Boise, ID, March 27–29, 2025

Thurs Mar 27 – Everyone arrives

• 8pm: Cocktail hour meet & greet for all Chapters, Sponsors, and Special Guests.

Fri Mar 28 – Full Day of CEU’s & Learning Opportunities at JUMP Center (we may make it 2 days of CEU's, events, etc., if we get a lot of chapters involved)

• 7:30 - Breakfast
• 8:15 - Opening remarks from each Chapter Presidents to the whole group, 5–10 minutes each moderated.
• 8:45 - Ice Breaker Rapid Fire "My Favorite Success Story" Shares: Everyone shares a professional success story in less than 2 minutes — Moderator keeps people on time, moving things forward.
• 9:15 - Keynotes from special guests: Daryl Friedman (CEDIA), Bill Darcy (NKBA), David Weinstein (VP of Residential Sales at Lutron). Waiting to hear back from Daryl and Bill, but David Weinstein has confirmed his participation.
• 10:15 - Breakout sessions for each participating Chapter for Committee Updates etc. We'll coordinate spaces for each Chapter to go have their updates etc.
• 11:00 - CEU's begin.
  • We're anticipating a lot of CEU's, so we'll plan and schedule them back-to-back and potentially overlapping, giving everyone an opportunity to sign up for the ones they want.
  • CEU providers will show & tell; talk about their products and offerings after each CEU. We'll limit the CEU's and shop talks to 1 hour each.
• 12:00 - Break. Lunch brought in for all.
• 1:00 - CEU's continue throughout the afternoon.
• 4:00 - Chef demo or other hands-on session (TBD). If not, we'll put another CEU here.
• 5:00 - Closing remarks for all attendees. 
• 5:30 - Conclusion and break for everyone... go to hotels to freshen up etc.
• 6:30 - Activities begin. Everyone has a choice on which activity to participate in, and we'll sign them up accordingly.

• • Top Golf (food provided)
  • Go-Karts (food TBD)
  • Or Group Dinners
• 9:30 - Nightcap meetup

Sat Mar 29 or 30 – Departures

• There is the Tree Fort Music Festival going on this weekend from which folks can stay an extra day/night to attend.

Other details

Expenses: We're looking to raise a lot of sponsorship funds. If we succeed, we'll offer some form of compensation for travel expenses.

Students, Students, Students: We would like to have as many students as possible. If you have any connections or have teachers or faculty in your membership, please let us know how we can work together to spread the word about the event.

Hotel Accommodations: Downtown locations close to the JUMP center.

• We are getting a block of rooms (near the JUMP center where our meetings and CEU's will be held), estimated at $250–300/night (looking at Renegade Hotel and the Downtown Marriott, both are offering blocked rooms). If more chapters participate, we'll increase the block of rooms to accommodate.