by Sue McKee
The annual conference will soon be here! Have you sent in your conference registration yet? The deadline is March 15, 2005. After that, it will cost you an additional $50 late fee to pre-register. If you wait to register at the conference, you will be charged $100 in addition to the regular registration prices. Do I want you to pre-register? You bet! That saves both of us a lot of time at the conference. Don't wait too long to register. I need to receive pre-registrations by April 7, 2005, in order to process them BEFORE I ship all materials to Ontario.
If you have sent in your registration and have not received confirmation of your registration (receipt, pink letter, and blue "At a Glance") by the time you arrive at the conference, be prepared to stand in the "Solutions" line! This usually happens to those who have sent everything to their district office. If this is you, come with copies of your registration form and a purchase order number (with address of district) or check/money for payment. Anything received after April 11 may stay in my mailbox until my return from Ontario. For those who have pre-registered and have received confirmation, your registration package may be picked up at the "Pre-Registration" conference desk.
For those participating in Thursday workshops, the desk will be open Thursday, April 14, in the Doubletree Hotel from 7:30-10:00 a.m. and 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. The registration desk will open again Thursday evening in the Ontario Convention Center from 7:00-10:00 p.m. to help ease the usual Friday morning rush. We will open Friday, April 15, at 7:00 a.m. Please check your package for the correct nametag(s) and meal tickets (if ordered). There will be a different nametag for each workshop and also one for Saturday/Sunday. If you have any questions, I can be reached at my e-mail address: suemckee@cox.net. I look forward to seeing you in Ontario!