GEAC Newsletter | Winter 2005

Coming Back to GEAC: The Winter Conference

Whether this is your first GEAC Conference or you were there for the first one in 1972, there is something for every advancement professional at this year’s conference. This year’s theme, Homecoming, recalls the first GEAC conference time and the school days of yore. Go back in time to the 1970s at the opening Homecoming Event then catch up on the cutting edge of advancement including breakout sessions on e-marketing and leveraging your communications resources with technology.Register now to join the upcoming Winter conference, November 16-18.

The Winter Conference returns to a perennial favorite location, the Brasstown Valley Resort in the North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains, for three days of fun, fellowship, and learning. Let the beautiful mountains inspire you as industry leaders and colleagues share their knowledge.

The conference theme is “Homecoming 2005: Coming Back to GEAC.” This 70s themed gathering is designed to help you learn strategies and hone skills that will make you more creative and productive in dealing with the many difficult issues and challenges facing higher education today.

And this conference does something else that’s rare these days — it saves you money! Mindful of budgets and schedules, this conference is designed to give you great value for your conference dollar. For just $160 you’ll be rewarded with three days of instruction, inspiring speakers, and crucial networking. The $160 registration covers all conference materials plus an opening cookout, a reception, a continental breakfast, a luncheon, a banquet and a closing brunch.

The conference begins with a kick off Homecoming Event which will provide places to display your college or university pennants, banners and flags and will encourage attendees to sport college sweatshirts, bellbottoms and show their school spirit. A bonfire, a hamburger and hotdog dinner, pep rally and 70s music deejay will help start the retro conference out right.

The conference will then move into the present with featured speakers include Dr. James T. Rogers, executive director for the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in Decatur, Georgia and Mr. Charles E. (Gus) Whalen, Jr., Chairman of the Edward K. Warren Foundation.

Other conference highlights include track sessions with nutsand-bolts information on fund raising, alumni relations, public information, and Web-based communication; presentation of GEAC Distinguished Service Awards; and time to enjoy the many attractions of Georgia’s famed Blue Ridge Mountians, home to extensive recreation opportunities, as well as the hospitality of the Brasstown Valley Resort.

Act quickly to take advantage of this bargain. Return the enclosed registration form to David Arnold at the Georgia Institute of Technology, (404) 894-6015, or you can print the registration form off the GEAC Web site, www.uga.edu/geac.

While you’re at it, reserve your room at conference headquarters, the luxurious The Brasstown Valley Resort. Nestled in the quiet rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Brasstown Valley Resort is northeast Georgia’s top family, golf and meeting destination. The Resort has a special conference room rate of $125 for single, double, triple, and quad. Deluxe balcony/fireplace rooms add $30 to room rate. Reserve your room by calling tollfree (800) 201-3205. Be sure to mention the GEAC conference. Room reservation deadline Friday, October 15, 2005. Registration after October 28, 2005 is $180.