CLEVELAND, June 3 — BLET members can save $20 by registering before Sunday (June 6) for the upcoming BLET-GIA International Western Convention (IWC).
Members whose registration packets are postmarked before June 6 will pay $55 to register. Those who register after that date will pay $75.
Pat and Barbie Lynch and the members of BLET Division 446 (Gallup, N.M.) will host the 64th annual IWC in Albuquerque, N.M., from August 17-22.
Hotel reservations can be made at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque (300 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, N.M. 87102) by calling: (505) 842-1234. The BLET room rate is $99 per night. The deadline for this rate is July 4. After July 4, any rooms still available will be $199 per night.
In addition to saving $20 by registering early, members who register before June 6 will be entered into a drawing to win one of three special prizes. First prize is a custom made-to-order leather briefcase. Second prize is a custom made-to-order western trophy belt buckle donated by Red Bluff Buckle Co. of Continental Divide, N.M. Third prize is a custom embroidered Carhartt jacket. Again, this drawing is only for those whose registration packets are postmarked by June 6.
Activities at the 64th annual IWC include a golf tournament, tour of Santa Fe, N.M., an all-you-can-eat steak and chicken breast dinner, and a banquet on the last night of the convention. The golf tournament will take place at the Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club, voted one of the best new clubs in the nation.
Also available will be a variety of educational workshops for Local Chairmen, Secretary-Treasurers and Legislative Representatives.
Members with questions can contact IWC Chairman Pat Lynch at (505) 870-7150 or e-mail: ptlynch@earthlink.net.
A copy of the IWC registration form is available at:
https://www.ble-t.org/info/meetings/iwc/IWC2004.pdf
A copy of the IWC golf registration form is available at: https://www.ble-t.org/info/meetings/iwc/IWC2004golf.pdf
A tentative schedule of events is available at:
http://www.ble.org/info/meetings/iwc/tentative.asp