Spring Teen Opinion Survey

Dear Association Advisors,

Thank you for your continuing support of our partnership with Piper Jaffray. Below you’ll see a tally of responses to the active Spring Teen Opinion Survey. Please take moment to encourage your Associations to LIVE LEARN and LEAD market research through this this important partnership opportunity! They can find the survey at, http://www.deca.org/nab_piperjaffray.html. The survey went live on March 1 and closes on March 31. The survey results and industry report will be available in early-April.

Sincerely,

JF

John Fistolera
Director of Development

DECA, Inc.
1908 Association Drive
Reston, VA  20191
(703) 860-5000 x229 phone
(703) 371-9264 cell
(703) 860-4013 fax
www.deca.org

PLEASE – Vote DECA Every Day!

Dear Association Advisors,

It’s time to Vote DECA Every Day!

DECA is competing for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant, www.refresheverything.com/decainspires. Voting starts on April 1st and runs through April 30. Grants are determined by popular vote, so we need you to Vote DECA Every Day! – and to encourage your local advisors, chapters, membership, friends, family classmates and colleagues to do the same.

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how important this grant would be for our entire organization. If we’re successful in our campaign, DECA’s Pepsi Refresh Project will focus on 3 critical program areas:
·      Competitive Events – support the advancement of DECA’s Competitive Events Program and to the sponsor our International Business Plan Event.
·      Teacher Training – expand DECA’s professional development opportunities for Advisors.
·      Capacity Building – build new DECA Chapters and deliver services to greater numbers of members and advisors.

To vote for DECA’s Pepsi Refresh Project go to, www.refresheverything.com/decainspires. You’ll need to register through the Pepsi Refresh site to cast your vote. At the bottom, left hand corner of the page click “Sign In” and follow the prompts – you can either create an account through the Pepsi Refresh site or login through your Facebook account. Once you’re in, click on “Vote for this idea.” You can vote for DECA’s Pepsi Refresh Project one time every day.
Because this is a viral campaign we also need your help to spread the word -
·      Post a comment on DECA’s Project page after voting.
·      Post your vote on the status page of your Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn and/or other social media pages – click “Promote this idea” from the www.refresheverything.com/decainspires page.
·      Create a Widget for your web site – click on “Widgets” from the www.refresheverything.com/decainspires page.
·      Encourage your friends, family, classmates, students, colleagues, neighbors…. to Vote DECA Every Day! – and to spread the word through their networks.

While you can only vote for DECA one time every day, you can vote for up to 10 projects every day. Please do not vote for our competitors in the $250,000 category. Only one grant will be made in this category and we want it to be DECA! That said, we encourage you to look at other projects, in other grant levels, and cast your vote. In particular, we encourage your support of the Global Language Project in the $50,000 category. They have a great educational concept and project that we support.

Sincerely,

JF

John Fistolera
Director of Development

DECA, Inc.
1908 Association Drive
Reston, VA  20191
(703) 860-5000 x229 phone
(703) 371-9264 cell
(703) 860-4013 fax
www.deca.org

DECA ICDC

ICDC Advisors & attendees-

Misc. ICDC info:

Please note that our state photo is being taken after the Opening Session on Saturday at 11:15 pm…not after the Grand, as I mistakenly printed in one of my e-mails.

Shipping info (for shipping student projects, etc):

There is a $5 fee per package for the hotel to handle and store each package.  This fee is the responsibility of the chapter and will be applied to your room.

Include chapter Advisor’s name & school on first line and address as follows:

Chapter Advisor Name, Chapter and date of arrival

Fern Valley Hotel

2715 Fern Valley Road

Louisville, KY  40213

Optional tour info:

In addition to the tours offered by National DECA, I recommend seeing Churchill Downs especially since it is one week for the Kentucky Derby!  Contact Cheryl Whitehouse art 800-273-3729 or cwhitehouse@derbymuseum.org

Churchill Downs (several options)

“Dawn at the Downs” Traditional Southern style breakfast buffet in the luxury boxes with a commentator explaining as people are exercising the horses on the track. $20 for kids 17 and under, $30 over 18.

Backstretch Tours (6:45 am & 8 am)

Southern style breakfast, tram tour of stables, Derby Museum admittance & movie, tour of the front of Churchill Downs

Historic Walking tours of Churchill Downs $5 per person (about ½ hour in length)

Mon-Sat 8:30-4:30 Sun. 11:30-4:30

Behind the Scenes Walk & Tour of Churchill Downs  $10 per person, (about 1.5 hours)

Mon-Sat: 8 am, 10:30 am, 12 noon, 1:30 pm, 3 pm  Sun; 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2 pm

See the Jockey’s Quarters, Millionaire’s Row, Press Box

Barn & Backside Van Tour: 1 hour $10-$20

Mon-Sun: 7 am, 8:30 am, 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2:30 pm,

Also, be sure to set time aside to go to the Slugger Museum, even if you aren’t a baseball fan!  They used to give out a souvenir mini wooden Slugger bat, not sure if they still do.  See the following website for operating hours and group discounts.

http://www.sluggermuseum.org/

Parking info if you are renting a car and want to drive it to the Expo Center:

Multi-day parking passes will be sold at the DECA convention.  Sale times have not been determined, but the location will be in the general vicinity of the registration area. The parking passes will allow unlimited in/out access to the facility.

4-day pass $36 (April 24-27)

3-day pass $27 (April 25-27)

2-day pass $18 (April 26-27)

1-day pass $9  (April 27)

Should you have additional parking questions, please contact:

Kim Blair, Event Coordinator

Kentucky Exposition Center

502-367-5121

kblair@ksfb.ky.gov

There is DECA free shuttle service going from our hotel to downtown, however, it is only running during the day on Saturday and in the evenings on Sunday & Monday.  See schedule in the flash report I e-mailed last week.