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WHY NOT?!?!
Rhode Island’s 23rd Annual Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference!
Thursday, October 25th, 2018 at the Crown Plaza in Warwick
Conference Day Registration, Dinner Dance & Hotel Reservations
We have extended the EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT to accommodate all of you who have called or emailed us to ask for a few more days. No worries! The FINAL DEADLINE for the EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT is now Wednesday, October 17th, but clock is still ticking and space is filling up fast! Register today to gaurantee your spot and save!!
CLICK HERE if you'd like to complete a registration form and pay by credit card. Once we receive your registration information, we'll send you an invoice. NOTE: Conference Invoices must be paid in full prior to the conference. Sorry, but our budget does not have room for "I.O.U.s".
The price will increase by $10 for both the Conference Day and the Dinner Dance after Wednesday, October 17th
CLICK HERE to download the Full Registration E-Form.
This is an electronic form, which means you can fill it in on your computer and save it to send by e-mail, or print for regular mail. Note: If you want to complete the form on your computer and save a copy for your records, you need to DOWNLOAD IT FIRST.
When you click on the form, it will open in a new tab on your web browser. Depending on your set-up, you should be able to fill-in the form and print it through your web browswer, but you won't be able to save your information.
Once you've dowloaded the form and completed it, click on the "Save As" button and rename with the Last Name, First Name of the person who is registering.
For example change the name from "2018ConfReg-Hotel_E-Form.pdf" to "Last, First -Registration.pdf"
Use this form to register for the Full Conference Day (9:30am-5:00pm) and/or Dinner Dance (6:00-10:00pm), as well as Hotel Reservations.
This form does not include the FREE REGISTRATION for the Youth Track. If that's what you're looking for, CLICK HERE to go to our Youth Track Registration Page instead.
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CONFERENCE DAY REGISTRATION
The Full Conference Day runs from 9:30am to 5:00pm Conference Day.
Individual Attendee Conference Day
$40 Per Attendee with Early Bird Discount Rate. Note: the Deadline to Register using the Early Bird Discount is Wednesday, October 17th
$50 Per Attendee after the Early Bird Discount ends on Wednesday, October 17th
Support Person Conference Day
$30 Per Support Person with Early Bird Discount Rate. Note: the Deadline to Register using the Early Bird Discount is Wednesday, October 17th
$40 Per Support Person after the Early Bird Discount ends on Wednesday, October 17th
DINNER DANCE PARTY REGISTRATION
The price to attend the Dinner Dance Costume Party is the same for all attendees:
This price includes a full course dinner, cash bar, and costume party
And speaking of a PARTY ... We're super excited to welcome the RI Rock Band, "Rhode Sodas", who will be performing live during our evening celebration this year. Get ready for an evening of music, dancing, and FUN!
CICK HERE to check out this talented group of musicians on Facebook, and be sure to send us your favorite song so we can add it to the music wish list that we're preparing for them!
The Conference Sale Table will also be open at the beginning of the night for those who are interested. Sale items will include T-shirts with the year's conference logo, and a variety of sweatshirts, bracelets, hats, lunch bags, posters, water bottles and more. All our Self-Advocacy goodies are reasonably priced, with some t-shirts on sale for a little as $5.00 each!
We definitely love a bahhhgin and hope you do, too!
HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS
The deadline to reserve a hotel room through Advocates in Action RI, and take advantage of our group discount rate, is Friday, October 12th
We have reserved a limited number of hotel rooms for attendees who want to stay overnight at the Crowne Plaza, 801 Greenwich Ave, Warwick, RI 02886. These rooms are available for Wednesday, October 24th and Thursday, October 25th.
The price is $124 per room, and each room can have 4 hotel guests. There Crowne Plaza also has a limited number of cost available, which you can add for $20 (only one cot per room, please).
If you're considering staying at the hotel, but can't decide which night you want, we can tell you from previous experience that most our our attendees usually prefer the Thursday so they can stay for the full dance, and hang out with friends. The Crowne plaza also has a pool, weight room, bar, restaurant and other ammenities for you to enjoy. Some also enjoy staying on the Wednesday night before the conference so they won't have to rush to get to ready the next day.
A few will actually save their money throughout the year so they can stay for both!
The final decision is up to you, but whatever you night(s) choose to stay, please let us know soon. The October 12th deadline for hotel reservations will be nere before you know it!
While you're thinking about deadlines, please remember: The LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE is Friday, October 19th. Although it may seem like you stil have plenty of time, we strongly encourage everyone to register much sooner than thae 19th.
Space is super limited, so we really can't over-emphasize how important it is to send in your registration as soon as possible! In fact, we feel so strongly about this, that we wrote this silly poem to motivate you:
Hey, like we said, we know it's silly! Sometimes silly just works better than serious, because it helps us make important information stick.
We're really hoping you can help us do that, too, by sharing out poem with others and encouraginge them to sign up for the conference!
If that sounds ok with you, then CLICK HERE to a download your copy of "Why Not Register?", and then blast it out to others who may want to attend.
By the way, YES, this includes you, too!! If YOU still haven't registered yet, WHY NOT??
If you're still waiting to find a pen, fill-in your form, write a check, address an envelope, get to the post office, buy a stamp, and put your Conference Registration in the mail, WHY NOT skip our giggled-filled poetry, and DO THAT RIGHT NOW??!!
And if you're really not sure about what you need to do, or people are telling you there's NO WAY you can get to the conference, or stay for as long as you'd like, WHY NOT dial our number, send us an e-mail, to see if we can help?
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If you wait to register
until the very last minute
please don’t blame us
if we can’t fit you in it!
Here's a snapshot of our "Conference News You Can Use" brochure (pictured below). This 2 page document includes the agenda for the day, conference deadlines, hotel information and some useful tips for attendees. CLICK HERE if you'd like to download a copy to save on your computer, e-mail to others, or print and share.
Click here to send us an E-mail with your conference questions or call the Advocates in Action office at 1 - 8 7 7 - 5 3 2 - 5 5 4 3
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This page was updated on Friday, October 12, 2018