Opening Night Welcome Reception Enjoy a relaxed opportunity to meet, greet, and socialize with your fellow conferees and our guests from Atlanta-area colleges, universities, libraries and museums at the conclusion of the Conference's opening day. Plenty of hors d'oeuvres will be served, and a variety of beverages will be available at the cash bar.
Annual breakfast event for new VRA members and those attending their first VRA conference. Let breakfast be on us while you mix and mingle with both new and longtime members of the Association. The event is also an opportunity to meet VRA leaders. Attending the breakfast is a great way to meet others in our organization in a friendly and social environment. Be sure to bring your mentor or mentee. You definitely do not want to miss out on the fun!
Vendor Exhibit Hall, opens 2pm. Vendor Slam II 3:30-6:00pm. Please see our conference website Director of Vendors page for additional information on participating vendors.
Following the successful introduction of this event at the 27th Annual VRA Conference in Toronto, VRA is proud to bring you Vendor Slam II. A variety of vendors will each give short presentations describing products and services of interest to the visual resources professional. Participating vendors include: Archivision | Backstage Library Works | Bridgeman Education | Davis Art Images | Front Porch Digital | Gallery Systems | Luna Imaging Inc. | Saskia Ltd | Scholars Resource | SoftChalk | Two Cat Digital Inc. The presentations will be followed by a wine-and-cheese reception during which attendees can meet vendors, gather promotional materials, and register (at no cost) to be eligible to win two fabulous VRAffle prizes from Archivision and Bridgeman Education.
VRA Members Reception and Dinner A highlight of the Conference, the annual Members Dinner brings us together to celebrate with our colleagues in an elegant setting with full banquet service. The evening will include the announcement of the Association's major honors and awards, as well as recognition of our Travel Award recipients and our generous Travel Award donors.
The VRA Annual Business Meeting is the official forum for conducting Association business. The agenda includes the President's State of the Association message; the Treasurer's report; updates on current and future Association projects and activities; the recognition of outgoing officers, committee chairs, and appointees; the induction of incoming officers, committee chairs, and appointees; and the presentation on the 2011 conference host city. There will be an opportunity for questions and announcements from the membership. All members are encouraged to attend and enjoy breakfast while they catch up on Association business.
Special Presentation: Members of the Strategic Plan Task Force will present the VRA Strategic Plan. They will also answer questions and engage in a dialog with members on the goals and recommendations they have made to direct the VRA through the next five years.
There was a land of Projectors and Slides called the Old Slide Library... Here in this pretty world Analog took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Gepe mounts and Foil Tape, of Copystands and of Refilers... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Slide Library gone with the wind... Calling all southern belles and blockade runners! Come to Atlanta for the VRA Conference, but stay for the VRAffle, y'all! Miss Scarlett and Mr. Rhett cordially invite y'all to the festive, yet epic and sweeping drama that is the Gone with the Slide VRAffle. It lies somewhere between Twelve Oaks and my beloved Tara. Great balls of fire, it'll be ever so grand. Ticket prices shall be, as always, 1 for $2, 6 for $10. The VRAffle drawing shall be at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 19. Ah do hope y'all are preparing y'all's most delightful donations for our glorious cause (unwanted wedding rings are strictly optional), that cause being replenishing the coffers of the Tansey Travel Awards.
