I understand. I'm in a graduate program as well, so all the time I'm spending bugging the membership could be spent elsewhere, so I need to know everyone's committment. Thanks for your response. "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." -Conrad Hilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis A. Gonzalez" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:04 pm Subject: Re: Urgent PDS To: [log in to unmask] > Unfortunately, I will not be attending. I am starting my EdD > program this fall and have classes during the week that I cannot > miss. > > > ----------------------------- > Luis A. Gonzalez > Director, Upward Bound Program > phone: 805-756-2301 > fax: 805-756-5122 > "A good leader is a person who takes a little more than [their] > share of the blame and a little less than [their] share of the > credit." John C. Maxwell > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CENTRALCAL [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Wendy White > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:46 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Urgent PDS > Importance: High > > Greetings Cencal Family, > > I"m sending you this email as a friendly reminder for our annual > PDS scheduled for October. I just received an email from out > events coordinator at the Doubletree in Rohnert Park that so far > the only reservation made has been for myself and the deadline is > fast approaching for people to receive the $145.00 rate (Midnight > Sept. 7th). > > Myself and a few other committee members have been working hard to > provide our chapter with a quality, and worthwhile PDS, however, > our hotel reservations are evidence of our committment to attend > the event. > I have firm committments from Judge Cerena Wong and Efren > Carrillo, who is a ETS alumni from Sonoma State and currently > running for a > political seat in Sonoma County to be our Welcome/Plenary > speakers. As > of date, I still have not received any interest emails for > speakers to conduct various workshops. > > I realize that schools, community colleges, universities have just > started back up and that everyone is running around with their > heads cut off, but we need to decide as a chapter if this event is > going to go off as planned. I have confered with the hotel events > coordinator and have instructed her to reduce our block to 39 > rooms based on participation from last year. I had forecast for a > room block of 60 which may have been a little ambitios, but > remember that CenCal has a tradition of breaking records and > setting the bar high!!!! > > I am also on the threshold of starting back full-time into my > primary position as a counselor for ETS next week and I want to > ask upfront for everyone's "yeah or nay" in pursuing this venture > any further. Time and money are at stake and I need > programs/individuals to state their committments at this time. > > Please know that I realize budgets are tight for everyone, so if > we need to pull the plug on this one, then the majority should > speak. Remember, we voted to have PDS this year in October > instead of December, so we may need to revisit this issue again. > > Thanking you all in advance for your consideration, support, and > constructive comments. > > > > "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people > keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." > > -Conrad Hilton >