Spring MACE '09 Attendee Information

Conference Fees & Registration

Date: March 5 & 6, 2009
Time: Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. & Friday 8:00 a.m. to Noon
Location: Alumni Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan
Conference Fee: $150 online registration, $175 walk-up registration
Registration: Table opens at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday
Vendor Display: Thursday, March 5 (one day only)

Registration is open until we reach our capacity limit for the Alumni Center. If registration closes before the conference date a notification will be posted on our web site. At that time you may request your name be placed on our waiting list.

Once online registration closes no walk-up registrations will be accepted.

> Register for the conference here.

Notification and Cancellation

If you must cancel your registration then notice of cancellation must be received by Ellen Underhill, MACE Registrar.

Cancellations accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2009.

Conference fees will be required to be paid even if you do not attend the conference, unless you follow the cancellation procedure.

If you must cancel after the posted cancellation date please contact MACE as soon as possible, under certain circumstances we may be able to waive your fee.

Sessions

Vendor sessions are offered Thursday morning only, March 5, 2009.

Presenter sessions will be offered on March 5 & 6, 2009.

> Take a look at the scheduled presentations.

Vendor Courtyard

The Vendor Courtyard is available all day Thursday, March 5, 2009.

> View the list of Vendors and Exhibitors.

 

 

 

Internet Access

The Alumni Center has wireless Internet Access.

Please read the KSU Information for Visitors & Guests to make sure your computer meets the requirements for connection to the KSU network.

The campus network actively scans for computers in violation of these policies, and if detected your computer will not be allowd to connect.

The MACE staff will not attempt to overide any security settings in place on your computer. Please visit with your IT staff to make sure your computer will operate properly with the KSU network.

Please have your IT staff show you how to make the connection or have them set your computer up ahead of time.

An email will be sent to all conference attendees with the settings needed to make a wireless connection.

Handouts

Electronic handouts, made availalbe to MACE from our presenters, will be placed on the MACE web site for downloading. You can access the Handout server by clicking on Handouts in the menu bar on any of our pages.

Blogging

From any page on our website just click on Blog in the menu bar on the left side of the page.

Everyone will need to create an account, so click on Register, under Menu, top right of MACE Blog home page. (No accounts saved from last year)

Type in a username and a valid email address of an account you use.

Once you receive your password via email come back to the MACE Blog, click on Login, under Menu, type in your username and password, click Login.

Our Blog uses WordPress, you are taken to your Dashboard where you control your account. There are links in the light blue menu bar near the top of the page to help you Write, Manage, Comment, or edit your Profile.

The Latest Activity box also contains links to help you start Blogging.

You may find it more to your liking to navigate and use the site by clicking the View site link at the top of the Dashboard page, in the dark blue bar.

From this view click on Help in the menu bar on any page for assistance, or click on Site Admin, under Menu, to return to your Dashboard.

How to get here

> Directions to the KSU Alumni Center.

Lodging

Lodging is your responsibility.

> Manhattan Motels and other Visitor Information.


Parking

You will be receiving a separate e-mail from the KSU Parking staff that will include your parking permit for both days of the conference. It is a printable PDF file that you must display on the dash of your vehicle.

If you are staying at the Holiday Inn on the South side of the Alumni Center, you are asked to keep your vehicles there. You are as close as anyone to the Conference Alumni Center.



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