next conference

[HV Psychodrama]

    I think if it planned right, in terms of timing, it will not interfere, but perhaps inspire people to attend the national conference. Look, the bottom line is that  any number of folks cannot afford to travel to the places we hold the national conferences. They don't get to enjoy the sense of community that develops around the love of psychodrama that those of us who travel every year to the national conferences enjoy. My hope would be that local conferences would get and keep people engaged with the method, and perhaps they would in turn attend the national conference at another time. Think of it as advanced marketing.
  Next years conference is in Texas. I know most of my students are not going to attend. Why not have a conference here in the east that would keep them connected until the conference returns to the north east. The other thing would be to be sure to hold it at a different time, certainly not April if that is when than national conference is held.
   I think it would be  a terrific marketing idea for psychodramatists in Texas to hold one of two short conferences this fall, to help develop a taste for an experience that will be fulfilled at the national conference next spring.
Rebecca
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  From: Adam Blatner 
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  but will the holding of alternative conferences undercut the motivation or willingness to attend the national conference and if so, what will that do to the asgpp as a national organization?  adam

  HV Psychodrama <hvpi at hvc.rr.com> wrote: 
    Ed, Michael, and others who live in Western Mass/Albany area/New Paltz  What if we got together and planned a two day conference for people who live locally? Had anyone else done that...is there a template out there for creating and running a short conference? Anyone interested in helping to create a template if there isn't one already?
    Rebecca
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      And Baltimore, MD has many colleges/universities as well including John Hopkins, Goucher, Loyola, Notre Dame, Towson U., and Morgan.  Towson University is a state school and could be even more affordable than the private colleges.  

      Another affordable option to expensive hotels--a list of folks who would have rooms in their homes to let for the weekend.  For example, I have two bedrooms available and if the conference were in Baltimore I could create such a list.  What a nice experience for folks from other countries to experience a welcoming American family and home life as well as the conference.     

      Patti



       ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Edward Schreiber 
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        Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 7:07 AM
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        Northampton, Mass has 5 colleges, including Smith College, University  
        of Massachusetts, Amherst, Hampshire College and Mt. Holyoke  
        College.   We could find one college, I am sure, to house a  
        conference in 2009.  Colleges end mid-May, so we would have to have  
        an early June conference.  The conference could include, for those  
        who wanted, rental of a dorm room.  There are hotels here as well.

        The criteria I hear from many is simply cost.  Miami was great but  
        the cost was high.   If we want to attract many we have to make it  
        affordable.


        Ed

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