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The Los Angeles City Historical Society presents

The Conference of California
Historical Societies Annual Meeting

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CCHS ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE
June 26-29, 2008

Thursday, June 26
12:30 – 6:00 PM Registration
1:30 Budget Committee Meeting
3:00 Executive Committee Meeting
4:00 Committee Meetings as called by Committee Chair
6:00 – 7:30 PM Wine and Hors d’oeuvre Reception
DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Friday, June 27
8:00 – 9:00 AM RVP Breakfast & Meeting
8:30 – 1:00 Continuing Registration
9:30 – 4:30 Field Trip, including workshops, lunch, and mini-tour

Workshop 1
: How to Graciously Accept/.Reject Donations to
Your Museum or.Historical Society. Speaker:
Drew Talley, Registrar, CAAM

Workshop 2: CAAM and Its Exhibits
. Speaker: Dr. Christopher Jimenez y
West, Program Manager, History, CAAM
Mini-tour will include the Los Angeles City Archives

FREE TIME
6:00 PM Attitude Adjustment Hour
7:00 PM Dinner. Anna Sklar, speaker. “Brown Acres: An
Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers”
Entrée choices: fish or chicken

Saturday, June 28
8:00 AM – 12: Continuing Registration
9:00 AM CCHS Board Meeting
10:30 AM CCHS Annual Membership Meeting & Election of Officers
12:00 noon Awards Luncheon
3:30 – 5:00 PM Visit to the Rare Books Room of L. A. Public Library
FREE TIME
6:00 PM Attitude Adjustment Hour
7:00 PM Banquet and Installation of Officers. Speaker: Merry Ovnick.
“Machine Politics, The City of the Angels, and Wily Reformers”
Entrée choices: beef or chicken


HEADQUARTERS HOTEL

Headquarters is the Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles

Room rate is $109.00 per night, including a FULL American buffet breakfast.

Parking entrance is on Olive Street (one way street going north) Parking for hotel guests is $8.80 per night with in and out privileges. Day parking is $5.00 (validated, current rate, subject to change).

DRESS CODE: BUSINESS CASUAL. NO SHORTS, TANK TOPS IN THE MEETING ROOMS OR DINING ROOMS

For reservations call: 213-625-2211 or 800-421-8777 and mention CCHS/historical society for our special group rate. Hotel reservation deadline is June 1.

Questions? Call Ann Shea, 562-408-6959, or email her at ashea@caamuseum.org