Planning for the Future: 2023 National Leadership Conference
National FBLA has started to release preliminary information on this summer's National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The dates are June 27-30, 2023 -- not including travel dates to and from Atlanta.
Pennsylvania will offer three packages. For simplicity, I will call them Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C (until named). Packages and pricing will be unveiled in April.
Plan A: full-service package including lodging, airfare, airport transfers, and tours
Plan B: lodging and airfare only package
Plan C: lodging only; participants make their own travel reservations and making arrivals/departures based on their own needs
Registration fees and the National FBLA room rates are listed on the PA FBLA website in the NLC section. Look for the graphic shown below.
National FBLA Housing Policy
National FBLA has announced a new, very specific housing policy requiring members, advisers, and parents/guardians/chaperones to say in a hotel that is part of the National FBLA housing block of hotels AND full conference registration from student members, advisers, and school-approved chaperones. Pennsylvania FBLA will be handling housing for all travelers from Pennsylvania; all reservations will ultimately need to be made through PA FBLA either through Plan A, Plan B, or Plan C. Pennsylvania travelers will not be able to make their own lodging reservations as we are a "state-managed" hotel block.
Pay attention to this statement that is part of the National FBLA housing policy: "Student members who are not staying in an official FBLA hotel will not be considered full conference registrants and therefore not permitted to compete. The availability of a preferred room type will not provide an exemption from this policy."
All of what we know about the NLC can be found on the main page of the PA FBLA website. Look for the graphic you see below.
As of Monday, January 2, there are no schedules yet published for the NLC. That will come with time. If the 2023 NLC follows the same schedule (and this is only an assumption) as last year's NLC in Chicago, the pattern is:
June 27: online objective test competitive events begin as early as 8:00 am; middle school competitive events begin; Opening General Session early evening.
June 28: online objective test competitive events continue; middle school competitive events continue; preliminary round performances begin all day; evening may be free
June 29: possible online objective tests continue; final round performances all day; Awards Program #1 for online objective tests (MS and HS)
June 30: morning/most afternoon free; Awards Program #2 for performance events (MS and HS)
Again, these are not definite schedules: only an assumption based on last year's schedule. They are subject to change.
