We arrived in New Orleans about 1 pm on Friday and promptly checked into our hotel. We then hiked to the convention center and picked up registration materials. Friday at registration tends to be fairly laid back, as the formal agenda of convention events has not yet begun. There were no waiting lines, and we were out of the convention center before 3 pm with our tickets and other materials. In the process we met and greeted incoming district governor Ron Schettler, past Rotary International presidents Frank Devlyn and Cliff Dochterman, and Rotary Foundation manager John Osterlund.
