Spring 2000
The DSAA 1999 Conference - Las Vegas
The 1999 DSAA Conference was held in Las Vegas: a fabulous convention city with magnificent hotels, incredible shows and entertainment of all sorts. That is the good news. The bad news is that Las Vegas is a big pond and we are little fish. In spite of the exhausting hours spent planning and preparing for the conference, the hotel had its own ideas of what we should do. In spite of all that, we had a GREAT CONFERENCE!
This conference co-chair was a small school operator and a large school operator; the result being a combination of seminars for school owners from 1 to 100 cars. Those who spoke were a mix of current and former driving school operators, as well as traffic safety educators in other areas. The topics were interesting, educational and useful. The comments received were positive and helpful to us in planning future conferences.
The climax to the 1999 conference was our final banquet. We certainly outdid ourselves this year. The entertainment, a hypnotist/comedian, was outstanding! This man invited 14 DSAA people on stage to be his “victims”. Five of these participants were DSAA Executive Board Member’s kids. As the show proceded, it grew funnier and funnier. Many of our “serious” board members were laughing so hard, they were crying.
People from around the country have since called to tell me that they truly enjoyed the conference. For those of you who missed it - don’t be sad. We have another one coming up this November, in warm, sunny, beautiful Sarasota, Florida. You won’t want to miss this one!
Vegas Golf Tournament A Success
On November 9th at the Angel Park Golf Course in Las Vegas we held our first annual “Super Ball” tournament. It was a great success and enjoyed by all the participants. The team of Jim Gero (Western Regional Vice President), Richard Vezina (President of Propulsion International) and Bob Thaxton won this inaugural 18 hole event. The weather was gorgeous and the course in magnificent condition.
Other winners included Gilles Payant and Jim Gero for being closest to the pin on a par three hole. Derek Russell had the longest drive of the day on a par five hole and Sharon Postigo (a novice) had the longest putt of the day, making one from 45 feet away. Every person received gifts for participating and each participant got a special prize at the conclusion in addition to our special winners.
If you weren’t there, you missed a fun filled day with great friends. We would like to thank John Sattler and our wonderful friends at General Motors for all the great prizes and their sponsorship of this inaugural event for DSAA.