Attendance & Registration • Dates, Location & Travel • Proper Attire • Event Schedule
2008 Acacia Leadership Academy • 2008 Chapter Awards Packet • Louisville Highlights
Conclave offers a valuable opportunity for the alumni and collegiate leaders of Acacia to interact and share the many facets of our special brotherhood. It is also the perfect opportunity for our collegians to witness firsthand the true meaning of “lifetime commitment.”
The theme for this year’s Conclave — Raising the Stakes — is a reminder of our dedication to achieving excellence. The goal of all Acacians is not just to have Acacia survive, but to expand its role through a renewed commitment to the mission and ideals of Acacia. Accordingly, we encourage 100 percent participation from actives, and stress the importance of the chapters’ honored alumni to also attend.
As we honor the past, and salute those who have provided leadership at all levels as we reach our 104th year, we must make plans for the future. We must recommit ourselves to the obligation we took at our initiation. The future of Acacia rests with its alumni and undergraduates. As we celebrate the successes of the past biennium, we invite you to attend a 2008 Conclave that will give you an exciting vision for our future.
ATTENDANCE & REGISTRATION
Q: Who should attend Conclave?
A: All Acacians — actives, pledges and alumni — are welcome. Colony members are encouraged to attend all sessions of the Conclave, as well. Each chapter is encouraged to send as many members as possible in order to share in the Conclave resources made available. All chapters should have representation at the Conclave. It is suggested that your voting delegates be your current Venerable Dean and Chapter Advisor. Credentials will be sent to all chapters prior to the end of the academic year. To register online, click here.
Q: What is the cost to register?
A: Registration is $110.00/person, payable by cash, check or credit card (Visa/MC). Each chapter has already been invoiced for $250.00, which will cover two delegates. Registration includes admission to all sessions of the Conclave, the Acacia Fraternity Foundation Leadership Academy, all resource materials, the Awards Luncheon, the President’s Reception, the Conclave Banquet & Awards Presentation, and the 2008 Conclave favor.
Q: How do I pre-register for Conclave?
A: Click here to pre-register online.
Q: Will there be onsite registration?
A: Yes. Onsite registration will take place on Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7 at The Brown Hotel.
Q. Is there anything else I should know about attending Conclave?
A. Registration materials have already been sent to each chapter and colony. The return of the Chapter and Advisor Credential forms will properly certify each chapter’s official voting delegates. In addition, chapters are asked to return to Headquarters the list of brothers who plan to attend the Conclave. Each delegate must wear his official badge obtained at registration for admission to all Conclave events and programs.
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DATES, LOCATION & TRAVEL
Q: When is Acacia's 55th Biennial Conclave & Leadership Academy?
A: Conclave will take place August 6-10, 2008.
Q: Where is Conclave?
A: The 2008 Conclave will be held at The Brown Hotel located at the corners of Fourth and Broadway in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The Brown Hotel is one of Louisville's most treasured landmarks. Built in 1923 at a cost of $4 million by J. Graham Brown, the hotel was a magnet for many prominent guests and celebrities during the 1920s through the 1950s. In 1971, two years after the founder passed away, The Brown closed as a hotel and later reopened as the Board of Education building.
In the early 1980s the building was renovated and reopened as The Brown Hotel and today this stunning 16-story property with a distinctive English Renaissance design is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Brown Hotel's ornate hand-painted plaster relief ceilings, intricately carved railings, decorative crown molding, and other classic architectural details make her one of the finest hotels in the South.
Hotel Address & Phone Numbers:
The Brown Hotel
335 West Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 583-1234 phone
(502) 587-7006 fax
Q: Are there discounted hotel rates?
A: Yes. A discounted rate of $119.00/night for 1-4 occupants will be in effect for Conclave attendees. You can book your room online by clicking here, or by calling The Brown Hotel at (888) 888-5252. When you make your reservation, please be sure to note that you are with Acacia Fraternity and use the code ACACIA to receive the special rate for this event.
Q: I'm flying into Louisville. Anything I should know?
A: Louisville International Airport is just six miles away and hotel guests enjoy complimentary van shuttle service to and from the airport 24 hours a day. If you are planning on renting a car and driving from the airport, directions to the hotel are:
Continue on I-65 North into Louisville. Exit at Broadway/Chestnut Streets (Exit 136A) - Turn left onto Broadway. Follow Broadway 4 blocks to 4th Street - turn right. Take first right past The Brown Hotel. Bear left into parking garage.
Parking is available in the attached enclosed garage. Overnight self-parking is $16.00/night. Overnight valet parking is $20.00/night.
Q: I'm driving to Conclave. What is the exact location?
A: The Brown Hotel is located in downtown Louisville at 335 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. For driving directions to the hotel, please click here. You may also wish to consult www.randmcnally.com or www.mapquest.com.
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PROPER ATTIRE
Q: What is appropriate attire for Conclave?
A: Business sessions and banquets are coat and tie. For featured programs, business casual attire with a collared shirt is appropriate. For roundtable discussions, jeans or shorts with a collared shirt are fine.
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2008 ACACIA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Q: What can you tell me about this year's ALA?
A: The 2008 Acacia Leadership Academy will be the most ambitious effort to date in providing actives and alumni with training in leadership and fraternity management. Each attendee will be given the opportunity to revitalize and enhance his leadership skills, while benefiting from the expertise of distinguished and proven facilitators from all aspects of fraternity management — both from within Acacia’s ranks and from the Interfraternity world. This year’s ALA is guaranteed to provide an educational and entertaining adventure for all attendees. As the Greek movement continues to evolve, many issues of concern will affect our future. Membership recruitment, risk management, membership education and alumni involvement are a few of the programming items that will be covered this year. As we celebrate our 55th Biennial Conclave, Acacians are given the opportunity to redefine the fraternity experience as we chart our path during our next 100 years. As each brother makes his contribution to the 2008 ALA, he invests something of himself in Acacia’s forward movement. Today’s agenda is the fraternity of tomorrow.
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EVENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Hotel Check-in & Conclave Registration
Doug G. MacCraw, Nebraska ’86, served as one of Acacia’s Leadership Consultants during 1990 and 1991. After leaving Acacia, Doug moved back to Nebraska where he began his very successful career as a nightclub comedian-hypnotist.
Experience the most professional, fast-paced comedy hypnosis show in he country. During this hilarious experience, subjects and audience members journey into a world of hilarious hypnotic hi-jinks. The show's climax shatters the wall between stage and audience when hypnotist Doug MacCraw has the volunteers interact with the audience for some close up, hysterical, interactive fun. The reviews are in and thousands agree that Doug's show is the best in live improvisational comedy. Doug has appeared on Comedy Central, ABC's Heartland Live, and FOX's Night Shift.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Phired Up's Dynamic Recruitment Workshop is a highly interactive, innovative and fun recruitment training program designed to help fraternities and sororities recruit a higher quantity of higher quality members.
The Dynamic Recruitment Workshop starts with the basics by helping participants master the four competencies of recruitment excellence: Skills development, Product knowledge, Audience understanding, and Motivation.
A proven system is then unveiled, empowering chapter members with a consistent method for attracting top undergraduate leaders. This Dynamic Recruitment process becomes the template for applied, year-round, values-based recruitment success.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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2008 CHAPTER AWARDS PACKET
Nominations are due at Headquarters no later than July 1, 2008.
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LOUISVILLE HIGHLIGHTS
Few cities the size of Louisville can boast their own ballet, orchestra, regional repertory theatre, children's theatre, opera, dinner theatre, and Shakespeare festival. When you stay at The Brown, you are near to it all!
The Brown Hotel is conveniently situated in the heart of Theatre Square, with The Brown Theater just next door and the famous Louisville Palace Theatre one block away. Actors Theatre, the Louisville Ballet and the Louisville Orchestra are one mile away. The city's new entertainment district, 4th Street Live! is just two blocks away.
Louisville is home to the incomparable Kentucky Derby, referred to as the "most exciting two minutes in sports," as well as the Kentucky Derby Museum, the only museum in the world dedicated to a single horse race. Churchill Downs, home to the Kentucky Derby, is conveniently just three miles from The Brown. Tour the Louisville Slugger Museum — home to the world-famous Louisville Slugger baseball bat — which is just one mile from the hotel.
The Belle of Louisville, a National Landmark, is the oldest Mississippi-style sternwheeler in the country (two miles from the hotel). The Louisville Zoo (seven miles from the hotel) welcomes Western lowland gorillas with the opening of the Gorilla Forest.
For thrill seekers, Louisville is home to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom (five miles from hotel), featuring Chang, the tallest, longest, fastest stand-up roller coaster in the world. And for the less adventurous, Louisville still has much to offer such as tours of historic homes.