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Nine Money-Saving Opportunities

1. Register Early
• Early Bird Registration Deadline
  To receive this discount, registrations must be postmarked by March 16, 2007.
• Advance Registration Deadline
  To receive this discount, registrations must be received by April 16, 2007.
2. Register as a Group
   Group registration discounts are available. A group is defined as 25 or more individuals from different organizations. There must be one form completed per registrant. Please note that online registration is not available for group registrations. Group registration must be coordinated by a single individual, and all forms and payments must be submitted at the same time. Exchanging registrations or adding to groups once the registration has been processed is not permitted.
3. Register as a Team
   Team registration discounts are available. A team is defined as five or more individuals from the same organization. There must be one form completed per registrant. Please note that online registration is not available for team registrations. Team registration must be coordinated by a single individual and all forms and payments must be submitted at the same time. Exchanging registrations or adding to teams once the registration has been processed is not permitted.
4. Register as an Emerging Leader
   We are pleased to continue our work engaging the motivated minds of those arts professionals ages 35 and younger or with limited experience working in the arts. Throughout the convention, these emerging leaders will meet with seasoned professionals as well as their peers to advance their skills in and knowledge of the field thereby cultivating the next generation of arts leaders. Emerging leaders receive $50 off of their convention registration. A discounted emerging leader registration must be paid by a sponsoring organization to qualify for the discount. The discount is limited to one discount per organization. The emerging leader discount is not applicable to scholarship team registrants or other special offer recipients.
5. Volunteer
   Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce the opportunity of reduced convention registration fees for current Americans for the Arts members and full-time students who volunteer to work for eight hours during the conference. Volunteer duties primarily include helping staff with registration tables, monitoring sessions, securing the staff office, assisting with directing attendees during special events, and stuffing registration packets and "goodie" bags. Volunteers who work eight hours are entitled to a reduced convention registration fee of $175. (The regular member rate is $380.) This fee includes admittance to all daytime events and other conference activities that do not require a separate fee. Please note: Volunteers will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Volunteers will have the opportunity to select assignments prior to the convention. However, Americans for the Arts reserves the right to change or make new assignments as needed.
   
   To apply for this volunteer program, download the volunteer application (pdf, 26KB). Complete applications can be mailed to the address below, e-mailed to Ryan Winfield at rwinfield@artusa.org, or faxed to 202.371.0424. The application deadline is March 16, 2007.
6. Apply for a Scholarship
   Americans for the Arts is pleased to provide a variety of scholarship opportunities to assist people with attending the convention if you are an emerging leader, represent an underserved community, or need financial assistance to attend the convention. Many state, statewide, and regional arts agencies also offer scholarships for people in their service area to attend the convention. This assistance is often in the form of registration or travel subsidies. Please visit the scholarship opportunities page for more information about the many scholarships that are being offered to 2007 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention registrants. American for the Arts scholarship applications are due by March 16, 2007. Scholarships from other arts agencies have various deadlines, so please visit the scholarship opportunities page for those dates.
7. Drop In for a Day
   Can’t attend the entire conference? Participate for a single day for just $175!
8. Enroll in Our Roommate Referral Program
   Interested in sharing a room with another conference attendee to help reduce the cost of attending the convention? Just check the Roommate Referral Box on the registration form, and we’ll send you a list of other interested attendees. To be eligible for the program, registration forms must be received no later than April 13, 2007.
9. Get a Complimentary Membership When You Register as a Nonmember Today!
   Not a member? No problem. If you are currently a professional member of Americans for the Arts, please register as a member. If you currently are not a professional member, please register as a nonmember, and as a bonus you will be given a complimentary professional membership for one year with Americans for the Arts! Americans for the Arts professional membership delivers innovative and acclaimed resourced designed to keep you on top of arts programming and policy issues. We are your link to valuable research and information, national visibility, advocacy and arts education initiatives, as well as professional and leadership development opportunities. New members are welcome to join us at the new member welcome reception during the annual convention.