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President
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President-Elect
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Past-President
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“Refreshing Our
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Treasurer Zita M. Barree |
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VASFAA 2008
Conference Committee
February 22, 2008
Attendees: Jeanne Holmes, Pam Rambo, John Beard, Tamy Garofano, John Gordon, Hope Jackson, Patrice Johnson, Tom Morehouse, Susan Moyers, Paula Rafferty, Vera Riddick, Carolyn Ward, Pat Redwood, Janie Knippenberg
The
minutes of the December 12, 2007 meeting were reviewed and approved. It was noted that one
committee member, Rebecca Parker, has moved from conference to
diversity,
Conference Charitable
Organization
Leaderdog has been approved by the Executive Committee as our charitable
target organization for
the 2008 conference.
Conference Website
The conference website is under construction and should go live by the
end of the month.
Early
registration rates end April 20.
The early registration rate is $160. Thereafter the rate will be
$190.
Conference Agenda
The conference agenda remains the same with the exception of one
change. The leadership
symposium, previously scheduled for Sunday as a pre-conference, will be
held on Monday
evening.
The only pre-conference activity will be the New Aid Officer Workshop on
Sunday.
The Diversity
Committee has confirmed Tony Brown as a speaker at the Tuesday Luncheon.
Tony will need a
table in a convenient location to sign his book for those who wish to make a
purchase after hearing him speak.
Conference Decoration
Paula Rafferty has some
supplies to decorate the registration area. She is working on the development of
inexpensive table centerpieces around the sock hop/birthday theme.
Conference Food
The food committee is hard at work considering potential
alternatives to the current menu to
remain within budget.
Food stations are being considered.
Their work will be concluded soon.
Conference Attendance
Conference attendance was discussed. Recent state freezes on travel will
limit some conference participation.
An electronic poll of members shows that about 100 members are sure that
they will attend. Committee members
agreed that attendance is likely to be at least 200. It was agreed that conference committee
members should plan to be at the hotel by Sunday to stuff packets and
help with other tasks such as decoration.
Leisure Activities
Conference after hours leisure activities will include a Monday
night bingo party, hosted by John Beard.
John is looking for a bingo game.
We need a couple hundred cards and a number machine.
We will also need to make sure members who may want to play
bring school logo items for the prizes.
Also on Monday evening at the same time there will be a movie and
discussion hosted by the Diversity Committee. Seating will need to be theater style
and we hope to get the most comfortable chairs available.
President’s
Reception
Getting a high school jazz ensemble, such as Woodside, to play
at the presidential reception on Monday night was suggested.
Banquet Entertainment
Past VASFAA presidents will present a skit as banquet
entertainment. During the banquet,
there will also be audio-visual entertainment using VASFAA pictures. The banquet will be followed by a
sock hop. Mike Abernathy has agreed
to bring an IPOD loaded with some sixties music as well as current top 40. The Marriott has agreed to let us hook
the IPOD up to their sound system.
Distinguished Guests
Our conference invitees include a representative of SASFAA who
will welcome us Monday morning during our business meeting. Later that morning we will have a treat
when Greg Martin gives us the federal update as our conference first general
session after the opening business meeting. At lunch on Monday we will hear from
State Senator John Miller. John is newly elected on an education platform and
has a background in higher education and media. The Executive Board recommended him and
he has agreed to speak. Our own Lee
Andes will close the session with the SCHEV update.
Vendor Booth Setup
Vendors will be setting up booths on Sunday evening as the
conference starts very early on Monday.
Submitted by Pamela
Rambo, 2/27/08
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Representative-At-Large Melissa J. Barnes Norfolk State University |
Representative-At-Large
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Representative-At-Large Michael Poma SunTrust Education Loans michael.poma@suntrust.com |
Representative-At-Large
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SCHEV Liaison Lee SCHEV leeandes@schev.edu |