Information You may need to know about This years NECCC's Photography Conference
This Blog is to inform you of three important points of information about the upcoming 75th Anniversary NECCC Conference to be held July 15-17,2022:
A. Programming-As it has been 2 years since our last conference in 2019, even though the speakers all committed to us to move forward with the conference, that has now become impossible for some of them due to changes in their time schedule or changes in the company they were associated with, so you will find some changes in the 2022 format. We have lost a few speakers that were advertised in 2019 and have added a few speakers. It is a pleasure to let you know that we have added Tim Grey to our line up and local speaker Paul Nguyen. Due to time restraints one of our keynotes, Corey Rich will no longer be able to be with us. We are happy to announce he has been replaced with a dynamic and entertaining speaker-Billie Weiss the Red Sox Senior manager of Photography. We will be going live with registration sometime in April.
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B. Two decisions have been made by the 7 person NECCC Steering Committee
1. Vaccine Mandate will be place for all registered attendees, workers and speakers- when you register to attend the conference through UMASS conference services- attendees will have to check off a box that states you have been vaccinated to be able to register for the conference and then you will need to be prepared to upload your vaccination card as proof. Mask mandates will be decided on at a later date as we get much closer to the conference and what is happening at that time. We will be following UMASS guidelines as well as CDC guidelines. We feel this policy will make it safer for all to attend. Due to the vaccine mandate and everyone having to register themselves in order to upload their vaccine cards we will not be offering a group discount to the conference this year.
2. Most Important of all:
The 75th NECCC Conference will be held from July 15-17 of this year. This will be the last in-person Conference for the foreseeable future. This decision has not been arrived at easily. It reflects the “retirement” of the existing Conference team and the lack of new persons willing to take on all of the duties and responsibilities to replace the existing Conference team. It also reflects the significant changes in the photographic industry and the willingness of our prior major sponsors to continue to maintain their involvement at the levels needed to bring in the noted speakers and photographic opportunities that the NECCC Conference is known for.
The NECCC Steering Committee has approved this decision. The Committee will consider and pursue alternatives for providing NECCC member clubs with special programming opportunities in the future. Rick Cloran. HonPSA, HonNEC
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Please plan on joining us for the last conference of its kind. Encourage all your friends to go also. If you have never attended before abut have always wanted to attend this will be your last opportunity. Help us to make the 75th one to remember and the best photo conference known to go out with a bang and a big hooray. Lisa & Tom Cuchara, HonNEC’s Conference Co-Chairs are working very hard to bring you the best conference ever and one to remember. Lets fill all the seats and enjoy a great weekend of learning and fun.
Thank you please feel free to email me with any questions you may have.
Susan Mosser, HonPSA, HonNEC -NECCC Conference Coordinator