Program from the 2009 National Convention

Tours
Busch Stadium with Eric Ramano
Saturday Afternoon
Busch Stadium has been home to the St. Louis Cardinals since opening April 2006. With nearly 47,000 seats, the ballpark cost $365 million and will host the 2008 Major League All-Star game.
HOK and HOK Sport carried the project all the way from design through construction. Eric Ramano of HOK will lead a unique tour of the ballpark. An APX alumnus, Eric carried the project through design development and knows many of the park's design and construction details not explained as part of the normal tours.
Old Courthouse
Friday Afternoon
The majestic Old Courthouse has remained over the past 150 years as one of St. Louis' most prominent architectural landmarks. The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850 and is included on the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. It was also where Virginia Minor's case for a woman's right to vote came to trial in the 1870s.

Schedule (Taken from the 2009 program for information purposes only)
Wednesday, March 18 (Optional early arrival)
7:00pm Meet in hotel lobby for group dinner: location TBD
Thursday, March 19 (Optional early arrival)
11:00am Gateway Arch - tram to the top, meet in hotel lobby
1:00pm - 5:00pm Check in/registration. Early delegate credentials check.
4:00pm Robert's Rules of Order Boot Camp (required for delegates)
6:00pm - 10:00pm Welcome Reception at the City Museum
Friday, March 20
8:00am - 9:00am Credentials check-in
9:00am - noon Business session
Noon - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm Courthouse tour
2:30pm - 6:00pm (optional) Business session
Saturday, March 21
8:00am - 9:00am (optional) Committee meetings
8:00am - 9:00am (delegates only) Breakfast with Bob
9:00am - noon Business session
Noon - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm Stadium tour
2:30pm - 4:00pm Business session
5:30pm - 9:00pm Annual Awards Banquet, with keynote address by Robert Ivy
Sunday, March 22
9:00am Regular Annual Meeting of APX/Grand Council Meeting at hotel

Events
Robert's Rule of Order "Book Camp"
Thursday Afternoon, Crowne Plaza Hotel
For all Convention delegates and any other interested people, an information session will teach how to how to participate in a meeting with the proper use of Robert's Rule of Order. The business meetings are run using these rules, so this session will be invaluable to delegates and anyone interested in being an officer of the Convention. Being familiar with this process will help the business meetings run more smoothly and let all of us be able to debate the merits of the motions and discussion at hand instead of getting caught up in Robert's Rules.
It is required that each chapter and alumni association delegate attend this information session on Thursday afternoon. If you are not a delegate, but would like to learn more about the Rules, the boot camp is open to all Convention attendees.

Welcome Reception
Thursday Evening, City Museum
All attendees are encouraged to arrive in St. Louis in time to attend this year's welcome reception which will be a unique experience in an amazing building. Make sure you are there to kick off Convention right and join us at the museum.
The City Museum is housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company. The museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.
Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city. As a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions'. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, City Museum boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes!

National Convention Business Sessions
Friday and Saturday, Crowne Plaza Hotel
All members are invited to participate in the governance of Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity.

"Breakfast with Bob"
Saturday morning
For delegates and Convention officers there will be a private breakfast to mingle with our keynote speaker Robert Ivy. This will be a unique opportunity for the delegates and officers to interact with a leader in the industry. This breakfast will be limited to primary Convention delegates and elected/appointed officers of the Convention.

Annual Awards Banquet
Saturday Evening, Crowne Plaza Hotel
This year the Annual Awards Banquet will be held at Convention hotel. Only National Awards will be presented at the banquet. If your chapter or alumni association would like its local awards announced, please submit the winners to the Convention Director, Lori Beth Wilson, at least two weeks prior to Convention.

High Powered Design
Keynote Address, Brother Robert Ivy, FAIA
Saturday Evening at Annual Awards Banquet
Brother Robert Ivy will be giving the keynote address our Annual Awards Banquet. Brother Ivy is Editor in Chief of Architectural Record, the world's most widely read architectural journal. Brother Ivy is a frequent speaker and awards jury chairman, appearing in major media including network television. He has delivered numerous keynote speeches and interviews for print media and national television as well as moderated panels at the Library of Congress, the National Building Museum, and Rockefeller Center, general sessions at the annual convention of the American Institute of Architects, New York's Guggenheim Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, and California's Monterey Design Conference. Brother Ivy's address will focus on "High-Powered Design". This overview of design and its application to contemporary society looks at how design makes a difference in various aspects of our lives, from fashion to interiors to automobiles to architecture, using the winning projects from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards and projects from Architectural Record as examples.

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