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2024 - 81st Session

STAFF SHIRTS: RED POLOS, DARK BOTTOMS (no denim)
(NOTE: ITEMS IN ALL CAPITALS AND ITALICIZED ARE COUNSELOR NOTES - THEY ARE NOT IN THE DELEGATE HANDBOOKS)

At all times, keep your lanyard, key, & handbook with you. From this point forward, please stay within the boundaries of the ALA Girls State Campus and always walk with a buddy.

7:00am - 7:30am

Set up with your county counseling team. Have all lanyards, name tags, keys, pens, and sign in sheets ready to go. Collect Adult Pick Up forms from delegates as they arrive.

7:00am - 9:45am

Welcome to ALA Girls State!

  • Check In (Riverview Hall)
    Turn in your forms, receive your city information, and check any medications with the Nurse.
  • Move In (Your Room)
    Place your belongings in your room and make sure your key works!
  • Get Acquainted (City Meeting Area)
    Get to know your city’s delegates and share the legislation you wrote
SELECT ACTING CLERK

10:00am - 10:30am

City Meet and Greet
Meet with your city and get to know each other - you’ll need your ALA California Girls State Handbooks.
NOTIFY HQ OF CURRENT HEADCOUNT.
Appoint an acting city treasurer, clerk, and mayor.

10:30am - 11:15am

City Meeting #1 (City Meeting Area)
Review schedule, elected vs appointed positions, and register to vote.

11:30am - 1:00pm

Choose your County

Marshall & McMahon
11:30am-12:15pm
Lunch (Dining Commons)
First city to arrive, first to eat

12:15pm-1:00pm
General Assembly #1 (Theater)
Orientation

1:15pm - 2:30pm

City Meeting #2 (City Meeting Area)
Review positions, filing paperwork, circulate and file city offices.
Acting treasurer collects city filing fee of G$20/candidate.

2:35pm - 3:50pm

Open Recreation

  • Wellness Forum - *2:55-3:20 - Riverview Patio
  • Music - Draper Patio
  • Store Open - Riverview Hall Beetle/elderberry
  • Public Speaking Forum - Desmond Rec Room
  • Bar Exam

4:00pm - 5:00pm

City Meeting #3 (City Meeting Area)
Speeches, vote for city offices, begin appointing city roles.

5:15pm - 6:45pm

Choose your County

Marshall & McMahon
5:15pm-6:00pm
Dinner (Dining Commons)
First city to arrive, first to eat

6:00pm-6:45pm
City Meeting #3 continues

  • Circulate and File for Senate/Assembly
  • Choose Party Leader Candidate

7:15pm - 9:15pm

General Assembly #2 - University Union Ballroom
Opening Ceremony
Guest Speaker

FLAG ETIQUETTE BEFORE WE BEGIN

  • Blue Star Banner Introduction
  • Military Family Recognition Presentation
  • Girls State Delegate Swearing-In
  • Introduction Of ALA Girls State Staff
City Clerk > Mail pickup in Headquarters on the way to back your City.

9:30pm - 9:45pm

City Debrief (City Meeting Area)
This is a time to come together, build connections, and wind down from the day.
FOCUS ON ALA GIRLS STATE AND THE WEEK AHEAD - e.g. name game, legislation, honor buttons, reflection on the day.
REMIND DELEGATES THAT PICTURES ARE TOMORROW MORNING - WEAR WHITE SHIRT.

Please close your blinds & lock your door. Hang your lanyard/key on the back of the door.

Sleep Well!

10:30pm

Lights Out, Go to Sleep!
PERFORM A FINAL HEADCOUNT
BE SURE THAT NO DELEGATE SLEEPS ALONE! IF THERE IS A SINGLE ROOM, MOVE THEM INTO ANOTHER AND NOTIFY HQ.

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