Last year at this time I was not even a member of the 99s yet, but Christine Sleeper invited me to a 99s dinner at the Army Navy Club in Washington DC. At this dinner Christine turned to me and said our annual meeting is in NZ next year, are you going? Well twist my arm! I joined in January and shortly after that starting making plans to attend the meeting with everyone.

We spent 5 days in Christchurch for the main conference and the rest of the trip was on either the South Island tour or the North Island tour (you had a choice). ... (more)