The 89th International Convention
In Nashville, Tennessee, April 12-14, 2007

Some members of our chapter attended the International Convention in Nashville, TN from April 10-15. It was extremely educational--Al Gore and Jehan Sadat were guest speakers, and we had a lot of fun. Our chapter brought home three awards:

• Sigma Zeta is one of the Top 100 Chapters for 2006. (There are currently 1205 chapters internationally.)
• Sigma Zeta received the Pinnacle Scholarship Gold Award for increasing our 2006 membership at least ten percent over the previous year.
• Velda Arnaud, Chapter Advisor, received the Paragon Award for New Advisors serving less than five years. This is her second year as advisor, and this is her second paragon award.

In additon, our chapter presented an educational forum at the convention. Our topic was building a chapter web site.

We left in the early morning to fly to Nashville:

We saw a few sights in Nashville:

We were in awe of the Gaylord Opryland Conference Center:

We visited the Hermitage:

We visited many cemetaries:

We drove in the pouring rain to drive by Two Rivers Mansion:

We walked all over the site of Fort Negley:

We visited The Parthenon:

We received our Pinnacle Scholarship Gold Award at the Regional Meeting:

We enjoyed the opening session:

Former Vice President Al Gore Presented :

Jehan Sadat Presented:

We presented an educational session:

We sold in the Marketplace:

We visited Cooters:

We visited A Wax Museum:

On the last night, we sat too long at the Banquet:

Awesome! Our Chapter received awards:

Then the new International Officers were sworn in:

Our last visit was to Belle Meade:

And finally we came home late in the evening: