Are you looking for an opportunity to climb the ladder of accreditation in an International event and not wait till 2009?  We have plenty of openings at the POWERtalk International Training Weekend 2008; October 10-12, 2008 in San Francisco, CA USA. And to make it even more special we are celebrating the 70th birthday of the founding of International Toastmistress Clubs. For an exciting, informative or fun workshop; we want to hear from you.  Contact us to receive first pick of the time slots.  Please have your workshop title, curriculum vitae, visual aids equipment and printing requirement.  The training workshops are scheduled for Saturday morning, October 11, 2008. We are also seeking plenary speakers/workshops.  We need a core team of registrations/finance officer; education/program/properties officer; hostessing (pages-timers-people movers), pre-and post-meeting tour organizer and program leaders and comperes. There are many opportunities to help out Sierra Pacific Region to make this an event to remember. Please contact us as soon as possible to coordinate the committees. Contact:  Maria Trujillo Tough at mvtruj@aol.com or (916) 203.3505                Pam Montague at pampshmon@aol.com or (916) 972-9468