Each year, Surfrider Foundaiton organizes regional conferences for chapter leaders. This year, the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions (and even a rep from the Chicago Chapter!) came together for a super-regional conference. Chapter leaders from Maine to Georgia converged on Eastern Long Island to network, share experiences, hear organizational updates, and participate in workshops.
“[...] the DC Chapter enjoyed it very much and learned quite a bit about the current issues, initiatives and tools available for us to use in our local campaigns. Additionally it was also quite nice and important to meet the other chapter members, to surf and to bond,” reflected Minh Dang, who attended the conference as a representative of the DC Chapter.
The conference was held Oct 7-9 at Stony Brook Southampton College in Southampton, NY. Despite the complication presented by Hurricane Matthew, the conference had a solid turnout from throughout the region.
Attendees also enjoyed social events on Friday (thanks, Sweetwater Brewing Company!) and Saturday nights,
Many thanks to all of the chapter leaders that made it out!
Interested in supporting our chapter leadership development efforts and sponsoring a chapter leadership conference? Please contact Tara D'Andrea.