How many of you have a "mid-years" convention and or a yearly convention/chapter?

[Titchou]

At hotels. Our conventions usually have about 900 in attendance. And we need 2 large ballrooms set up continually for General Sessions and meals throughout the course of the Convention as well as smaller rooms for breakout sessions. Those could be as many as a dozen or so. The seminars about 300-400 depending and don't need as many rooms but does need a decent sized facility. Our in house facility at EO only holds 15 so only Council meetings and boards, small groups meet there.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Titchou

At hotels. Our conventions usually have about 900 in attendance. And we need 2 large ballrooms set up continually for General Sessions and meals throughout the course of the Convention as well as smaller rooms for breakout sessions. Those could be as many as a dozen or so. The seminars about 300-400 depending and don't need as many rooms but does need a decent sized facility. Our in house facility at EO only holds 15 so only Council meetings and boards, small groups meet there.

All of this is pretty much the same for AST. We hold convention once every two years in the even numbered years. In the odd-numbered, we have Officers Academy. Just a couple weeks ago, we held the first Advisors Academy, which was in Chicago; I don't know how often the sorority plans to hold this event.

ETA: The sorority also holds annual Regional Leadership Workshops. They are only a day, and as their name suggests, they include the chapters in a specific region. I don't know how many are held around the country each year.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Titchou

At hotels. Our conventions usually have about 900 in attendance. And we need 2 large ballrooms set up continually for General Sessions and meals throughout the course of the Convention as well as smaller rooms for breakout sessions. Those could be as many as a dozen or so. The seminars about 300-400 depending and don't need as many rooms but does need a decent sized facility. Our in house facility at EO only holds 15 so only Council meetings and boards, small groups meet there.

All of this is pretty much the same for AST. We hold convention once every two years in the even numbered years. In the odd-numbered, we have Officers Academy. Just a couple weeks ago, we held the first Advisors Academy, which was in Chicago; I don't know how often the sorority plans to hold this event.

ETA: We also hold annual Regional Leadership Workshops, which last only a day. As their name suggests, they include all the chapters in a particular region.