*Guest pass option to help unemployed SLA members attend the upcoming D.C. conference — sign up or be a sponsor for a fellow member!*
Dear NJSLA Colleagues,
SLA-NY has come up with a terrific way to help our unemployed colleagues attend SLA 2009 affordably (saving several hundred dollars off the registration price). Please read the note below from New York Chapter President Michelle Dollinger, and consider yourself invited to participate as either a sponsor or a guest.
The guest can simply fill out the conference registration form and send it back to the SLA registration office (Experient). If you use a credit card you can fax it back (or perhaps even call it in). If you send a check, of course you'll have to mail it in.
I realize that there are additional costs for the hotel and travel. The host chapter, DC/SLA, has set up a wiki to help you get to and make the most of the conference. You can find a roommate or a ride by signing up for the SLA wiki if you haven't already. Registration is free and easy.
Best regards,
Eric Schwarz (NJSLA President)
P.S. If you’re logged in to Google/Gmail, you’ll need to copy/paste http://tinyurl.com/slaguest and login information (Email: slaguest / Password: slany100), then log out before accessing the spreadsheet SLA-NY has set up. Or you can open the link in another browser. For example, if you’re using Firefox, open the link in Internet Explorer.
Original message from Michelle Dollinger:
Dear Colleagues,
The economic downturn has been felt by a number of our members who have lost their positions. They may not be able to attend the upcoming SLA conference in D.C. due to the cost of registration.
How can we help our colleagues? We have learned that SLA members may each have one guest pass for the upcoming conference in D.C. The $50 guest passes are good Sunday through Wednesday for attending general sessions, non-ticketed networking events and the vendor INFO-EXPO.
An SLA member is needed to “sponsor” the guest pass, which is billed directly to the person using the pass. Normally used for spouses, guests this year may be SLA members. Several of us have been asked to “sponsor” a guest pass for an unemployed SLA member and we thought we would try to offer this to others who could benefit.
If you currently are an unemployed SLA NY [or NJ] member, and are interested in finding a “sponsor” for a guest pass, please enter your information in the following spreadsheet.
If you are willing to be a “sponsor” for a guest pass, please consult the list, enter your contact information, and please let the person requesting the pass know. Although sponsors can select whomever they want, let’s suggest that the names be considered in order that the requests are made in the following spreadsheet: http://tinyurl.com/slaguest
Log in using this ID:
Email: slaguest
Password: slany100
The guest pass information is on page two of the conference registration form. Each sponsor will receive confirmation from SLA that a “guest pass” has been issued to the requesting person.
Hope to see you at the conference. Special thanks to the Employment Taskforce and Rita Ormsby and Dana Gordon for bringing this to light.
Michelle
Michelle Dollinger, SLA NY Chapter President 2009
Twitter: mdoll, IM/meebo: MichDollNY