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Invitation to an International TOS Conference in July 2013

We are happy to remind you that the TS and TOS in America have kindly agreed to host a three-day international TOS Workers’ Conference from the evening of Tuesday 23 July to Friday 26 July, 2013 at Olcott, its national centre in Wheaton, Illinois.

A five-day Summer National Gathering of the TS in America will take place immediately preceding the Conference, from 19 July to 23 July.  All are invited to attend this event as well. 

For more information and a registration form, please contact our International Secretary, Diana, at tosinternational@wanadoo.fr.

A broad outline of the proposed Conference programme is below.
 

Tuesday 23 July

  • Conference opening
  • Programme overview
  • Getting to know each other better

Wednesday 24 July

  • “The TOS into the Future (1): What has been achieved in the past five years?”
  • Keynote Talk
  • Choice of workshops on essential skills and qualities for service work
  • Orientation to the TOS’s international website

Thursday 25 July

  • “The TOS into the Future (2): deciding our priorities”
  • Keynote Talk
  • Choice of workshops
  • Round table discussion: Rising to the challenges we face in our TOS work

Friday 26 July

  • “The TOS into the Future (3): commitments to action”
  • Rising to the challenges we face in our TOS work (conclusion)
  • Conference closing

 

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The entrance to the beautiful TS HQ estate at Wheaton, a leafy suburb on the outer edge of Chicago.

 

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