[AGDee]

The same questions are being asked in this thread and the summer Quarterly thread so I put this here. As Susan had suggested, I emailed "Ask the President" to find out more about Convention. Here is Suzanne's response:

"Thank you for sending a question to "Ask the President" and I hope the response will adequately explain the situation.

There will be the formal "Call to Convention" in the fall issue of the Quarterly where members may request registration information and simultaneously there will be a place on the website to also make the request for information. If our website reconstruction has moved along to where we hope it is by the time this information goes out, then we will be able to post more details on the Member Services side.

The costs are being finalized now. I am waiting on one more item from the hotel before we can finalize the figures [trying to make it as good for our sisters as possible] so that this is ready when the publicity goes out. One other thing we hope to do is offer an "early bird" registration so that if members pay their registration/hotel package in by a specified date they will benefit from a small savings. I think that will appeal to many.

It is a good thing I recommended that everyone save a dollar a day from Convention 2001 forward. It will not be quite that much for the Convention package, but then they have travel money or a little spending money to get Alpha Gam goodies.

Let me know if something needs further clarification. I am looking forward to seeing you and so many other sisters in Michigan in a few weeks.

Loyally,

Suzanne"