2008 Annual Conference

2008 Annual Conference

February 11-14 2008

 

 

 

Our theme this year is "Change, Leadership and Personal Excellence" and our agenda is structured to encourage us all to continue to Change and expand our areas of expertise as well as continue to grow in all areas of our responsibilities, Leadership and dealings with others.  As this is will be our launch of the NCASBO School Business Academy, we encourage everyone to consider their own Personal Excellence, and how we continue to reach out to our members to address changing needs.      

 

The 2008 NCASBO Annual Conference will be held at the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel in Greensboro from February 11-14, 2008, and is now open for registration and to sign up for classes!  The NCASBO Conference Committee has worked very hard to respond to your suggestions, and to offer a great deal of variety for you to choose from.  When you access the conference, you will see that we have a truly jam-packed agenda!

 

To make reservations at the hotel, please call the Sheraton Four Seasons directly at 1-800-242-6556.  The conference room rate is $122 per night, for one person up to four persons in the room.  When making reservations, please tell them you are with "NCASBO", to obtain this rate and to count against our room block.  Our room block will be held through January 9th, so please make your room reservations as soon as possible!  Although the conference rate will be honored after that time, you will subject to total room availability for the hotel.  

 

Before you register for the conference, please login and check your member profile to ensure that all of your information is correct, as your name tag will be produced by your name, position, and LEA/employer.  Also, check to verify that your membership is current.  If your membership is not showing "2008",  then your membership is not current, and you will need to pay your membership when you register for the conference to qualify for the members rate. 

 

The membership year ends on March 31st.  Therefore, we highly encourage you to consider paying for the 2009 membership year (which begins on April 1st) in addition to the 2008 membership this year.  This will ensure that you will retain your active membership status on April 1st, and be able to access areas of the website eligible for members only, as well as to continue to receive emails and notices through the website.    

 

When you register for the conference, please be sure to press submit at the end, which will then take you to the invoice screen.  If you do not reach the invoice screen, you are not actually registered for the conference.   If this should happen, please contact me at jbillings@bellsouth.net and I will be able to correct your registration for you.  The invoice is needed to send your payment to Karla Miller, our NCASBO Treasurer.  Also, new this year, we have the capability to accept credit card payments through our secure site as well as check payments.  You will see this choice after pressing submit.

 

Please also be sure to register for the staff development classes on February 11th and 12th.  You will be able to "un-register" for these classes, and register for another if you change your mind after you enter your choices.  Finance Officers have first priority on staff development classes, due to certification requirements; however, we will make every effort to try to get everyone into the classes chosen, or to an acceptable alternative.  You will be notified prior to the conference if you have been approved for your class.  The NCASBO School Business Academy classes will be available for registration through a different link, so they will not appear with the regular conference staff development classes.  

 

Mini-session descriptions are there for your information, but you are not able to register for them.  You will be able to make your choices by just attending the mini-session of your choice at the conference.

 

We hope that you will be there!     

 

   

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED