Convention Officially Starts...
The Convention started officially today with our very impressive business session. The stage is quite large and dramatic, featuring the various road signs of the IAAP 2008-2009 Forward Moving Year. We always kick it off with the Parade of Nations flag processional, which is quite inspiring, as flags representing all the nations represented at convention are brought across the stage. It reminds us all that we are truly an International organization.
The attendee numbers were higher than HQ had expected. Over 1900 attendees had already been checked in. Here's a small glimpse of the general business session, but it doesn't fully capture just how large this room actually is or how many people are actually crammed into that room!
Various amounts of exciting business today - a move to restore good of the order was defeated. SEVEN (7!) candidates were nominated from the floor (for a total of 27 candidates for all the offices). As you can imagine, the candidate speeches took a fair amount of time. Something new added this year was a time slot for the delegates and alternates to meet the candidates. Definitely an improvement over last year.
Also held during the afternoon was the Office Expo, an excellent opportunity to interact with many IAAP sponsors and vendors (and get plenty of goodies!).
The evening brought the Evening of Welcome - a party New Orleans style. This friendly face greeted us and got us in the mood to celebrate the night and meet and greet old friends and new faces.
Some of the attendees fully embraced their mission!
The attendee numbers were higher than HQ had expected. Over 1900 attendees had already been checked in. Here's a small glimpse of the general business session, but it doesn't fully capture just how large this room actually is or how many people are actually crammed into that room!
Various amounts of exciting business today - a move to restore good of the order was defeated. SEVEN (7!) candidates were nominated from the floor (for a total of 27 candidates for all the offices). As you can imagine, the candidate speeches took a fair amount of time. Something new added this year was a time slot for the delegates and alternates to meet the candidates. Definitely an improvement over last year.
Also held during the afternoon was the Office Expo, an excellent opportunity to interact with many IAAP sponsors and vendors (and get plenty of goodies!).
The evening brought the Evening of Welcome - a party New Orleans style. This friendly face greeted us and got us in the mood to celebrate the night and meet and greet old friends and new faces.
Some of the attendees fully embraced their mission!
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