Convention Program - Christian Homeschool Association of ...

624 th Annual CHAP Homeschool ConventionMay 7– 8, 2010—Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Friday, free session at 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Additional Convention Exit: Once you have your wristband on, youmay use the Northwest doors, located near EH2, to exit the buildingdirectly to the parking lot. You may also re-enter at these doors if youhave your wristband on.Solicitation Prohibited: No solicitation or distribution of material,polling, or interviewing is permitted at the Farm Show Complex indoorsor in the parking area during the CHAP Homeschool Convention.Violators will be prosecuted and asked to leave the convention.CHAP Magazine: The CHAP Magazine, formerly known as theCHAP Newsletter and formerly mailed to convention attendees, is undergoinga transformation to better minister to the homeschoolers ofPennsylvania. The CHAP Magazine will be mailed quarterly to homeschoolingfamilies across Pennsylvania who are members of CHAP.It contains encouragement and information on events and issues pertinentto home educators including articles of encouragement, academicitems for sale, etc. Please see the CHAP membership informationinside the front cover. If you do not receive an issue, please contact theCHAP office. Issues are mailed mid-summer, mid-fall, mid-winter,and mid-spring. Non-members may subscribe to the magazine for theyearly subscription rate of $10.Visiting Legislators, Candidates, and Public Officials: These publicservants are invited to attend the CHAP Convention as our guests.CHAP does not endorse any candidates for office but instead usestheir attendance at the CHAP Convention to acquaint them with homeeducation as a successful, proven educational choice. Feel free to introduceyourselves to them and ask them questions! Candidates arenot authorized to make the CHAP Convention a time for general solicitationsor distributing campaign material. In the context of a personalconversation, they may hand out business cards or other small cardsindicating where an interested person could obtain more informationor campaign material.Help: For complete convention information, visit www.CHAPonline.com and click on the convention webpages.When you enter the CHAP Homeschool Convention, you will beentering an area where photography, video and audio recording mayoccur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s),photography, audio recording, video recording and its/their release,publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for news, webcasts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, or any other purpose by CHAP and its affiliates and representatives.You release CHAP, its officers and employees, and each and allpersons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording,digitizing, or publication of interviews, photographs, computerimages, video and/or sound recordings.By entering the event premises, you waive all rights you may haveto any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any exhibition,streaming, webcasting, televising, or other publication of thesematerials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such exhibiting,broadcasting, webcasting, or other publication irrespective of whethera fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive anyright to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording takenby CHAP or the person or entity designated to do so by CHAP.You have been fully informed of your consent, waiver of liability, andrelease before entering the event.Announcing!Expanded Support Group Leaders’ TrackSessions on Friday and SaturdaySee schedule for the color coded sessions geared tohelp Support Group LeadersOn Saturday, join other support group leaders fordessert and a time to share ideas during a town hallmeeting. Stop by the CHAP booth(#109 in the exhibit hall) to register for the Town Hallmeeting and dessert.The CHAP Convention needs you to volunteer. We require manyvolunteers to run the convention. We desire and need your help tomake the convention a success. The benefits of volunteering include:• An opportunity to serve fellow homeschoolers.• Registration rebate equal to the registration of each volunteer.• Early bird shopping 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. on Friday. (Imagin thechance to shop with only three hundred other people.)• Online orientation, so no early morning orientationmeeting to attend.In order to volunteer, you must go to our website:www.CHAPonline.com. Volunteering can only take place online.Do not mail in the registration if you are volunteering. You mustregister online. After filling out the registration form, you will begiven a choice of volunteer jobs from which to choose. You willknow immediately if you received your choice. We do online volunteerorientation as well, so wecan expand the actual conventiontime for everyone. Go toCHAPonline.com, click theconvention tab, then clickthe registration page to signup for the convention andvolunteering. To volunteer,register atwww.CHAPonline.com