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The 2008 LifeRing Congress in Pictures

 

Congress Organizing Committee

Gillian Ellenby, Congress Coordinator
Laura Hansen, Publicity
Lauretta M., Video Recording

Delegates' Assembly

Delegates' Briefing
Financial Report, by John Bateman (to come)
Annual Report, by Marty N. (PDF)
Minutes of the Delegates' Assembly, by Jim Ringland
Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, by Jim Ringland

Board of Directors Elections

Elected to three-year terms:

Robert Bradley
Mona Hirson
Michael Walsh

Elected to one-year term:

Carola Ziermann

Awards Banquet

LifeRing Pioneer Award Honorees:

Ron Johnson, Petaluma CA

John DeYoung, Benicia CA

Tom Jarrell, Denver CO

Jo-Marie Graston, Sacramento CA

Ken Kohnen, Vallejo CA

Michael Walsh, Victoria BC Canada

Craig Oxenford, Union City CA

Jim Ringland, Oakland CA

Mona Hirson, Rye NY

Karen Ivy, Oakland CA

Patty Venable, Richmond CA

Entertainment:

Analisa Salomonis, Vocals

Chet Gardiner, Vocals & Guitar
Guest speaker Dr. B.J. Davis (left), Clinical Director of Strategies for Change (Sacramento), gives the  keynote address on "What is Recovery, Anyway?  A Quality of Life Perspective."  The audience gives him a standing ovation. A DVD of his talk is in preparation.
Nina Ferraris MFT (right), Program Director of John Muir Behavioral Health, Concord CA, leads a workshop on Dual Diagnosis in Recovery and answers numerous audience questions about a broad range of co-occurring disorders.
Dr. Justin Mager (left) discusses  Integrative Medicine and Dorthy Tyo speaks on hypnosis in recovery
LifeRing Convenor Owen Poole leads a morning workshop on Codependency (left).  Karen Ivy facilitates an afternoon organizing meeting for a national organization for family and friends of LifeRing members.
Convening larger meetings is among the issues discussed by the Convenor Workshop led by Henry S., Michael W., Dru B. and Chet G., above.  A LifeRing meeting -- a first for many out-of-towners -- convenes in the afternoon, below. 
 
LifeRing Director and recording artist Chet Gardiner entertains at the Awards Banquet Saturday evening at HS Lordship's restaurant in Berkeley
At the conclusion of the Delegates' Assembly Sunday morning, delegates elect four members of the nine-member LifeRing Board of Directors.  From left rear:  Chet G., Mona H., Owen P., Marty N. (CEO), Kathleen G., Jim R. (Secretary), Andy R., Michael W., John B. (CFO), Robert B., Carola Z. (Includes two non-Board officers.)
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