There are now two ways to register for Cherish the Treasure  in Miami Beach, this year’s CODA International Conference at the Miami Beach Resort August 2-5, 2012. For an online instantaneous experience, you can register here with the option of using only PayPal, if you have an account,

or…

You can download this CODA Registration, print it up, fill it out, and mail it to the address provided on the form with your payment using credit card, check or money order.

The Registration Fee Schedule is as follows:

For Members….Early Bird, until 4/30/2012, $375.00

One way of Cherishing the Treasure at this conference will be with the establishment of a Memorial Room to honor and contemplate our dear CODAs who have passed…if you have any rememberances of those individuals, we ask that you bring them in to display for other participants to experience. Photos should be displayed somehow: suggested formats include but are not limited to some kind of an arrangement on posterboard, in a mobile, or framed. Rememberances can also be video compilatons (DVD); art work or writings done by or of these individuals; written testaments; really, anything that allows for a connection and a restoration of memories to be made. We ask that you tag these items so that they won’t get lost and can be returned to you. Please email a list of things you would like to bring and have displayed here so we can have an inventory ahead of time to prepare the space with.

Thursday  afternoon is the time for all newcomers to gather for an orientation panel facilitated  by Millie Brother. That evening we will have our Opening Banquet and Icebreaker activity followed by the official opening of the Hospital Room which will remain open continuously until Sunday afternoon at 2pm. This is the room where you can go to re-group, grab a snack, make a video call, as well as watch and particpate in rounds of storytelling, prepared and spontaneous. To make into a tradition what was started last year at CoBerlinda we are asking all participants to bring in and share a sweet of some kind representing their locality.

Friday evening is the Auction Banquet where we raise moneys for the CODA Scholarships so bring in those items which will either go into the live or silent auctions and be prepared to score an item to take home with you. This will be followed by karaoke and dancing into the wee hours of the morning if you are so disposed.

Also, remember that Saturday evening’s banquet will be held in the Miami Beach Resort’s Starlight Room with its extravagant views of Miami’s night lights. It will be our Grand Pirates Ball so come in costume if you so dare…aaaaargh! Please, no live parrots…It will be followed by our classic CODA entertainment and and then a little more dancing.

Don’t forget the many sessions that will be available to you as various breakouts and CEU earning workshops culminating in a final brunch Sunday morning and our closing and open mike.

To become reacquainted with old friends and to meet new ones before the conference even gets under way, consider attending the pre-conference activity which will be a Tropical Sail into the Atlantic waters:

For $60/person, sail on the largest Catamaran in the United States…Includes sail and swimming opportunities along with transportation to and from Bayside Marketplace Marina. Optional purchases on board include $10 Lunch and a Cash Bar. this activity is open to non-CODA travel mates. Maximum Capacity is 50 individuals per bus; you will be put on a waiting list if the total count is exceeded and refunded if you are not selected to participate.

After the conference, you can gradually remove yourself from the experience, rather than doing so cold-turkey, by attending the Picnic at Miami’s Jungle Island.

Tickets are $60/adults and $55/children and include admission, interpreted shows, and catered ongoing Picnic. This is also open to non-Coda travel mates and it will be open to Miami’s Deaf Community. Maximum Capacity is 50 individuals per bus; you will be put on a waiting list if the total count is exceeded and refunded if you are not selected to participate.

Don’t forget to make your reservation.

Registration Cancellations will be refunded as follows:
Pre- and post-conference eventswill be refunded if tickets can be sold to someone else.

All refunds will be calculated using the rates at the time of payment. Only registrations will be refunded. Pre- and post-conference events will be refunded if tickets can be sold to someone else.
By April 30, 2012, refunded in full.
May 1 – June 15, 2012; 75% of paid registration
June 15 – July 10, 2012; 50% of paid registration
After July 10, 2012; no refunds will be available.