Final State Conference Information for Advisors

Apr 16, 2008

While a day later than expected, please find the remainder of the information necessary for your Chapter to participate in the 2008 State Leadership and Skills Conference :

1. The official update memo with lots of very important information about the conference. Please read carefully!!
2. Contest locations (telling you where every contest is to be located)
3. Hotel Assignments and Registration Appointment Times
4. Rules of Courtesy Signoff
5. Supervision Schedule
6. EcoPhone Flier

Additionally, we are recommending that you check our news page daily over the next two weeks for additional information and updates.

Finally, please remember all changes to your conference attendance must be complete no later than Friday, April 18^th, 2008. That is this Friday and only two days away. After that date we will only take DROPS. No substitutions will be allowed after Friday and we will NOT allow substitutions on site. SkillsUSA Massachusetts is implementing this new procedure due to safety concerns and the limitations of our insurance binders.

We are looking forward to a GREAT conference. Enjoy your school vacation week. Once you return to school SkillsUSA staff will already be on site at the conference. So we look forward to your arrival on Thursday, May 1, 2008.

Registration Closed for State Conference

Apr 15, 2008

As of noon today, the SkillsUSA office will cease to accept any additional changes to your State Conference registration.

Skill contest competitors not attending at this point will be considered drops and you will be responsible for payment. Any replacements can only be made in leadership, demonstration skill events, general events and delegates and must fit into your existing room block (including gender for room assignments)

The totals owed as of today at noon are final, and you are responsible for your totals as presented. All final changes of any kind must be made no later than Friday, April 18^th at 3:00 p.m. After that no changes of any kind will be made (this is a different procedure than in previous years) We will not make changes on site in any contest or delegates—only drops—and you will be responsible for payment for drops in leadership, demonstration skill events, general events and delegates after Friday.

Additionally, changes will not be allowed to room assignments. The students must remain in the rooms assigned due to security reasons, as they must be able to be located in the rooms you have assigned them to in your submitted room lists.

Later today, hotel assignments, registration appointments times and other conference information will be sent. Please be on the look out for it to finalize your arrival and information home to parents.