2008 CATA CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Your 2008 Cata conference is just around the corner and we have changed the dates, so please mark your calendars. This year’s conference will be held August 25 – 28, 2008. As you may remember we signed a three year contract with Copper Mountain Resort, and this is our last year of that contract. Your Executive Board has done a tremendous amount of work to ensure that this is another successful conference. Rest assured this conference will consist of excellent classes, along with a fun filled four days of events. We will start off the week on Monday night with an event to be announced, Tuesday will be the dance hosted by Costilla County and the theme is “Hollywood” and Wednesday night will be the Board meeting with a dinner to follow. We have strived to provide a mix of classes that will meet a wide variety of needs for everyone, but please fill out our surveys and let us know what you like, dislike and if there is something you want to see done differently or added, we welcome all your suggestions and we use these surveys to make our conference what our members would like to have.
The new Attendance rule for this year's classes will be 100% attendance in ALL classes. This will be enforced in all classes and will be left up to the instructors.
The Executive Board looks forward to seeing everyone in August.
--Debbie Fangmeier, President
2008 Conference Registrations
As promptly as possible, have one person gather all of the registrations for your county, (one per member) and fax them all together to the treasurer, Ronda Lobato, Fax #719-672-3206. Provide with the fax, the total dollar amount needed to be requisitioned, an approximate date you expect the check to be processed, and an e-mail or phone contact. Please wait a couple of days before processing the requisition, as this will save us all time and energy.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations of any classes from 30-11 days prior to the conference are subject to a 50% cancellation fee. Cancellations from 10 days prior to the conference date are subject to no refund.
If class changes are needed that cause a change in the amount due, please submit an amended requisition to Rhonda reflecting the new amount --including any cancellation fees. No refunds will be made for cancellations after August 11, 2008. County refunds from CATA will be made as soon after the conference as is practical for the treasurer.
2008 Lodging Reservations
Click here for lodging information:
Tax Exempt Credit for Lodging
When making the room reservation for your county make it clear to the reservation attendant the charges for your rooms will be tax exempt. Ask for a fax #,and fax a copy of the sales tax exemption certificate to the reservation
attendant immediately following making your reservations. Please keep in mind the room charges must be paid directly from county funds with either a credit card with the county’s name on it, or a county check for the charges to be exempt. The State of Colorado will not honor tax exemption from the resort if the funds are not drawn directly from the entity on the exemption certificate and, therefore, the resort is unable to pass that benefit on to us.
2008 Conference Dates
Monday, August 25th, through Thursday, August 28th. This will be our last year at Copper Mountain. We changed our date to accommodate the membership in hopes of having better restaurant availability, better shopping choices and more enjoyment of our fall weather. Thank you for your continued support.
Conference Events
Monday Night – Your CATA board has put together a “Fajita Night” located in Bighorn B, Kokopelli’s Trail and Jill’s Deck. Come in and have a great time enjoying a fajita and getting together with old friends and making new ones by starting the week off with a bang! There will also be a keg of beer sponsored by Colorado Customware (CCI).
Tuesday Night
Who will take home the famous CATA cup this year? The Rowdy and fun Costilla county is the host to this year's dance. The theme for this year will be “A Night In Hollywood”. Find your outfits and get ready to have a great time!
Wednesday Night -- We will be having our annual board meeting followed by dinner. Please plan on attending, as we will have elections right after the meeting. Your input and support are very important to this organization. Elections for this year will be for the following board positions: President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary and at-large board members. All positions are a 1-year term except the Secretary, which is a 2-year term. The board asks any members who are assured of their Assessor’s support and are willing and able to devote the
necessary time to run for a position on this board. You will gain valuable experience and contribute to a great organization.
Important Notice to Members:
Due to budgetary and planning considerations, in order to attend this dinner, members must indicate attendance on their original registration, and secure a dinner ticket at the registration table upon arrival – if you do not get a ticket, you will not be able to get dinner at our business meeting. Unfortunately, there will be no exceptions to this.
Refreshments – We will have a Continental breakfast each morning and on Wednesday morning we will be have “Hot Breakfast” items added, so plan on coming down and enjoying breakfast on us.
Read the 2008 President's Letter.
Download Registration Forms
and Conference Information
2008 Class Information
We will be holding several classes on Monday again. We will have 2 full day classes with 3 ½ day classes for those of you who need to travel on Monday morning we will have some afternoon classes available for you.
DPT – We again thank the Property Tax Administrator JoAnne Groff for her continued support with our organization. Chris Bellegante from our Board has work very closely with Curt Settle and Kyle Hooper and Pam Godfrey putting together again a very wide range of classes for our membership. NOTE: As of June 3, 2008, Statistics and Time Trending classes are full.
Private Sector Providers – We are pleased to announce classes by Jim Felt, Deane Wilson, Thimigan and Associates, Apex, IAAO, Kaplan College click on our class list and see the exciting classes offered by each provider.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This SPSS class is an introductory class and is for those with little or no current experience with SPSS. This class is only available to county assessor personnel.
Apex – Randy Garret, Apex president, who has been a loyal and long time supporter, vendor and contributor to CATA and to the assessment industry in Colorado, again contributes his time and energy to present the Mobile Technology class. This is a great way to see new and fun tools and to kick off your participation in the conference on Monday, while attaining 3 CE hours.
Vendors – We are very pleased to have many of our vendors back this year, they provide our conference with financial support and “Extras” that help make our conference very successful.
Archives of the past CATA Conferences
