Events

AMA/GMOA/SCMA Regional Meeting

Tentative Schedule of Events
August 4 – 7, 2013

(Sponsors listed below schedule)

Sunday, August 4
7:30                      Board Coaches for Golf
8:00 – 2:00        Golf Tournament (shotgun start; Highlands Course; 30 golfers estimated)
11:00 – 5:30        Registration
11:00                     Group Leaders arrive at their host hotels to check in
11:45 – 4:30        Group Leader Lunch and FAM Tour (Birmingham Sampler)
12:00 – 2:00       Operator Education Session
2:30 – 3:45          GMOA Board of Directors Meeting
4:00 – 5:00         AMA Board of Directors Meeting
4:00 – 5:00         New Member Orientation
5:15 – 6:15           SCMA Board of Directors Meeting
6:30                      Begin walking to Early Bird Event
6:45  –  7:45        Reception @ Westin
Light hors d’oeuvres, cocktails & music
7:45  –  9:00        Dinner @ participating restaurant of choice in the Entertainment district;
Guests will be provided a stipend of approximately $30 towards their    meal.

Monday, August 5
7:45 – 5:30         Registration
7:45 – 9:00         Breakfast
9:15  – 12:15        Market Place I (Operators and Group Leaders seated)
12:30 – 2:00       Lunch & Coach Sales Market Place
2:15 – 5:15           Market Place II
6:00                      Board Coaches for Ice Breaker Event in the Birmingham Civil Rights District
6:30  –  7:45        Reception @ the Institute
7:45                       Walk across the street to the Church*
(Members and guests may not cary any beverage from the Institute to the Church.)
7:50 – 8:35         Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Board coaches and return to the hotel
Hospitality after event.

Tuesday, August 6
7:00 – 5:00         Registration
7:00 – 8:40         Breakfast
8:50 – 10:20       Market Place III
10:30 – 12:00     Market Place IV
12:15 – 5:00         FAM Tours (includes lunch)
1) Freedom Land
2) Birmingham Taste & See
3) Out of this World
6:00 – 7:00          Reception/Silent Auction  (Pre-function to the Sheraton ballroom)
7:00                       Awards Banquet (Awards Presentation) (Sheraton ballroom)
Hospitality after event.

Wednesday, August 7
8:00 – 12:30         Registration
8:00 – 8:45           Breakfast
9:00 – 11:00         Market Place V
11:15 – 12:00        Joint Board of Directors Meeting

Regional Meeting Sponsors

Platinum Level Sponsors
•    ABC Companies
•    American Bus Association
•    Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau
•    Motor Coach Industries
•    Prevost Car

Silver Level Sponsor
•    Sardo Bus & Coach Upholstery

Bronze Level Sponsors
•     Veritas Hospitality Group (Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express, Fultondale)
•     United Motorcoach Association

Partner Level Sponsors
•    Bayou Lafourche Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
•    Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
•    Euclid Insurance Agency
•    National Interstate Insurance
•    Service Insurance Agency
•    Smith Family/Hazzard County Hoedown Dinner Theater
•    Visit Tallahassee

Other Sponsors
•    Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Biloxi
•    Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort
•    WonderWorks