2011 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

July 29-30, 2011

The Florida Hotel & Conference Center
1500 Sand Lake Road
Orlando, FL  32809
Phone:  800-588-4656
www.thefloridahotelorlando.com

Conference Theme:  Teamwork Makes Dreams Work

Hotel Reservations: Only authorized county personnel may make reservations with the hotel. The County room block which was previously determined and reserved under the County Name will be put on SOFL’s Master Bill. No one should use a credit card to reserve a room.  Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your rooming list by Monday, June 27, 2011. She has the number of hotel rooms agreed upon by counties. Room rates are $116.50 per room, which includes high-speed internet, newspaper, 2 bottles of water upon arrival and self parking. You may book rooms before and after the conference dates at the same rate as long as the rooms last. You will be responsible for finding alternative housing if you miss the deadline.  You are responsible for the number of rooms your reserved. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to try and sell your room to another county. We cannot guarantee someone will buy your room. Do not contact the hotel to cancel your room. Cancel with Patty in our office.

Tracks:  We encourage you to bring one person to attend the program track and one person to attend the Development track.  You will be able to go between each track to seek information you feel you need to hear first hand. Do communicate with your nearby county programs if you have gender issues with rooms to see if they can accommodate sharing a room.

Conference Registration: All Conference Registrations are due by Friday, July 15, 2011. Registration is only available online. The link will be provided to county coordinators via email, and they will pass along to approved registrants within their county. Registration is $135 per person. Daily Registration is $75 per person. Refunds will be taken into considerations for family emergencies until July 22.

Scholarships:  Your county has been notified of the number of scholarships they will receive. These Scholarships are made possible by the Publix monies allocated for County and Area programs. Only County Programs in financial distress will be offered scholarship. County volunteers on scholarship will be housed in their county’s room block, and SOFL will credit the county's account. The county will make the room reservation for them. We will only pay half of the room costs for scholarship recipients.  If you do not have a roommate for them call Patty, and we will look for a roommate.  We will also fund the travel expenses for the scholarship recipients. The details will be forthcoming but are the same as last year. All county scholarships should be done online by the county coordinator or the scholarship recipient.  The county coordinator will forward the registration link to the recipients.

FPAC, APD, Area ALPs, Training Directors and Selected Conference Committee members will attend conference on a Grant. Each of these persons will be sent a link to register. Many of these persons wear several hats but for the purpose of the Conference, they will register as one of the above positions even though they may be a county coordinator.  For Housing: Each position is allotted half of the room rate, each night. A list of people eligible for half-cost nights will be sent to County Coordinators and FPAC, APD, ALPs and Training Directors. If positions have no one to room with, email Patty.  Patty must make reservations for all singles as she will have to find a roommate for them from our pool of folks coming.  If the county wants to pay for the other half of the room as a single, we will bill the county (if there is space available). All positions listed above will receive full registration, and if not affiliated with a county or cannot carpool with a county, transportation will be awarded on a case-by-case basis. Training Directors will receive half-cost nights for Friday and Saturday. FPAC, APD, and ALPs will be for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, if driving distance is more than two hours from the hotel.

ALPs Scholarships:  (20) Athlete Leaders and (20) Mentors/Speech Coaches/Facilitators will be able to attend the Conference on a Grant.  A list will be sent out Monday, June 20, of the athletes that are eligible based on the work they have done on their input councils, the number of presentations they have made, or the number of volunteer, fundraising projects, special events they have participated in.

Door Prizes: Please bring your Door Prize ($25 Gift Card) on Friday, July 29, 2011 by 9:00 am.

Meetings: Area Meetings will be held on Friday, July 29, 2011, at 4:45 p.m. to 6:45 pm

Friday Night’s Attire: Dress to the theme.  Teamwork (your favorite team) or Dreams (your favorite PJs, but no R-rated PJs please!)

Friday Night Dinner and Entertainment: Starts at 7:30 pm. “A Minute to Win It!” hosted by FPAC, APD and Conference Committee.  A survey will be sent to county coordinators to determine if a DJ is requested.

Photo Request:  If you are a new county coordinator since last year’s conference (or current CC who has not sent a picture in or wants to update your existing one), or a new FPAC rep, APD, ATD, or ALPs coordinator, now is the time to send in a photo of yourself to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , by Monday, July 11 for use in the Conference Program.  Best photos to send Laurie are ones where your face is clearly shown, without hats or sunglasses on.  It is O.K, if other people are in the photo (they’ll be cropped out).  The end result is a head shot (think yearbook photo!).

Table Displays: Six large and spacious display tables are available for Associations, Organizations and County Programs. Please reserve a table with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by July 8. You cannot bring displays the day of, as we will have already filled the space.

Shopping: CSM will have a room for you to shop ‘til you drop. Over 200 stores await you in the Mall.

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