Last year was my first time working at the National Convention and I remember how fast the days flew by. I thought that this year may go a little slower because I already knew what I was doing and could (sort of) anticipate what types of scenarios and situtations might come up. But I was wrong. This week has flown by and I can't believe that we're already on the last day of the Convention. For all of you who have performed, attended sessions, been at CAMP and put in some late nights, I'm sure the time has flown by for you as well. I was talking with an associate member yesterday who said he's been to several other conferences like this (not ours), but that he enjoyed the amount of activities and the full schedule that NACA has to offer at the Convention. I'd have to aggree. We do keep everyone busy, but I think there's a lot for everyone to experience.

Speaking of a full schedule, there is still one more day left (today), so I don't want to sound like all the fun is over! We still have educational offerings today, the career prepartion center is still open, mainstage showcases, a lunch with former TN. Representative Harlold Ford Jr., NBC Universal Stand-Up for Diversity, and of course CAMP. When I write it all out it sounds like there are four days left!

I know I said it last year, but it is kind of cool to know that after this Convention, schools will take what they've seen here and bring lecturers, artists and vendors to their campuses over the next year to entertain, inspire and just have fun. It's easy to see that they all care very much about doing what's best for their schools and booking associates that they feel will gel with their campus. On the other side, it's also good to see the business aspect of booking talent that the associates go through while at the Convention. All of our associate members work hard in their professions and strive to provide their best of what they do. That may be lectures, it may be caricatures, or music, dance, illusions or balloon animals. Whatever it is though, they bring everything they have to the Convention and show it off to crowds of students, and they do a good job of doing it.

Most people who show up to a campus event will never know how those groups got there or the time it took the campus activities board to set it all up. But everyone who attends our Conventions knows all the hard work that everyone has put into it, as well as all the fun we had making it happen.