The 2001 Ohio District Conference will be held in Akron, Ohio on October 12th and 13th at the Radisson Hotel Akron City Centre.  Which is located at 20 W. Mill Street in downtown Akron right off of South Main Street near the Innerbelt.

Registration Rates: Early to Oct. 5, 2001 On-Site Total

Alumni ______$50.00 ______$60.00 _________

College ______$40.00 ______$50.00 _________

Below are room rates and a tentative agenda:

Guest Room Block:
for Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001 - 40 rooms each night will
be held.  Reservations must be made by Sept. 28, 2001 at 330-384-1500.  After that date
rooms will be reserved based on availability at the time of reservation.
The room rates are $65 for Deluxe King, Deluxe Queen/Queen, and $105 for the
King Jacuzzi per night.  The state and local taxes for the rooms are 13.25%.

The Agenda:
Friday, Oct. 12, 2001

Registration - Board of Directors Room off of Hotel Lobby - 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Hospitality Suite - Summit Room - 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Miss Black and Gold Pageant
- University of Akron - Gardener Student Center- Hill Top - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Hospitality Suite - Summit Room - 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.


Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001

Registration - Board of Directors Room off of Hotel Lobby - 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Business Sessions - City View North 7:30 am - 3:00 p.m.

College Brothers' Luncheon & Oratorical Contest
- City View North - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Hospitality Suite - Summit Room - 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Step Show - Grand Ballroom - Radisson - 9:00 p.m.

Dance - Grand Ballroom - Radisson - 10:00 p.m.

At the same time that our conference will take place, Eta Tau Lambda Chapter will be sponsoring a Business Development Seminar at the Hotel.  This will be our community out-reach event.  For those of you that are interested in that event, please contact our Midwest Regional VP, Sam DeShazior at
[email protected]

Please pass this information on to your Chapter Officers so that they may prepare mailings to your Chapter members to inform them of this event.  Contact the District Director, Darryl Peal at 
[email protected] for the deadlines on Miss Black and Gold, the Step Show competition, and Chapter/Brother of the Year awards.


Larry F. Thomas - Conference Chairman
409 Grand Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44302-1163
(330)864-1159 home
(330)375-2374 work
email home:
[email protected]
email work:
[email protected]

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