OMSU - NA Third Annual Conference Announcement

Fellow Mawulians:
With great pleasure, we announce the next Annual Conference of OMSU - North America (OMSU-NA) to be held in Chicago during the US Memorial Day Weekend on May 28-30, 2004 at the Elmhurst Holiday Inn, 624 North York Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126 (where the memorial for Rev. Dr. Trost was held in 2001). It will be a time to deliberate and discuss the problems of Mawuli School as we take concrete actions to recover and rebuild it physically, aesthetically, and academically for future generations. All Mawulians in North America and across the world (executives and members of OMSU-National (Ghana), OMSU-UK, OMSU-Germany, OMSU Year Groups, Mawuli School Board, Mawuli School Parent-Teacher Association, Mawuli interest groups, and Mawuli School Administrators and Faculty) are invited to attend. Please mark your calendars accordingly. Taking one weekend out of the whole year to focus on Mawuli School is an honorable and dignified thing to do as a proud alum of the school.

Theme: "Rebuilding Our Alma Mater Through Unity and Concerted Action."

Air Travel to Chicago

1. Offer From American Airlines

To book your flights to Chicago, please use the information below.
Authorization Code: A6454AR

Organization: OMSU

Reservations/Tickets: 1-800-433-1790

Airports: O'Hare and Midway

Discounts:10% off applicable fares, 15% off first/business class if purchased more than 30 days to travel and 5%/10% if within 30 days.Tickets could be purchased from anywhere. Tickets could also be purchased through official agency. All types of tickets are transferable and changes could be subject to transaction fees.

2. Offer From ATA
Meeting Name: OMSU General Meeting
Meeting Destination: Chicago
Meeting/Travel Dates: 5/25/04 THRU 6/3/04
Meeting/Convention Code: MC50086

15% Discount on Y/H Classes of Service
5% Discount on M/L/B Classes of Service

BOOKINGS MADE DIRECTLY WITH ATA:
a.    Traveler must call ATA�s Convention Desk at 1-877-282-4322 between 8 a.m. � 7 p.m.(EST) M-F.
b.    Tell the agent you are with OMSU General Meeting and provide your Convention Code (MC50086).
c.    The traveler will receive applicable discount off ATA published fares.

BOOKINGS MADE WITH AN AGENCY OF YOUR CHOICE :
a.    The traveler must explain to the travel agent that there is a negotiated convention discount with ATA.
b.    The travel agent must email conventions@iflyata.com and request the ticketing instructions to apply a meeting/convention discount for OMSU General Meeting. The Convention Code is MC50086. The email must include the agency name, address, ARC number and Psuedo City code.
c.    The contract and ticketing instructions will then be emailed to the agent for ticketing within 1 business day.

FREE TICKETS FROM ATA
ATA will provide OMSU General Meeting with one free roundtrip ticket in the Continental US for every 15 meeting attendees who travel roundtrip with ATA. The tickets will be raffled at the meeting. The Convention Code and Ticket Designator should be used on all tickets, regardless of the discount. These codes will be used to track the number of people that booked with the OMSU group and will also be used to determine the number of complimentary productivity tickets we will receive. Ticket(s) will be mailed to OMSU-NA following the end of the quarter in which travel concluded. The ticket(s) are valid from one year from the date of issue.

Accommodation

To arrange hotel accommodation, please use the information below.
Hotel: Holiday Inn Chicago-Elmhurst, 624 North York Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Reservations: 630-279-1100
Group Name: OMSU-NA or MANA or Mawuli Alumni North America
Rooms are available for single- and double-occupancy at $79.00
Reservation cut-off date: May 15, 2004 (After this date rooms would be reserved based on availability).

Members of the LOC
Evans Fiakpui (Chair), Wolanyo Kpo (Co-Chair, Roxy, wkpo@csu.edu ), Prince Hodogbey (Las Palmas, phodog1@uic.edu ), Essi Hodogbey( essihodogbey@yahoo.com ), Julius Kokuma, Togbe Kwame Ampofo, Solace Lotsu , Victor Akatsa (Togbe Agbeduvi, vakatsa@csu.edu), Sam Dzide ( Panama Otoyo), Henry Afenya (Away Jnr, afenya@hotmail.com ), Emmanuel Bansa, Belinda Timpo ( babytsa@yahoo.com ), Sam Barnes( sambarnes@earthlink.net), Doreen Williams ( jmw224@worldnet.att.net ), Evans Afenya (Away Snr., evansa@elmhurst.edu), Evelyn Sedodo ( esedodo@earthlink.net ), Phidelia Agbo Asamoah, Rudy Kumapley, George Lamptey, Patience Manu, Mawunyo Adanu (mkdan@comcast.net), Cephas Nkani (Landers, nkani@lucent.com), and Josephine Ameyibor.

Members of the NAOC
Beatrice Ayrakwa, Franklin Ledi (Dalie) Ama Oclu (Patience Dei), Emmanuel Glakpe(Skipper), Joe Amanfu, Rowland Atiase, Micky Gyamerah, John Quist, Lawrence Mensah, Elliot Rennison, Yao Kaledzi, Chris Kwamie, Anne Asante, Rosemary Dzediku, Peter Aku, Kobla Agbanyo, Susan Ohene, Gustav Quist , Divine Amoah, Clemence Dartey, Sam Dzodzomenyo, and Phil Dowetin.

Other Details
1. The Program of Events includes a business meeting to be held during the morning hours of May 29, 2004 at the Holiday Inn and a fundraiser also to be held at the Holiday Inn in the evening of this same day.
2. A Program Brochure is in preparation. Mawulians and sympathizers who want to advertise their business, best wishes, salutations, etc. in the brochure should please send their information to Roxy at wkpo@csu.edu. More details about costs of ads will follow very soon.
3. Tickets for the Fundraising Reception and Dance are ready to be purchased from members of the LOC at $35 a piece. Donations are also welcome. To purchase a ticket, please send email to any member of the LOC above. We urge all North American Mawulians to purchase tickets.

Places of Interest in Chicago
Welcome to the Windy City!! There are many places of interest in Chicago. Some places are: the Navy Pier (right on Lake Michigan), restaurants on boats around Lake Michigan, the great Museum of Science & Industry, the Dusable Museum of Black History, the Field Museum, Kids' Museum, the great Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium (check out the Dolphins), the Planetarium, the Sears Tower (until very recently the tallest building in the world), Tours on the Chicago River, Blues Cafes, etc. etc. There are many many more. Check out this site: http://egov.cityofchicago.org (look under "Exploring Chicago").

Closest Airport
The airport closest to the event center is O'Hare Airport. The event center as you may have read from the announcements is Holiday Inn Elmhurst-Chicago. The hotel runs a shuttle from O'Hare to its location. Those who plan to stay at the hotel for the Annual Meeting should just call 630-279-1100 and the shuttle would be dispatched to pick them.

Fellow Mawulians, we have all seen and heard about the academic performance of Mawuli students. We want the school to be the best it can be academically, physically, and aesthetically. We want the school to be a bastion and fortress of excellence and scholarship. Let's all unite under OMSU, meet, and put together our efforts and energies into recapturing the Mawuli glory through concrete action. In unity is strength. Please come along to Chicago and when coming bring another Mawulian along with you. Come over with the kids so they can start getting to know each other. Let's meet, plan, strategize, and then roll up our sleeves and keep up the hard work for our dear alma mater!!

CHICAGO IS WHERE ITS AT THIS MAY. OH COME ALL YE MAWULIANS TO CHICAGO!!! PLEASE COME AND LET'S TALK, THINK, TOAST, DEBATE, AND DISCUSS MAWULI AND ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE TAKE CONCRETE UNIFIED ACTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF MAWULI. LET'S KEEP THE MAWULI FLAME BURNING PERPETUALLY! PLEASE COME ONE, COME ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Please feel free to send an email to any member of the LOC or to evansa@elmhurst.edu or damoah@aol.com in case you have any questions or concerns.

Very best wishes in the most dignified and dedicated service to Mawuli School.

Evans Afenya
On behalf of the OMSU-NA Executive Council and Board of Directors and the LOC