New Jersey?????

I hate being teased!!! Seven hours drinving in March weather in upstate new York doesn't work!

another vote for South Florida

Lisa
West Palm Beach

Nic,
you have conferences in May, June and July on all sorts of topics that will aid your pto. Check out what Tennessee PTA is offering.

Unregistered;126807 wrote: My thought is if they were to book a less expensive location, perhaps they would not need as many registered attendees.

It's kind of a chicken-or-the-egg thing.

The more centrally located a facility is the more convenient it is for large numbers of potential attendees and (usually) the more expensive it is.

So we could have an event -- and probably pay less rent -- 75 miles outside of a city, but then the location would be inconvenient for nearly all potential attendees and result in fewer attendees. (And actually, room rental is a relatively small % of the costs of an event). It's tricky...

I think you'll find in 2007 more and more tools right here on the web. I absolutely love getting out and meeting leaders in person, and I know that all of our events are extremely beneficial for groups (and the depth of learning can be greater), but there's an argument that we can help lots more (tens of thousands of leaders 24x7) leaders with powerful online offerings than we can in person (where we meet 300-500 leaders per event.

Just some insight into our thinking....

Tim

debhead12;106280 wrote: Any chance of getting a conference in beautiful, sunny Orlando?

Deb

I tried to go to one scheduled back in '04-'05 school year on International Drive. Much to my disappointment, PTO Today cancelled it, saying we did not have enough people registered. My thought is if they were to book a less expensive location, perhaps they would not need as many registered attendees. I know a lot of PTO/PTA people want as much help as they can get!
Noberly Welsh
PTO President
Kissimmee Charter Academy