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Are you an arts professional looking to connect with others working in the field? Americans for the Arts Professional Membership benefits include access to:

• A member discount for the NAMP Conference and other events and webinars throughout the year;
• Arts Link and Monthly Wire newsletters;
• Members-only listservs; and
• Up-to-date information on the field and much more!

Check out the other benefits and fax your new individual or organizational membership form back with your conference registration and receive the member rate today!

Early-Bird: Registration must be received or postmarked no later than Friday, July 30, 2010.
Advance: Registration must be received or postmarked no later than Friday, September 10, 2010.
General: Registration must be received by Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Any registrations received Thursday, October 28 will not be processed in advance and will be charged the on-site rate.
Onsite: Registration will be available at The Fairmont San Jose, the convention headquarters, each day of the conference.

Americans for the Arts is offering a special discount promotion for conference attendees only.
Through Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Purchase one registration and get $50 off the second registration.

• Presenters, Exhibitors, Volunteers, Students, and Scholarship Recipients are excluded from this offer.
• Second registered attendee must be from the same organization.
• The first registrant may register online or by paper form, but the second (discounted) registrant must be completed by paper form.
• No need to register on the same day to take advantage of the registration discount.
• Registrants do not need to be members of Americans for the Arts to take advantage of the discount.
• Registrations do not need to be of the same value.

Interested in sharing a room with another conference attendee to save travel costs? Check the Roommate Referral Box on the registration form and we will send you a list of other interested attendees. To be eligible for the program, registration must be received by Friday, October 1, 2010. Please note that Americans for the Arts cannot guarantee discounted hotel room availability. Attendees are strongly encouraged to make housing arrangements when they register and cancel the reservation if a roommate is identified. If you have questions about the program, please contact us by e-mail at events@artsusa.org.

Disclaimer:Room sharing arrangements are the responsibilities of the individual parties involved. Americans for the Arts expressly disclaims any responsibility regarding roommate matches and any potential disputes that may arise as a result of participation in the program. Americans for the Arts' role is strictly limited to the maintenance and distribution of the list of registrants who have signed up for the program. Americans for the Arts will maintain the list but does not (a) screen participants, (b) make determinations as to the appropriateness of any resulting room share, or (c) represent that any room share will prove to be satisfactory to the participants. Americans for the Arts in no way makes any recommendations for or endorsements of any specific roommate arrangements. In participating in this program, you acknowledge that Americans for the Arts expressly disclaims any liability for any damage, loss of property, or injury that may arise from participating in the Roommate Referral program.

Tips:

• Work out with your roommate a contingency plan if one person needs to cancel their attendance at the meeting due to an emergency or otherwise.
• Since your roommate will be arriving separately, be sure to list their name on the reservation as having permission to check in and get a key to your shared room from the front desk by showing a picture ID.

Group registration discounts are available. A Group is defined as 10 or more individuals from one or more organization. There must be one form completed per registrant. Online registration is not available for Group Registrations. Group Registrations must be coordinated by a single individual and all forms of payment submitted at the same time. Exchanging registrations or adding to Groups once the registration has been processed is not permitted. Group Registrations must be received by Wednesday, October 27, 2010. The cost per person is equivalent to the Member Early-Bird rate of $415.

Members of participating National Member Organizations (NMO) are eligible for a discounted conference registration rate. Please include your valid coupon code that was e-mailed to you by one of these National Member Organizations:

• Arts Midwest
• Alliance of Resident Theatres/NY
• Chamber Music America
  
• Chorus America
  
• Dance/USA
• League of American Orchestras
• National Alliance for Musical Theatre
• Southern Arts Federation
• Theatre Communications Group
• Western Arts Alliance

Americans for the Arts is pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships to arts leaders throughout the country to assist in participating in the 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference. Scholarships cover the main conference registration (November 13-15), roundtrip travel (subject to restrictions), and up to three nights' accommodation at the conference hotel, The Fairmont San Jose.

The deadline for the Americans for the Arts scholarship program has passed. Please consider applying to be a volunteer; the deadline has been extended until August 27 and details are listed below. Check out these additional scholarship opportunities for California and Twin City residents!

California residents: Artists and Arts Administrators in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles may be eligible for scholarship reimbursement support through the Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant Program to attend the National Arts Marketing Project Conference. For more information please go to www.creativecapacityfund.org. Scholarship applications must be received by September 15, 2010.

Twin Cities residents: Arts Learning Xchange is offering travel scholarships to 30 Twin Cities arts professionals to the 2010 National Arts Marketing Project annual conference. Applications will be available starting on July 28, 2010. Details and eligibility criteria can be found on the Arts Midwest website.

In order to qualify for the Student rate, the registrant must be an Americans for the Arts member in good standing and provide a copy of your valid student ID with your registration. The One-Day rate only applies to Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14. Students must indicate which day they are selecting on the registration form.

The deadline to apply has been extended to August 27, 2010.

Americans for the Arts is pleased to offer a limited number of reduced rate conference registration fees for current Americans for the Arts members who volunteer to work seven hours during the conference. Volunteer duties primarily include securing the staff office and speakers rooms, assisting with the registration desk, directing guests during special events, and aiding with CenterStage setup. The reduced rate for volunteering is $250 for the main conference. Regular rates apply for the preconferences. Volunteers will be given their assignments prior to arrival but Americans for the Arts reserves the right to change or make new assignments as needed. Apply for this program now!

NEW THIS YEAR!
Are you a member of Americans for the Arts and also interested in blogging or filming parts of the conference with flip cams? Additional volunteer opportunities are available for qualified applicants. If interested, please contact Director of Marketing Graham Dunstan.

Terms and conditions:
All volunteers must be members in good standing with Americans for the Arts. Applicants must pay the full registration rate and will be reimbursed after the program upon successful completion of their volunteer duties.

Questions?
For more information about this program, please call Americans for the Arts at 202.371.2830 or e-mail events@artsusa.org.