Greetings Fellow ECAC-SIDA Members,

The local organizing committee and your executive board have been hard at work ensuring that our 2009 workshop will be a huge success. Prior to everyone's arrival in Avalon, N.J., we wanted to pass along a few reminders as well as some additional information to help make the workshop a successful one.

DRESS CODE
The ECAC-SIDA Executive Board would like to remind everyone that as this is a professional development workshop, please remember to dress appropriately for all panels, lunches, and especially our annual ESPN Awards Banquet. Dress for all panels and luncheons is business casual. While there are different interpretations as to the definition of business casual, the executive board asks its members to refrain from wearing shorts, jeans, sneakers, men's sandals, and/or t-shirts to these functions. Business attire is expected from everyone for the awards banquet.  Casual dress is encouraged for all other times while at the workshop.

LATE REGISTRATION
Missed the cut off for registration? No problem. You may still register on-site during the registration times (Tuesday, Noon-3:00; Wednesday, 9:00-Noon). The late registration fee is $200.00.

KICK-OFF FUNCTION
Tuesday (June 2) night's kick-off function is a bargain price of $10.00 per person. Payment will be accepted during registration on Tuesday afternoon.

OPEN BOARD POSITIONS
Nominations are still being solicited for three positions within the executive board; second vice-president (four-year term) and university division representative (three-year term).  Additionally, the newsletter editor position is open. Interested parties (both peer nominations and self nominations are welcome) should e-mail Jill Olsen, ECAC-SIDA Secretary, at jolsen6@jhu.edu prior to June 1.

JOB SEEKERS/POSTING OF OPEN JOBS
College Division Representative Geoff Hassard (Oneonta) is the contact person for the job seeker area. If you have a job you would like posted, please e-mail it to Geoff at hassargj@oneonta.edu prior to Friday, May 29, or if you are going to be in attendance, bring it with you to the workshop. Job seekers are encouraged to bring their resumes with them or send them to Geoff ahead of time to be posted.

CHARITY INITIATIVES
As in the past, ECAC-SIDA encourages all members to donate items for use in the workshop's charity initiatives, both the Silent Auction and the Charity Raffle. Donations are the life-blood of both functions and we cannot run successful charity events without continued generous support of our members. Please bring items to Bob Beretta upon arrival in Avalon, or ship to Bob directly at West Point in advance if that is preferred. ECAC-SIDA has donated more than $25,000 to worthy causes the past 10 years. That is a direct reflection of the generosity of our members. None of that would be possible without your support.

Additionally, the executive board will be raffling off a Magellan Maestro 4350 GPS unit. Tickets will be sold throughout the week and are $1.00 for one ticket, $3.00 for five tickets and $5.00 for 10 tickets. The winning ticket will be drawn at Friday's Organizational Update. You must be present to win or designate someone to claim the item for you. We will not ship it. Proceeds from this raffle, as well as both the charity raffle and silent auction will go to Coaches vs. Cancer, our designated charity for the 2009 Workshop.

Should you have any questions leading up to the workshop, please feel free to contact either myself (gormanb@wit.edu) or first vice-president Adrienne Mullikin (mullikin@hood.edu). We hope to see you next week in Avalon!

Bill Gorman
ECAC-SIDA President