It\u2019s looking fabulous for conference week in Bend, mid-70\u2019s-low 80 temps all week.\u00a0 Bring a jacket or sweater for cool mornings and the outside dye workshops.<\/p>\n
We have a couple seats available in the vans for the Crescent Moon Alpaca Ranch<\/strong> visit on Wednesday afternoon \u2013 1:00-3:00 PM.\u00a0 Transportation fee is $15 per person;<\/strong> please bring cash in exact change.<\/strong>\u00a0 It will be collected as you board the van in front of the Riverhouse Convention Center entrance.<\/p>\n For Guild Booth and Vendor Booth set up<\/strong> beginning Wednesday around Noon, Charlene will have \u201croad monitors\u201d at the north end of the Convention Center to direct traffic down to the lower level exhibit hall for unloading.\u00a0 We ask that you follow these directions; it is a steep downhill lane and there is not a lot of room once you get there with the deck posts in place along the entire east side of the building.\u00a0 We have volunteer help for unloading your cars into the building and then ask that you drive up the lane and park either in the Convention Center parking lot above the south end of the building, or across the street in the Riverhouse hotel parking lots.<\/p>\n Fashion Show tickets<\/strong> are available at the Registration Desk starting June 11 for $25 cash only.\u00a0 This ticket is limited to the fashion show only. The reception begins at 6 PM and the Fashion Show at 7:30, so purchasers of these tickets will be admitted immediately following the reception, so entry time is approximately 7:15-7:30pm.\u00a0 Tickets for the reception are no longer available.<\/p>\n Keynote address tickets <\/strong>are also available for $25 during conference week.<\/p>\n Virtual Seminar ZOOM Participants<\/strong>:\u00a0 By Wednesday, June 14, individuals who are participating remotely via Zoom (i.e., you are not at the Convention Center in Bend) will receive an email with links to the Zoom seminars purchased.\u00a0 If you don’t see them in your email, please check your spam or junk file.\u00a0 If you have not received them by noon on Thursday, June 15, contact Sue Walsh, sugar2311@comcast.net<\/a> .\u00a0 Please note that each seminar has a different link, so be sure to use the correct one if you have signed up for multiple Zoom seminars with our virtual presenters.<\/p>\n Each seminar will be introduced by a seminar assistant in the conference room in Bend, where those in the virtual version will participate.\u00a0 Virtual participants will be able to ask questions live; there will be a wireless microphone for them.\u00a0 Zoom participants will be put on mute but will be able to ask questions through the chat feature, monitored by the assistant.\u00a0 Please note that we will do our best to make sure all questions are addressed during the allotted time.<\/p>\n If you have entered items in the Open Show<\/strong>, and did not mail them to Anne Kramer, please bring them to the Deschutes South room in the hotel main lobby building during the day on Wednesday. \u00a0Anne will be there all day.<\/p>\n Workshop and Seminar Class Assistants<\/strong><\/p>\n After you have checked in at Registration and picked up your conference\u00a0packet, please head over to the Info Table and check in there as well to confirm your Class Assistant assignment. \u00a0We will answer any additional questions you may have about your duties. Thank you for being willing to help out your instructor and fellow participants!<\/p>\n