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July 26 & 27 Whitehorse Site Inspections

Sue-Anne Ramsden and Bob Laider arrived from CMA to do site inspections and discuss with our conference committee what will be expected of YHMA and the committee to host the 2013 conference. After lunch at Burnt Toast Alida Munro, Mary Bradshaw and I took them to the new Kwanlin Dunn Cultural Centre for a tour. This building is amazing, the thought that went into the design, they have large windows on the river side of the building which gives to a spectacular view no matter where you are standing in the room. I am looking forward to opening.

We proceeded to meet with the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture, Ed Krahn and Brian Groves to discuss the impact of the conference and our role. After our meeting we headed up to the Yukon College and the Yukon Arts Centre. That was the end of our day.

July 27

We had breakfast at the Westmark Whitehorse after breakfast we toured the facilities with Derek. Then off to MacBride Museum, Yukon Transportation Museum, Yukon Beringia Centre and Miles Canyon Railway Museum. All of these facilities have lots to offer our guests and we are looking forward to working with them on this project. We had lunch with John the Manager of both the High Country Inn and the Best Western he then turned us over to  …… who took us through their renovated rooms and ….. show us the banquet facilities in both sites, love the martini bar. We stopped in at the Fireweed market where we ran into our Senator Lang, quick introductions and off to dinner with the conference committee.

July 28

Breakfast at 5:30am and sent off our guests, they will be back to do community site inspections in the spring. We now have lots of work to do. J