Registration:

To register for the 27th Annual Rocky Mountain Ball, please click here. 

Information:

This year’s Ball will occur on 22 October 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The black-tie (Mess Dress) Ball is considered a “widely attended gathering” and military and government civilians are invited through written invitation to participate as the guests of NDIA. The NDIA host for the evening will be T.I. Weintraub, President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter.

The evening will start at 1800 with a reception in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The reception will be followed by the Ball in the Crowne Plaza Ballroom at 1900. The Hartinger Award presentation and Patriot Award presentation program will start at 2100 and last no more than an hour. Dancing will follow the program. Valet parking will be available at the east side entrance to the Hotel.

While the Chapter has long been focused on military space activities, and to that end has bestowed the General James V. Hartinger Award for the past 25 years on senior officer and civilians that have made extraordinary contributions to America’s military space program. Named for the first Commander of Air Force Space Command, the award has been given to such individuals as General James V. Hartinger, General Colin Powell, Gen Thomas Moorman, and Mr. Jeffery Harris.

The award is presented at the annual Flags of Freedom Ball. In 2010, the Rocky Mountain Chapter will present the Patriot Award recognizing outstanding service men and women from all parts and services in the Colorado Springs area.

What/When/Where:
Hartinger Reception (invitation only):

22 October 2010: 1730-1800:
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 South Circle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO

Dress: Black Tie/ Mess Dress

27th Annual Rocky Mountain Ball Reception:
22 October 2010: 1800-1900:
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 South Circle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO
Dress: Black Tie/ Mess Dress

27th Rocky Mountain Ball:
22 October 2010: 1900-2400:
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 South Circle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO
Dress: Black Tie/ Mess Dress

Table Sales/Individual Sales:
Tables, with seating for ten, may be reserved for $1,900. This price includes a donation to cover the cost of four military guests at your table. We encourage you to sign up for your table(s) as soon as possible. The reservation cut-off date is October 8th 2010. After this date, please contact Joyce Pettingell ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) at 719.393.8125. You may request more than one table, but multiple tables will not be assigned until each company submitting an on-time request before October 8, 2010 has been allocated at least one table.

Individual NDIA members may also purchase up to two individual seat tickets for $225 each.

VIP Seats:
• Companies purchasing a table may also purchase two additional tickets for a senior executive and spouse/ guest to be seated at a VIP table with senior military guests and their spouses.

• The tickets cost $400 each and include admission to our VIP Reception to be held prior to the general reception. Because of seating limitations, we must limit each company to two tickets, regardless of the total number of tables reserved.

• VIP seats are intended for the sole use of the senior executive and his/her guest only (spouse/significant other and not another member of the company please. Companies receiving VIP Seats as part of a sponsorship purchase may not purchase addition VIP Seats.

Sponsorship Opportunities 
  Executive Forum Sponsorships

To sponsor this event, please click here.

Executive Forum Reception (single sponsorship) $5000
• Poster at the door acknowledging your sponsorship
• Sign in the reception area acknowledging your sponsorship
• Recognition in Chapter President’s opening remarks at the Forum
• Half page color advertisement in Ball Program entitled Flags of Freedom
• Verbal recognition during the Rocky Mountain Ball opening remarks
• Link and 100-word summary of your business on web site sponsor page

Executive Forum Lunch (single sponsorship) $3000
• Poster at the door acknowledging your sponsorship
• Recognition in Chapter President’s opening remarks at the Forum
• Quarter page color advertisement in Ball Program entitled Flags of Freedom
• Verbal recognition during the Rocky Mountain Ball opening remarks
•  Link and 100-word summary of your business on web site sponsor page

Executive Forum Breakfast (single sponsorship) $1500
• Sign on breakfast buffet acknowledging your sponsorship
• Recognition in Chapter President’s opening remarks at the Forum
• Recognition in Rocky Mountain Ball program entitled Flags of Freedom
• Verbal  recognition during the Rocky Mountain Ball opening remarks
• Link and 100-word summary of your business on web site sponsor page

27th Annual Rocky Mountain Ball Sponsorships

Patriot Table (single sponsorship) $10, 000
Single sponsorship of the table where we will seat the five selected “Best of the Best” (these are the outstanding officers and NCO’s from the commands in the local Colorado Springs area who will be recognized during the Ball).
•    Small sign on the table with the name of the sponsor
•    One corporate Ball table for ten next to dance floor with optional seat give back
•    Two VIP seats at the Ball (including invitation to the Hartinger Reception)
•    Full page color advertisement in Ball program entitled Flags of Freedom 
•    Verbal recognition during the Ball’s opening remarks
•    Link to and 100-word summary of your business on RMC web site sponsor page

Platinum (multiple sponsorships) $9,000
•    One corporate Ball table for ten next to dance floor with optional seat give back
•    Two VIP seats at the Ball (including invitation to the Hartinger Reception)
•    Full page color advertisement in Ball Program entitled Flags of Freedom   
•    Verbal recognition during the Ball’s opening remarks
•    Link to and 100-word summary of your business on RMC web site sponsor page

Gold (multiple sponsorships) $7,000
•    One corporate ball table for ten next to dance floor with optional seat give back
•    Two VIP seats at the Ball (including invitation to the Hartinger Reception)
•    Full page color advertisement in Ball Program entitled Flags of Freedom   
•    Verbal recognition during the Ball’s opening remarks
•    Link to and 100-word summary of your business on RMC web site sponsor page

Silver (multiple sponsorships) $5,000
•    One corporate ball table for ten next to dance floor with optional seat give back
•    Two VIP seats at the Ball (including invitation to the Hartinger Reception)
•    Half page color advertisement in Ball Program entitled Flags of Freedom   
•    Verbal recognition during the Ball’s opening remarks
•    Link to and 100-word summary of your business on RMC web site sponsor page

Bronze (multiple sponsorships) $2,000
•    Invitation for two to attend the Hartinger Reception
•    Quarter page color advertisement in Ball Program entitled Flags of Freedom   
•    Verbal recognition during the Ball’s opening remarks
•    Link to and 100-word summary of your business on RMC web site sponsor page

Copper (multiple sponsorships) $500
•    Verbal recognition during the Ball’s opening remarks
•    Recognition in Ball program entitled Flags of Freedom
•    Link to and 100-word summary of your business on RMC web site sponsor page

To see photos from last year's event, click here.