Other Information for Participants:
Local Arrangements
Information about restaurants, sightseeing, shopping
and other activities will be available to assist
you in making the most of your visit to Orlando.
Click
here to access the Coronado Spring Resorts
Web site to learn more about waht the site has
to offer.
Scholarships and
Discounts
Conference Scholarships
ACR offers two types of conference attendance
scholarships to its members:
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Each ACR Chapter may award one Chapter Scholarship
to a Chapter member in good standing. This
member must also be a member of ACR.
ACR will contribute 50 percent of the conference
registration fee, and the Chapter awarding
the scholarship will cover the remaining 50
percent. Each Chapter determines its own criteria
for awarding the Chapter Scholarship.
If you are interested, please contact the
President of your local Chapter. Please note
that the Chapter portion of the fee must accompany
the registration form.
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Twenty-five financial aid scholarships are
available to ACR members who need financial
support in order to attend the 2003 annual
conference.
These scholarships cover one half of the early
bird conference registration fee of $330 and
ensure your eligibility for a discounted sleeping
room at the hotel. Financial aid scholarships
are for ACR members who are active in the
field of dispute resolution as practitioners
or conflict resolution educators, but lack
the personal financial resources, and/or employer
sponsorship, to attend the annual conference.
If you are interested in applying for an ACR
financial aid scholarship for the 2003 conference
in Orlando, please call Josefa Martinez at
(202) 464-9700 ext. 210 or e-mail conferences@acresolution.org.
The application deadline is August 25, 2003.
Applicants selected to receive a scholarship will
be notified by September 12, 2003.
Volunteer Mediators
In an effort to defray registration expenses,
there will be a limited offer of a 30 percent
reduction in the main conference fee for ACR members
who work as volunteer mediators or provide other
voluntary support to community-based programs.
This offer is only available to the first 100
volunteer mediators/staff and will be done on
a first-come, first-served basis at the time of
registration. Proper verification includes providing
a letter of certification from your supervisor
that establishes your status as volunteer mediator/staff
and confirms that this discount will make your
attendance possible. This letter must accompany
your registration form in order to qualify for
the discount. The discount does not apply to pre-conference
sessions, student, youth, exhibitor, or daily
registration fees.
Group Discounts
We've made it very cost effective for your organization!
Organizations sending five or more registrations
in the same envelope are eligible for a 10 percent
per person discount off the main conference fee.
One payment for all registrations must be enclosed.
The discount does not apply to pre-conference
sessions, student, youth, exhibitor, or daily
registration fees.
Session Recordings
You can download an order form by clicking
here or contact the recordings company directly
at:
Conventions Recordings
6983 Sunset Drive South
St. Petersburg, FL 33707
phone: 727-345-8288
fax: 727-345-8494
e-mail: convrec@aol.com
web: www.conventionrecordings.com
Continuing Education
Requirements
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Attendance at half-day pre-conference institutes
is 3.6 Continuing Mediator Education [CME]
hours.
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Attendance at a full-day pre-conference institute
is 7.2 CME hours.
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Conference workshop sessions are 1.8 CME
hours each.
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Plenary sessions will be at least 1 CME (to
be determined).
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Application has been made for Florida Bar
CLE Credits.
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There are no credits for the Labor Arbitration
Training.
For more information contact the Florida Dispute
Resolution Center Web site at www.flcourts.org.
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