[Advocacy-outreach] Spring Conference 2023/Adhoc Committee for Venue

[Lorraine Kells]

Hello,

It was brought to my attention that we want to start discussing the
possibility of a conference at our November meeting. YES , let's put it on
the agenda for November.



On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:26 AM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Chairs and CCGA working group members.  It is already time to think
> about 2023. It was brought up at the 10/18 coordinating meeting that we can
> get a head start on the conference and avoid being told by venues that we
> didn't contact them soon enough to secure the date(s) we wanted.
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> So, we need to hear from everyone: Do we want to return to an in
> person conference? Is it less expensive and more sustainable to reach
> people with a virtual conference?   Do we want a hybrid? Let's take a few
> comments to inform our agenda for the December meeting.
>
> Second, if we are to return to an in person conference, Gina and I brought
> up the fact that we have two venues already thoroughly vetted from 2020,
> and we had a good relationship with staff to build on for 2023.  Those were
> Whitney M. Young Magnet School and Truman Community College.
>
> Let's make our December coordinating meeting the place to start actual
> conference planning, take a vote on what kind of conference we want, and
> enlist volunteers for the ad-hoc planning committee and planning meetings
> and a timeline.
>
> Regards,
> Lorraine
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