Date of Event: 05/30/2026
Location: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Number of Attendees: 9 attendees & 6 on Zoom – Bruce Hallila – N.O., Josh Pierce – Pascagoula, Denis Talbot & Joey Rentrop – Morgan City, Michael Stuchlik & Justin Bond – Central La,
Presenter/Notable Guest(s): 1. AWS Executive Director & CEO Carey Chen gave the Update from AWS & recorded the minutes for HQ.
2. District 9 Director Anthoney Blakeney (IE Professor SELU) conducted the district business.
Event Summary: On Friday evening, the District 9 Scholarship Committee met to discuss the online Student Applications to finalize the most qualified for District Awards. On Saturday, the conference met at Auburn University, our host, to cover the Section, District & National Awards and the Instructors Institute attendee (Alcindo Frye – N.O. Section) & Leadership Symposium attendee (Quinn Adams – Mobile Section) and the ‘Section Sharing Events & Ideas.”
