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Message from your Chapter President
As I write this month's message, it is the eve of my departure to Budapest tomorrow to attend the inaugural ASTA Global River Cruise Expo! This is the last grand event planned by ASTA's icon Bob Duglin before his passing. As such, it will be a period of mixed emotions – joy at this first new event and sadness at the memories of Bob that I am sure will be present throughout. This ASTA event will represent a new beginning for this inaugural event and your chapter! Here at home, we will introduce our live events again, starting with networking and a tour of the new Thompson Hotel in Denver. Please see below for more information. We are also planning other live events to wrap up the ASTA calendar year, concluding at the ASTA Global Convention in August. Speaking of ASTA National events, please don't forget that you have access to these with your ASTA membership! We'd love to have several of you join us at ASTA Legislative Day in Washington D.C. in June and ASTA Global Convention in San Francisco in August. You can find details on these on the ASTA events page, and the events are open to both Advisor and Supplier members! This month's message will be short as I head off now to finish packing my suitcase en-route to Budapest. But know that your chapter board is here for you wherever we may be in the world. If there is anything I, or the board, can do for you, please let us know. Our doors are always open, and it is our pleasure to serve you! Respectfully, Rob Hale | Chapter President | RobH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 Board Members: Mitch Krayton | Chapter Vice President| Mitch@Kraytontravel.com | 303.365.0051 Darcie Bolton Weiser | Chapter Secretary| Darcie@Weisertravels.com | 303.725.7042 Trent Rogers | Chapter Treasurer | Trent@picturesqueexpeditions.com| 720.694.2696 Debi Kelley | Membership Chair | Debi@Premieretravelplanners.com | 303.589.1413 Lisa Hale | Social Media Chair | LisaH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 Sally Sparhawk | Chapter Events Chair| Sally@envoyagetravel.com |970.618.1442 John McMillen |Supplier Representative | John.McMillen@insidetravelgroup.com | 720.316.0191 Skyler Mason |Supplier Representative | Smason@liveskyin.com | 303.548.2120
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Rocky Mountain ASTA members…
We are in love with you! February, the month of romance, has arrived, and our love for you, our chapter members, runs deep! We appreciate the trust you put in us as your board as we strive to find new and improved ways to maximize the benefits of your local ASTA membership. Recently you received a message from me announcing that our new chapter website is live! If you have not already done so, I encourage you to look at the Rocky Mountain Website and bookmark this site. This will be your immediate “go-to” reference (along with our chapter Facebook page) for the most up-to-date chapter information. We’ve also heard from chapter members the desire to hold our chapter events at different times. Our March event will be an ASTA first to show our passion for you! We will experiment with having the chapter meeting – twice – during the month. These will be on different days, times… and … separate weeks! Another ASTA chapter has never done this, and we are hopeful this method will allow more of our members to attend! We will look forward to your feedback on this new meeting style. However, love cannot be victorious using an online world alone. Therefore, as we move ahead, we look forward to getting back into live events as COVID permits us. Your chapter is currently working on a live event in April; details will be announced once we get final confirmation from the venue. We hope you’ll come to join us to get reconnected there! We also know that Rocky Mountain ASTA does not just consist of the Denver metro area. We are looking at ways to hopefully expand our reach to other parts of our chapter’s region so more members can meet with us live. To that end, we are looking over our member lists to discover where our members are located. If you have interest in having a chapter meeting in your area, please let us know so we can consider coming to your town. Also, please don’t forget the ASTA national events you have access to with your ASTA membership! We’d love to have several of you join us at ASTA Legislative Day in Washington D.C. in June and ASTA Global Convention in San Francisco in August. Details on these can be found on the ASTA events page, and the events are open to both Advisor and Supplier members! We look forward to reconnecting with you in our chapter events and experiences to learn, travel, and have fun in the months ahead! As always, we thank you for being a Rocky Mountain ASTA Chapter member! If there is anything I, or the board, can do for you, please let us know. Our doors are always open, and it is our pleasure to serve you! Respectfully, Rob Hale | Chapter President | RobH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 Board Members: Mitch Krayton | Chapter Vice President| Mitch@Kraytontravel.com | 303.365.0051 Darcie Bolton Weiser | Chapter Secretary| Darcie@Weisertravels.com | 303.725.7042 Trent Rogers | Chapter Treasurer | Trent@picturesqueexpeditions.com| 303.704.1262 Debi Kelley | Membership Chair | Debi@Premieretravelplanners.com | 303.589.1413 Lisa Hale | Social Media Chair | LisaH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 Sally Sparhawk | Chapter Events Chair| Sally@envoyagetravel.com |970.618.1442 John McMillen |Supplier Representative | John.McMillen@insidetravelgroup.com | 720.316.0191 Skyler Mason |Supplier Representative | Skylersmason@liveskyin.com | 303.548.2120 Message from your Chapter President
Dear Rocky Mountain ASTA Members, Happy President's Day Monday! As you know, it's not often that I interrupt your week but I have exciting news to share with you! Thanks to the technical skills of Board Member Trent Rogers, our chapter now has an amazing new website! This website is up and live now for you to view and interact with! Our website will be your 24/7/365 home for finding chapter information, meeting updates, industry news and archives of past chapter events and newsletters you may have missed live. We hope you'll agree that Trent did an amazing job on the site! I invite you to take a look now at: Rocky Mountain Website Watch for your monthly newsletter soon as we continue to roll out exciting new announcements and events that will help increase the value of your membership! We have exciting things planned for you! Respectfully, Rob Hale, Chapter President Message from your Chapter President
January! A month of new beginnings and new hopes, January is always greeted with anticipation of what the New Year may bring. As one reflects on the past year, there is always hopeful anticipation that January will open a new calendar filled with our dreams and visions come true! Here at Rocky Mountain ASTA, we have laid out plans to benefit you, our members, in the year ahead. Exciting new projects have been in the works and are about to be unveiled that will allow us to better communicate with you and offer you unique experiences! In the months ahead, we look forward to showcasing these new chapter elements and experiences that will allow all of us to get reconnected and enjoy time together learning, traveling, and having fun! Barring future surprises like COVID, 2022 will be a fantastic year for our chapter that your chapter leadership looks forward to presenting and experiencing with you! First up, a unique supplier panel will answer questions on the best way to work with suppliers in a post COVID world. Please mark your calendar for February 17th for this presentation. Details will follow. As always, we thank you for being a Rocky Mountain ASTA Chapter member! If there is anything I, or the board, can do for you, please let us know. It is our pleasure to be serving you! Respectfully, Rob Hale | Chapter President | RobH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 Board Members: Mitch Krayton | Chapter Vice President| Mitch@Kraytontravel.com | 303.365.0051 Darcie Bolton Weiser | Chapter Secretary | Darcie@Weisertravels.com | 303.725.7042 Trent Rogers | Chapter Treasurer | Trent@picturesqueexpeditions.com| 303.704.1262 Debi Kelley | Membership Chair | Debi@Premieretravelplanners.com | 303.589.1413 Lisa Hale | Social Media Chair | LisaH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 John McMillen |Supplier Representative | John.McMillen@insidetravelgroup.com | 720.316.0191 Message from your Chapter President
December, the month of holidays, is upon us. It is always somewhat chaotic with its combination of reflections on the year about to pass and celebration towards the new year about to come. Add in the many holiday festivities of the month itself, and December tends to be a busy month to close out each year. As your ASTA chapter reflects on 2021, we see a year that could best be summed up as a year of….Hopeful Beginnings. Many fresh buds began to sprout again over this past year. An excellent chapter board filled with optimism and great ideas are among those beginnings. And equally important is you, a great group of chapter members who seem ready to participate and eager to engage. Combining these two groups, I am confident that we can grow our chapter to new levels of activity that can bring further benefit to you. To that end, the board will be meeting on January 6, 2022, at 1 pm for a planning session on 2022 events. This meeting will be an open meeting where you can join us virtually and contribute your thoughts and ideas. I invite you to see more information on this below and, if you are unable to participate but wish to contribute your thoughts, contact me and let me know your ideas. Another fresh beginning we had in 2021 was our first live event post COVID. This was a great summer picnic in the park, which offered solid networking and re-connection opportunities. Looking ahead to 2022, we are looking forward to presenting you with a mix of both live and virtual events. We also hope to engage with more of our membership levels within the chapter to bring better value to each. But all of that is only of value with you, our members, being with us. To that end, no matter the December holiday(s) you celebrate, you are our greatest gift. We value each of you and thank you for being a part of our ASTA family! Our wish for you is that your year closes out in a blessed and joyous way and that you may find some time to rest, recharge and celebrate before the New Year arrives. As always, the board and I are here for you. Please don't hesitate to reach out to any of us should you desire. Happy December! Respectfully, Rob Hale | Chapter President | RobH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 Board Members: Mitch Krayton | Chapter Vice President| Mitch@Kraytontravel.com | 303.365.0051 Darcie Bolton Weiser | Chapter Secretary | Darcie@Weisertravels.com | 303.725.7042 Trent Rogers | Chapter Treasurer | Trent@picturesqueexpeditions.com| 303.704.1262 Debi Kelley | Membership Chair | Debi@Premieretravelplanners.com | 303.589.1413 Lisa Hale | Social Media Chair | LisaH@Travelnrelax.com | 303.317.6945 John McMillen |Supplier Representative | John.McMillen@insidetravelgroup.com | 720.316.0191 |
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