Hey Everyone! Hope your weekend was as good as ours. Seeing everything come together and getting to meet you and see all your smiling faces was such a high for all of us, and you made it so totally worth it.

We hope you made friends over the weekend and that your Horizons spirit will continue throughout the year. Already up on our plan is a Horizons reunion probably happening sometime in late october or early november, so keep your heads up for that.  Currently, we are sorting through some of the literally 1000s of photos taken over the weekend, and will post some kind of online photo album before september starts… either here, or most likely on facebook (so sign up!) if we do it on facebook, all of you can add your own pictures, so we can get to see more of your take on the weekend.

We will also be posting information and links to some of the things you saw during the weekend, like contact information for Andrew Ballie (Horizons connector) and Andy Thibodeau (speaker about the “stomach”) so that you can check out these things if you’re interested in finding out more. Again, we will be checking the Horizons account (albeit not as frequently) and you all have our personal e-mails and msns (yes, gmail can be used for msn) so if you have questions or want to chat, we are all here.

Welcome week is just around the corner and we look foward to seeing all of those orange bracelets out at all the events and activities. Hopefully you all take part, get involved and keep that spirit burning!

Thanks once again for coming out and making our weekend fantastic,

Andy/Chris/Dane/Irena/Nav – Horizons 2006 Planning Team

HELLOOOO HORIZONS DELEGATES! 

As you can tell we are super pumped about this conference, and everything is a go, everything is confirmed and all of the volunteer staff is super pumped and ready to meet you!  Just to remind you, registration is between 4:30 and 6 pm on Friday and check-out is between 5:00 and 5:30 pm.

 See you there!

Hello Delegates,

 All confirmation emails have been sent out, though there has been a problem with the email going to the Junk Mail Folder.  If you could please check there as well if you are still waiting for a response.  Still if you have heard nothing, please please email us at horizons@msu.mcmaster.ca in order to confirm your registration and we will be glad to resend the email.  Thank you so much and we’ll see you in 5 days!

 Exec planning team!

Hello Delegates:

Please be advised that we are processing a large quantity of registrations at this time. You will be notified via E-mail by tomorrow at the latest as to the status of your registation.
Note that at this point we have decided to accomodate anyone who applies. This means that there is no cap and that if you get us your information before the 16th, you will have a space.

See you soon !

Here’s the packed weekend we have for you, hope you are as excited as we are

Friday
4:30 – 6:00 Check In
6:00 – 7:15 Opening Ceremonies
7:15 – 8:00 Icebreakers/Introductions

8:00 – 9:00 Buffet Dinner
9:00 – 10:30 Campus Scavenger Hunt
10:30 – 11:30 Horizons Connector with Andrew Ballie

11:30 on Coffee House / Karaoke

Saturday
8:00 – 9:00 Wake Up / Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Dr. Peter George
10:00 – 11:00 Andy Thibodeau
11:00 – 12:00 Session #2 – Communication/Confidence
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 Tribal Thunder/Session #3 – Defining Leadership
3:30 – 4:30 Session #4 – Understanding Diversity
4:30 – 5:30 Session #5 – Management and Group Dynamics
5:30 – 6:30 Tours / Free Time
6:30 – 7:30 Barbecue Dinner
9:00 – 11:00 Boat Cruise
11:30 on Quarters Toga Party

Sunday
8:30 – 9:30 Wake Up / Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Session #6 – Beyond Horizons
10:30 – 11:30 Campus Services
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 2:30 Altitude Ropes Course

2:30 – 3:30 Community Leaders
3:30 – 4:00 Pack Up
4:00 – 5:00 Closing Ceremonies
5:00 – 5:30 Check Out

To everyone who has sent in a registration form, this is a note about the process and what you should expect. Once the Horizons staff has received and successfully processed your registration forms and payment, we will be contacting you to confirm that you are fully registered for the conference (either by email or telephone).

Closer to the conference date, you will also be receiving an email with a list of “What to Bring” items. This list will be accompanied by directions to McMaster and other useful information.

Please also check the website in the next few days for a detailed itinerary of Horizons 2006.

Hello soon-to-be Horizon delegates,
It is now only 39 days away from the most marvelous conference in the world and so I would like to let you know of a couple of things.  Once you have filled out the cut-out on the brochure you recieved,  print out the Step 2 forms (both A and B) and fill those out as well, then mail everything (3 pages) as well as your payment to us here at McMaster (address is in the Registration Information section).
Payment can be made by Cheque (payable to Horizons-McMaster Student Union), Money Order, and Credit Card (Master Card and Visa).  Again it costs $170, but if the payment is received after the deadline, then an additional $25 will be added to the fee!
We can’t wait to see you, and we know you’ll have a blast!

Sincerely,
Horizons 2006 Exec!!!

Hello and Welcome to the beginning of the most amazing conference of your lifetime!

Here you will find important information about how to register, who we are, and once you have registered (because I know that you all will!) how to get to McMaster and what to bring.

Check this website often for updates and cool highlights!  Please feel free to leave comments, questions or concerns on our message board and one of our Executive members will get back to right away!

We can’t wait for you to have the most memorable weekend of your lives…see you soon!

Horizons Exec 06