What an Area 1 FFA Member Can Expect and is Responsible For Before, During and After Area Leadership Conference:
1) When students arrive at the Bairfield Activity Center on the Clarendon College Campus, each will sign up for a dorm room and be assigned roommates. Keys will be handed out and required to be turned back in on Thursday during dorm room check. There is a $50 fee for a lost key, payable to Clarendon College. You will also receive a name badge and wristband that is required for you to wear the entire time you are at ALC. Name badge holders must be turned in on Thursday.
2) This is a leadership conference, not a fashion show. Clothing should always adhere to “Dress for Conference." Please read and follow it.
3) Leadership classes and personal skill information will be taught during the day. You will be divided into different color groups and should stay with your group during the daytime workshops & sessions as you rotate.
4) Please be mindful of our facilities. We are guests on this campus.
5) Members will write notes to each other at camp called “Happy Grams”, so bring paper or stationary. If you would like to bring an appropriate picture printed out to place on your folder, go for it! ***PLEASE NOTE*** HG's are meant to be positive only. Inappropriate references or other items WILL not be tolerated and will cause HG's to be removed from current or future conferences.
6) Agtastic!! will be conducted so bring athletic clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty. Shoes are a good idea, although they will get wet and dirty, so be prepared. No swim suits or tank tops, please.
7) Conference Banquet – FFA Official Dress is required. Chapter group pictures will be made, awards will be given, conference special guests will be recognized and a motivational guest speaker will all be part of the program. A group of your own current and retired FFA advisors provide the delicious meal of prime rib and all the fixins'.
8) Professional pictures taken by our Publicity Committee at conference will be available for you to download free of charge.
9) A concession trailer will be available all during conference to provide snacks and water. The cost is included in your ALC registration fee. Pizza will be available for purchase (bring your cash or plastic) both nights of the dance. Any profit from this will be placed in our scholarship fund.
10) Bring your own bed and bath linens and all other personal items. You are staying in a dorm with mattresses provided, but nothing else. Be prepared with a sleeping bag, pillow, sheets, blankets, bath towel, washcloth, shampoo, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush, and other personal hygiene items. A shower curtain with ring attachments is a good idea in some dorms, but in case you forget, there will be some for sale at registration. Extra towels are also available for purchase. Here is a suggested packing list.
11) An important event for ALC every year is our Community Service Project - This year, we ask that you bring any denim product, 90% cotton or greater to registration and place it in the boxes labeled at check-in. See more info here.
12) Leadership Conference is designed to assist your local FFA chapter with needed information and skills for its members for the upcoming year. Workshops and session attendance are not optional and participation by all members is crucial to have a successful event. Presenters and guests have worked hard to come up with useful and educational topics to share with you. Showing respect by listening, participating and not being on your phone is the best way to get the most out of conference. Workshop titles and blurbs here soon.
13) Please remember that professionalism during all functions is part of the success of individual FFA members and chapters. We maintain a “no late arrival, no early departure” policy that must be enforced by local FFA Advisors. Every minute of every day you are in Clarendon, the area officer team, their advisors, workshop providers, sponsors, campus staff, leadership development coordinators and the executive committee have something planned for you to further improve you FFA experience. You will go home tired because we believe in keeping you busy, but still learning something and having fun:)
14) You should read, know and understand the non-negotiable rules found on the forms Mr. Been provided you. Bring your signed forms to ALC when you arrive. You will not be allowed to participate without them.
15) Please show appreciation by hand writing a thank you note to those that help make this event possible. Thank you note list