I have to say, it really hit me last night just how close we are to NOAH’s 12th National Conference in Las Vegas. It hit me so hard that I promptly emptied my frequent flier account of 25,000 miles to procure my ticket for said event. No matter that I have to go from Chicago to Houston to Las Vegas in order to get there! It is done and I’m going!
It’ll probably hit you too when you soon go to your mailbox and pull out the beautiful conference registration packet that was put in the mail earlier this month (which includes a color cover photo of yours truly posing with Ed Dalton. Mr Dalton, as per usual, is looking debonair in his shades. As for me, well...don’t let that picture stop you from coming !).
For those of you who just can’t wait to get started with you conference travel planning (I certainly couldn’t as evidenced by the opening paragraph of this blog post), you don’t have to wait for the mailman to conquer wind, rain and snow. We’ve made a PDF of the conference registration packet available online to get you started. You might want to hop to it because the registration price goes up after May 9th. And, if you’re like me, you won’t want to wait to see all the cool things that the conference committee has planned!
The Riviera has also made it really easy to reserve your hotel room for the conference. They’ve made a secure online reservation page available specifically for NOAH conference attendees. Its one of two ways that you’ll be able to make sure you take advantage of NOAH’s special conference rates. The other way is by calling the hotel directly at (800) 634-6753 and mentioning NOAH. The Riviera has made the conference rates available from the Sunday before to the Tuesday after the conference, so it is easy to make a full-blown vacation out of the trip! Don't forget to make your hotel reservations by Friday, June 20, 2008
For those of you who have never been to a NOAH conference before, it is really hard for me to describe it to you in any other words except “magical.” It is the one time where the entire albinism community comes together to learn and share. And, well…it is just a lot of fun, too! This year, we’ve got the added bonus of Las Vegas (600 visually impaired people walking into a casino… That should be, errr, interesting….
). I’ve made tons of friends at the conferences that I’ve attended throughout the years, and I can’t wait to see them this summer in the Nevada desert.
So, yeah… I’m not anxious at all given that we’re almost four months away and I’ve already got my plane tickets!
See you in Vegas!
Brendan Cosgrove
NOAH AOC Committee Chair