Just to top off a fantastic 2013 Scotland Week,
COSCA has a fantastic announcement ...
We are planning to have a great time and do some important work this summer and we hope you can join us.
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Save The Date:
Thursday, July 11, 2013
8:30am - 4:30pm
Grandfather Mountain Scottish Clan Caucus
Lees McRae College
Banner Elk, North Carolina, at the foot of Grandfather Mountain
The Council of Scottish Clans & Associations is delighted to announce the return of an old tradition - Clan and Scottish Organization Workshops and Conferences at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. This year, to kick it all off, we are hosting a very special day long conference on Thursday prior to the opening of the games at Grandfather Mountain.
The 2013 Grandfather Mountain Scottish Clan Caucus is designed to bring Scottish American clan, family and organization leaders and active members together to explore and debate how we can bring Scotland and America and the global Scottish diaspora much closer together as we continue to move into the 21st century.
- What is our role? The discussion about what's happening in Scotland in 2014 has highlighted the critical need for the Scottish American community to continue our dialogue about what we need, what we want and how we can best help the global Scottish diaspora community to grow and thrive in the 21st century.
- How can we grow closer to Scotland? We can never take for granted that Scotland will remain as supportive and protective of its ancestral traditions, sites, culture and language as it is today. We need to understand what Scotland needs from us and how we can best meet those needs - and how we can best communicate what we need from Scotland to do our job.
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, Convenor of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs will co-chair Thursday's
Grandfather Mountain Scottish Clan Caucus on behalf of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. Sir Malcolm MacGregor
will be joining the official 2013 Chief of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Sir Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss in making the trip across the pond to be at Grandfather Mountain this year and we hope that other Scottish Chiefs can come as well.
Most of all, we hope that our Scottish American members and friends can join us for this important conference in the cool and beautiful North Carolina highlands this July. The 2013 Grandfather Mountain Scottish Clan Caucus is YOUR conference and an opportunity for you to learn more about what other people are thinking and doing and to make sure your own thoughts and ideas are heard and discussed. We are fortunate to be working in a time of great change in Scotland and in the Scottish American community. It is important that we continue to come together, organize and grow as a national and international Scottish family.
We will be bringing you further details and opening registration later this month.
Please stay tuned and we hope to see you in July!
Yours aye,
The COSCA Board of Trustees
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Please also mark your calendars and join us at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games for COSCA's Annual General Meeting at 2:00pm on Saturday July 13, 2013.
