alene.
June 8:
Closing bell celebration of leadership, depart Ross Point with
busing to the Spokane Airport to accommodate departures throughout
the day.
Airline Travel Information
Participants who have confirmed their attendance at the AVMA VLE,
(through their completed on-line registration form), should:
- Arrange air travel itinerary and enter itinerary information
at the AVMA VLE registration link (blue pawprint) to complete
your registration.
We request that you provide us with your air travel itinerary
as part of a centralized travel database for each participant’s
arrival and departure at Spokane International. This facilitates
our greeters knowing who to expect on each flight throughout the
day to assist in directing you to the hotel shuttle, as well as
to facilitate an efficient return to the appropriate airline
counter on Sunday, June 8.
- Plan to arrive in Spokane, WA on Tuesday, June 3 by 4 p.m.,
Pacific Time.
- Plan your departure from Spokane as soon AFTER 12 noon,
Pacific Time, Sunday, June 8, as is feasible.
We will shuttle people to the airport throughout the day on
Sunday to minimize waiting time at the airport. The first bus to
the airport will be at 10:00 to accommodate people with 12 to
1:00 o’clock departures. The second bus is tentatively scheduled
for noon, but may be adjusted to accommodate actual participant
departure times. The airport is about a half-hour from Ross
Point.
- Those traveling from outside the United States will need the
appropriate documentation to clear Customs.
Your participation in the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Experience
should prove to be an extremely valuable part of your ongoing
professional development. We are looking forward to seeing you in
Spokane!
Ground Transportation
Ground transportation from Spokane International to the Red Lion at
the Park will be provided by Red Lion Hotel shuttles. You will be
met at the baggage claim area by WSU veterinary students who are
serving as greeters. They will assist you in getting to the hotel
shuttle. Transportation from the Red Lion at the Park to Ross Point
Conference Center and from Ross Point back to Spokane International
will be provided.
Lodging
The night of June 3, you will be staying at the Red Lion
at the Park in Spokane,
http://redlion.rdln.com/.
You will have a room, either single occupancy or with
someone from your school, assigned to you. You will not
need to make your own room reservation, as that will be
done automatically as a result of your registration.
On June 4-7, you will be sharing rooms at Ross Point Conference
Center,
http://www.rosspoint.org/
This facility has an assortment of lodging arrangements from
hotel-style rooms to rustic cabins. Ross Point can accommodate up to
80 people in hotel-style rooms that host either two or three to a
room in separate beds. Though the cabins are designed to house
twelve, we will limit the number per cabin, based on registration.
The cabins contain cots with bare mattresses, necessitating
occupants to bring a sleeping bag, as well as a pillow and towels.
All lodging facilities are heated with showers complete with HOT
water and electricity. We will fill the hotel style rooms with
faculty, sponsors, and students traveling from beyond the mainland
United States.
Contact Susan Seaman at
sjseaman@vetmed.wsu.edu if you are a student from the mainland
United States and staying in a cabin is not feasible for you. You
will know your lodging assignment prior to your departure.
Meals are served family style in the dining room. Please indicate
dietary needs or restrictions as part of your AVMA VLE registration.
What to Bring
- Casual clothes & hiking shoes – you will be outside much of
the time. Participants in the past have opted for jeans or
shorts and casual tops. If you feel inclined to not wear jeans
or shorts at our opening banquet on June 3, slacks will be fine.
- Sunscreen, insect repellent, toiletries
- Optional supplies you may wish to bring are a flashlight for
walking around Ross Point after dark, camera, and swimsuit,
beach towel, and/or watersocks. The water temperature in the
lake is less than tropical in early June, so swimming will be
your personal choice. An appetite for s’mores would also prove
useful.
- Jacket or sweatshirt – it will get chilly in the evenings,
especially while we are out on Lake Coeur d’Alene for the
evening cruise.
Internet Access
The Red Lion and Ross Point will have an Internet kiosk available
for all guests as well as wireless service. The wireless service at
Ross Point is spotty. Signal strength is best in the lodge. Signal
strength in individual rooms varies.
Emergency Contact Information
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Red Lion at the Park, Spokane, WA 509-777-6300
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Ross Point Conference Center, Post Falls, ID 208-773-1655
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Cell phone service at Ross Point is very good
The Dinner Cruise
The cruise scheduled for the evening of the 7th will
depart from the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, ID. The CDA
Resort is about ten minutes from Ross Point. We will bus there to
board the boat and cruise around the lake during dinner. To get an
appreciation for the beauty that awaits you as well as an idea of
what these tour boats look like, please check out the resort website
at
www.cdaresort.com, click on
“Activities,” then select “Our Cruise Fleet.” After the cruise, we
will have the opportunity to return to Ross Point or to remain at
one of the CDA Resort lounges or walk around downtown Coeur d’Alene
to patronize one of the local establishments. Busing back to Ross
Point will run about once an hour until midnight.
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