Pennsylvania FBLA Update
State Leadership Workshop Registration/Lodging Deadline
This Saturday, October 1, at 11:59 pm
Dear PA FBLA Advisers

This is a reminder that State Leadership Workshop registration and lodging CLOSES this Saturday, October 1, at 11:59 pm. If you and your chapter members are planning to attend, now is the time to make final plans and make commitments.

It is important that you know this piece of information for your planning: there is a strong possibility that there will not be any rooms available after this deadline. Why? With the convention center expansion at Kalahari, there is another large group at the facility at the same time. Their room block appears to be sold out, and Kalahari is asking for a final room count from PA FBLA on Monday, October 3. Any unbooked rooms will need to be returned to the hotel's inventory at that time and presumably turned over to the other group. If any rooms are available after that date, it could be at the "market price," which can run in the $400-$500 per night range.

Basic information
Base event date: Sunday, October 30, and Monday, October 31 (1 night)
Pre-event lodging: Saturday, October 29

$40 per person registration fee
$255 per room per night (1-4 persons in a room) (includes waterpark tickets)

Attendance restrictions: none -- there is no limit on the number of students/advisers a chapter may bring; high school 9-12 and middle school 5-8 FBLA members are eligible to attend

Blue Panda Registration/Lodging
It is important to remember that all students MUST be placed in the National FBLA membership before they can be imported into Blue Panda (dues do not need to be paid at that time/they just need to be in the system).

You cannot enter students directly into Blue Panda. In order to have time to import members into Blue Panda, give yourself at least a 12-hour time period before the students will appear in Blue Panda after you have created membership orders for students. I cannot help you if you do not have your members wanting to attend the SLW in the membership system first so that they can be imported into Blue Panda.

Usernames and passwords did not change in Blue Panda. If you need assistance because you do not know your username/password, please let me know and I will reset it.

National FBLA Membership Processing Refresher
If you need a refresher on membership processing, contact me for a personal 20-minute 1:1 Zoom update.
State Leadership Workshop Files/Information Available on PA FBLA Website
Click on the graphic above to take you to the SLW information site.

SLW Forms (due October 20, 2022)
Forms 1-5 are to be uploaded as assets via Blue Panda
  1. SLW Combined Delegate Code of Conduct with “business casual” dress code illustrations (one per student/signature page only)
  2. SLW Student Emergency/Permission Form (one per student)
  3. SLW Adviser/Guest/Chaperone Emergency Form (one per adviser/guest/chaperone)
  4. SLW Adviser Emergency and School Administrator Contact Form (one per chapter)
  5. SLW Adviser/Guest/Chaperone Hotel/Workshop Safety Guidelines (one per adviser/guest/chaperone)
  6. SLW Delegate Code of Conduct (not including “business casual” illustrations)
  7. SLW Business Casual Dress Code Flyer
  8. SLW T-Shirt Graphic (not available at this time)
  9. SLW Battle of the Chapters Guidelines (not available at this time)

SLW Special Events Information
  1. SLW Basket Auction Details
  2. SLW Charity Walk
  3. SLW State Project Shirt Sale (not available at this time)

All Information You Need to Know Can Be Found in the Following Three Documents (PDFs):
  1. Promotional Document #1 — PA FBLA SLW Overview and Details
  2. Promotional Document #2 — August Update/Additional Information
  3. Promotional Document #3 — Who Should Attend the SLW?
  4. Promotional Document #4 — SLW Tentative Schedule of Events Grid
Sincerely,

Bruce E. Boncal
PA FBLA Executive Director
570.279.6998 cell/texts
bboncal@pafbla.us
Pennsylvania FBLA | www.pafbla.org