Pennsylvania FBLA Update
for SLW Attending Chapter Advisers and Members
***required forms/payment deadline***
Dear PA FBLA Advisers with Chapters Attending the SLW

Important Information

Shirt Orders
All shirt order and shirt order changes are closed. There are no changes that can be made. No cancellations are accepted. Chapters are responsible for what they ordered.

By Friday, October 14, at 11:59 pm: the window to make changes to attendees or order meals/cancel meals closes. Starting Saturday, we will not accept name changes, additional orders, room reconfigurations, etc. There comes a time when we must begin final planning and do our management team work as there are only two weeks to go until the SLW. Please understand that. This is your last chance to make adjustments.

If you plan to attend as a commuter: You must contact Bruce Boncal by Friday, October 14, no later than 11:59 pm. Your members must be in the National FBLA membership system. You will need to provide the name of each attendee. Commuters are welcome for Sunday, October 30 only, OR Sunday and Monday, October 30-31. Commuters must have adult supervision.

Business Casual Dress Code:
Please make sure your students AND advisers/guests/chaperones clearly understand what "business casual" means. There are illustrations in the documentation identifying acceptable and unacceptable attire/footwear etc. Advisers need to review that with their chapter's attendees.

This is a reminder of the upcoming deadlines regarding the State Leadership Workshop:

Monday, October 17: postmark deadline for SLW registration, lodging payments
If your district would like to pay by credit card, please make the request to Bruce Boncal. An invoice will be sent from our Quickbooks system for credit card payments.

Thursday, October 20: deadline for emergency forms/other forms (links are below)
all items are to be uploaded to Blue Panda as assets; do not email them.

  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)

Conference App
There will not be a printed program at the SLW. All attendees will be able to download the official PA FBLA Guidebook conference app on their mobile devices and plan their schedules. The app will include a detailed list of session titles, descriptions, times, locations, and much more.

PA FBLA will release details on downloading the app on Monday, October 24, by email invitation to all SLW attendees. Please be patient as we finalize the SLW program.

Special SLW State Project Events
We hope your chapter will participate in these two significant fundraisers for the state project:
State Project, Make-A-Wish Charity Basket Auction: click here for information
State Project, Make-A-Wish Charity Walk: click here for information
Much more information about the SLW (including generic schedules) can be found in this area on the PA FBLA website at www.pafbla.org. Look for and click on the graphic shown below.
Sincerely,

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