National Conference Information: If You’re Coming, Read This

Many friends were made at the 2005 National Conference!

If you are coming to the National Conference in Minneapolis this coming week, here are some small pieces of information you may find helpful. Please feel free to pass these along to your support group leaders and others if you think they might help:

• If you are flying into the Minneapolis International Airport, free shuttle service is available from the airport to the hotel from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Shuttles leave every hour on the half hour. They are not wheelchair accessible
• If you are in need of accessible shuttle service to the hotel, you can call Airport Taxi at 952-928-0000 or Metro Mobility, which offers door-to-door accessible transportation. The number is 651-602-1111
• Still considering coming but have not decided? There is still time. You can call the Foundation at 800-722-HOPE to register
• Dress for the conference's opening reception, the workshops and general session is casual and comfortable. For the Awards Dinner on Saturday evening, we ask that you wear your “Sunday Best”
• For those in your chapter who are registered on our 24/7 “Get Connected” Message Board, please feel free to include your screen name (along with your real name) on your conference name tag. This way you can get connected in person as well as online!
• If you have any sort of special need—extra blankets, mobility requirements, etc.—please contact the hotel at 866-837-4278 to get them arranged
• Plan to show up on Friday evening and enjoy a relaxing opening reception!

For information about the National Conference, please visit www.scleroderma.org/national_conference.htm.

FYI, walk-ins are welcome at the conference!