Community Action Partnership - Annual Convention

August 31-September 3, 2010

Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, MA

WORKSHOPS

Click here for a preliminary list of Workshops with tracks and presenters

Click here for the Schedule of Events

Click here for brochure and registration form

EXHIBITORS

Click here for a list of exhibitors

Click here for the Exhibit Hall floor plan

HOTELS

The Marriott is now sold out. A block of rooms has been reserved for us at the Westin Copley Place at the convention rate of $189. To reserve, call 1(888) 627-7216

Hotel cancellations must be received at least 7 days prior to arrival. Any cancellations received less than 7 days prior to arrival will be charged a one-night room & tax penalty. This charge will be applied to the credit card used to guarantee the reservation.

Additional Hotels Nearby the Boston Marriott Copley Place

Community Action Partnership has contracted with the Westin Copley Place for a limited number of rooms at the convention rate of $189.00. Mention Community Action when making reservations.

Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
1-866-627-7216

Other Nearby Hotels
Please note that we do not have any rate agreement or contract with the following hotels, which are within a block or two of the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

Boston Copley Square Hotel
www.copleysquarehotel.com
47 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
1-800-225-7062

Colonnade Boston Hotel
www.colonnadehotel.com
120 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116-5730
(617) 424-7000

Lenox Hotel
www.lenoxhotel.com
61 Exeter Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 536-5300

Boston Park Plaza Hotel
www.bostonparkplaza.com
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 426-2000

TRAVEL DISCOUNTS TO BOSTON

Air

American Airlines:
Phone: 800/433-1790; use Auth # 9780AF
Online: www.AA.com; use Promo Code: 9780AF

Continental Airlines:
Phone: 800/468-7022; Z code: ZG7D and Agreement Code: D10YEQ·
Online: www.continental.com; use Agreement Code: D10YEQ for an additional 3% discount off published fares

Train

Amtrak offers a 10% discount off the lowest available rail fare to Boston Back Bay Station (BBY) and Boston South Station (BOS) between August 27 and September 6.To book your reservations, please call Amtrak at (800) 872-7245 or contact your travel office. Please refer to Convention Fare Code X61B-983.

Pre- Convention Activities

In-Depth Review of OMB Circulars
Monday, August 30 and Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ∙ 8:30a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Lead Presenter: Howard Gesbeck Jr., CPA, JD, Partner, Wipfli LLP

Howard Gesbeck is nationally recognized for his comprehensive work with Community Action Programs, other grant-funded programs, and particularly for his expertise with Federal regulations and OMB Circulars. At this training, Howard Gesbeck will provide you with an in-depth review of OMB Circulars relating to financial management and administration, and practical ways to apply the most current information to your program operations. Topics include:

Administrative Requirements
Cost Principles
Cost Allocation

Participants will receive a comprehensive training manual including outlines and regulations, daily morning refreshments and afternoon breaks. For more information contact Wipfli at (888) 876-4992 or visit www.wipfli.com/boston.

Please note: You must register for this track directly with Wipfli at www.wipfli.com/boston , and the cost does not include regular convention registration.

Fee:
$495 by June 25, 2010
$545 between June 26 – July 30, 2010
$595 after July 30, 2010

Ray Suarez Confirmed as
Opening Speaker in Boston:
Author and Senior Correspondent on
PBS for The NewsHour

The Community Action Partnership is pleased to announce that Ray Suarez, the prolific author and senior correspondent on PBS's The NewsHour, will be the opening keynote speaker on Wednesday, September 1st at our 2010 annual convention in Boston.

Ray Suarez joined The NewsHour in October 1999 as a Washington-based senior correspondent for PBS. He has more than 30 years of varied experience in the news business. He came to The NewsHour from National Public Radio where he had been host of the nationwide, call-in news program Talk of the Nation since 1993. Suarez also hosts the weekly politics program Destination Casa Blanca for Hispanic Information Telecommunications Network.

Since 2009, he has covered the global health beat for The NewsHour, traveling the world to bring back news of severe health threats, and steady progress against some of the world’s most dangerous diseases. His stories have ranged from the possible effects of global climate change on the world’s poorest to the struggle to keep women from dying in childbirth.

He is a critically-acclaimed author, most recently of a book examining the tightening relationship between religion and politics in America, The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America. Suarez also wrote The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration 1966-1999. Over the years he has narrated, anchored or reported many documentaries for public radio and television including the nationally-broadcast Anatomy of a Pandemic and Jerusalem: The Center of the World (2009, PBS), a weekly series, Follow the Money.

Suarez was a co-recipient of NPR's 1993-94 and 1994-95 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Awards for on-site coverage of the first all-race elections in South Africa and the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, respectively. He was honored with the 1996 Ruben Salazar Award from the National Council of La Raza, and the 2005 Distinguished Policy Leadership Award from UCLA's School of Public Policy.

To visit the 2009 Convention page, click here.
To revisit the 2008 Convention page, click here.

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