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Conference Registration Desk Open:
Sunday, October 18, 2009: 12:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Monday, October 19, 2009: 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2009: 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Hotel check-in at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center is 3:00 pm.

Parking
On-site parking, fee: 19 USD daily
Valet parking, fee: 28 USD daily
Off-site parking, fee: 5 USD hourly, 19 USD daily
* The front desk sells discount parking vouchers. Special weekend and hourly rates apply for self off-site parking.

Airport Transportation:
Minneapolis-St Paul - MSP Phone: 1 612 726 5500
* This hotel does not provide shuttle service.

Driving Directions: Take I-494W to 35W North. Follow Downtown Exit sign, follow 5th Avenue three blocks to 7th Street, turn left on 7th. Hotel is 5 1/2 blocks on right. (total distance ~ 10 miles)

Metro Transit Light-Rail: $1.75 or $2.25 rush-hour (one-way) http://www.metrotransit.org/rail/index.asp
Super Shuttle: $16 (one way); reservation required
Estimated taxi fare: $30 (one way)

Conference attire is business casual.

All conference sessions will be at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center.

Meals:
Sunday dinner - Marriott
Monday breakfast & lunch - Marriott
Monday dinner - on your own
Tuesday breakfast - Marriott
Tuesday lunch - on your own
Tuesday awards banquet - Marriott
Wednesday breakfast - Marriott

Conference Entertainment:
Tuesday night following dinner there will be entertainment provided by "The Johnny Holm Band" in the Marriott Ballroom. Attire is business casual.

Charities:
Second Harvest Heartland: For each $1 donated, Second Harvest Heartland will distribute more than $9 worth of grocery products to those in need in our communities. Second Harvest is large enough that it covers the entire Midwest so it will touch many lives in our Midwest region.

Lions Recycling for Sight program: Bring your old reading glasses, sunglasses, prescription and non-prescription glasses to donate to children or adults in need. http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/member-center/planning-sight-projects/eyeglass-recycling/index.php

Minnesota is on Central Daylight Time

Sales tax in Minnesota is 6.875%