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Conference
The EASFAA conference is structured to provide members with a positive professional experience that is geographically accessible and affordable. Some constituencies, however, could be better served by the conference – specifically graduate, proprietary, multicultural and the more "seasoned" aid administrators.

GOALS

1. Provide workshop sessions, social and networking events that will increase member's satisfaction with the annual conference.
2. Increase participation and attendance.
3. Solicit participation and involvement from the entire EASFAA Council.
4. Provide a vehicle for vendors to interact with conferees at a level and frequency that is satisfactory to all.
5. Provide quality educational programming to the membership for both professional and personal growth.
   
   

ACTIONS

• Goal 1:
  1. Solicit feedback at each annual conference.
  2. Involve and identify new members by inviting them to a new member event, and providing an overview of the association, either at that event or separately (perhaps a session titled "EASFAA 101").
  3. Solicit speakers and session ideas from outside of EASFAA and outside of our profession.
• Goal 2:
  1. Provide frequent, more consistent and up-to-date information about the upcoming conference using both paper and electronic methods.
  2. Evaluate registration fees annually, compare to other regional conference fees, and investigate the cost structure to consider discounts for multiple school attendees and separate vendor registration fees.
  3. Review site selection process and make an evaluation on holding EASFAA in areas where the use of multiple hotels is minimal.
• Goal 3:
  1. Outline and distribute to council their responsibilities 30 days prior to the conference.
  2. Identify and recognize individual member states at the conference.
• Goal 4:
  1. Provide dedicated exhibit visiting times throughout the conference to increase vendor contact with attendees.
  2. Solicit feedback from vendors, perhaps via a separate conference evaluation.
• Goal 5:
  1. Solicit ideas from the membership on topics of importance for training and development.
  2. Review issues of national, regional, and state importance for inclusion in the conference agenda.
  3. Solicit speakers who are known experts in their specific areas.
  4. Provide topics of interest to specific constituencies - graduate schools, minority members, distance education, etc.
  5. Provide the opportunity for attendees to have e-mail access free of charge.

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