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December 28, 2006
Renaissance in Charleston
Today is the second day of the 26th annual New Year's Renaissance Weekend, a nonpartisan, private retreat for leaders in business and finance, education, religion, law and medicine, government, the media, science and technology, sports, non-profits and the arts. The gathering concludes January 1. This year's RW began begin with a tribute to last year's honorary co-chairman, Gerald Ford. The Renaissance Insititute was founded by Linda Lader and Philip Lader, the former U.S. Ambassador to England. Contents of a weekend's meetings are off the record. The rules are that you can't openly (a) sell, (b) yell or (c) push a political party's agenda. People of all political persuasions attend. Its credo is "light--not heat".
Posted by Tom Welshonce at December 28, 2006 07:24 AM