“Woman Leadership for Sustainable Future”
Zonta International District 13 Conference, Akureyri, Iceland August 31 – September 2nd 2023
The District Board are looking forward to meeting you all and we do hope our days together will give all of us joy and inspiration for continued good work for the benefit of Zonta, women and our environment.
We decided to use the technology and only send out an electronic agenda /brochure in the interest of the environment. Therefore, it will not be printed and handed out to you on paper. You can download the program / agenda, together with a document where you can record the results of elections.
We would like to draw your attention to the memorial ceremony scheduled for Saturday morning September 2nd, at 8:30. This memorial ceremony we call “rose ceremony”. A short ceremony, where we will remember and honour the Zontians who have passed away since our last District Convention. It is not required that the deceased was registered in a Zonta Club at the time of death, only that she was an active member of Zonta for many years. You may ask, how many years? We leave it to you Zontians to decide.
On registration in Hof on Friday the 1.st September there will be a special place where you can deliver your donation (price) for the lottery.
There you can also pick up a special “rose card” for the ceremony. You write the name of the deceased Zontians on the “rose card”, date of her birth and date of death along with information of how long she was a member of your Zonta Club.
On Saturday morning we start our day with the “rose ceremony”, a quiet moment where we invite you to place your “rose card” on a bouquet of roses in the conference hall, while we listen to soft music and remember our deceased friends. After the convention the cards will be gathered and preserved.
We hope the conference will bring us together and strengthen us, as Zontians, friends and women. Enjoy your stay in Akureyri.
On the behalf of the District Board
Guðrún Halla Gunnarsdóttir, Governor
Sesselja Sigurðardóttir, Area Director of Area 03
Booklet of Akureyri – Where and What to do
Early bird ISK 53.000 Deadline 5 June
Standard fee ISK 62.000 From 6 June