Annual General Meeting and Assembly 
Glacier National Park, East Glacier Montana
19 – 22 September 2024 (all times Mountain)
Thursday, 19 September 2024
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Service Project-Peace Pole Planting, Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier MT. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Service Project (alternate)-Painting or Invasive Weed Control, Glacier Park, East Glacier MT. 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Past, Current, and Incoming WGIPPA Presidents Meeting, Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier MT.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Evening Gathering and Conversation among Friends, Glacier Park Lodge, East Glacier MT. Friday, 20 September 2024
9:00 am – 12:00 pm 9 Hole Golf Tournament
• TBA Golf Course
9:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip - Tour of Blackfeet Tribal Bison Operations
• Carpool departure from Glacier Part Lodge, East Glacier Montana
9:00 am – 5:30 pm Welcome Desk – Registration Packet Pickup, No On-site Registration, Glacier Park Lodge Lobby 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm WGIPPA Board of Directors Meeting, Glacier Park Lodge
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm No Host Reception, Glacier Park Lodge
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Welcome Barbecue Dinner, Glacier Park Lodge
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Night Sky Program, Weather Permitting Outdoors, Glacier Park Lodge Saturday, 21 September 2024, International Day of Peace
8:00 am – 9:30 am Attendees Breakfast, On Your Own
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Welcome Desk – Registration Packet Pickup, No On-site Registration, Glacier Park Lodge Lobby 9:00 am – 9:15 am General Session, Glacier Park Lodge (room TBA)
• Introductions
• indigenous Land Acknowledgment
9:15 am – 10:00 am General Session, Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
• Lailani Upham -Stories of the Land and Peace
10:00 am – 10:15 am Break
10:15 am --11:00 am General Session (continued), Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
• Joe McBride, Thomas Jefferson Davis Rotarian, His Impact on the Peace Park
11:00 m – 11:45a pm General Session (continued), Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
• Termaine Edmo - Blackfeet, Beaver Mimicry
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Boxed Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm General Session, Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
• Dave Roemer, Glacier National Park Superintendent, Post Covid in the Park
• John Festarini, Waterton Lakes Park Superintendent, Post Covid in the Park
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm WGIPPA Annual General Meeting, Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA) 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Break
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Peace Pole Dedication Ceremony, Glacier Park Lodge, Garden Area 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm Break - Free Time
6:00 pm –10:00 pm No Host Cash Bar
6:30 pm -10:00 pm Peace Park Assembly Gala, Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
• Introductions, Presentations, Golf Awards,
• National Anthems, Inspirational Thoughts on Peace
• Buffet Dinner
• Keynote-Speaker
• Entertainment-Jack Gladstone, “Montana’s Troubadour“
Sunday, 22 September 2024
8:00 am – 9:00 am Buffet Breakfast, Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
9:00 am – 10:00 am Non-Denominational Service, Glacier Park Lodge, (room TBA)
10:00 am - 11:30 am Hands Across the Border Ceremony, Front Lawn, Glacier Park Lodge **Immediately Following Hands Across the Border Ceremony, Cleanup, Packing and Transfer of Assembly Materials to 2025 Assembly Committee**