MASC+(Lobby+Day)

MASC- Lobby DAY NEW ALERT!!! We will be using the bulk of our meeting next Friday to prepare for Lobby Day. Mr. Mac Donald and Mrs. Stemple will create the agenda for the meeting. Those of you who have attended Lobby Day in the past - please visit our discussion area in the MASC Lobby Day page (on the left navigation bar) and post any important information that we need to include. Those of you who have not participated but would like to attend, please visit the discussion area and post questions that you have. THANKS!!!!

MASC Convention is March 25th to March 27th in Ocean City. We still need to prepare the presentation and figure out how to register. In order to register, we must be a member of MASC officially.
 * We went last year representing CCCSC so we should theoretically already be members of MASC
 * I spoke to a member of MASC and in order to attend convention we need to be a member and have paid dues. From what I understand, it sounds as if the individual schools need to be members. If we as a county council have paid dues, however, we will be a member but I was under the impression that these dues were not paid. If the county is indeed not a member, then we need to sign up, which needs to be done by an advisor, and we need to pay dues. However, we cant pay dues since not all schools have paid their county council dues thus far. At the next meeting, this needs to be discussed and final decisions must be made or there will be no way for us to go. In addition, all schools need to pay their dues or there is no way we can go.

Lobby Day- Legislative Session is February 7th and Legislative Lobby Day is February 18th. In order to go, we need to arrange a bus and every school needs to pay their dues.


 * It is next to impossible for us to go as dues are still not collected and we do not have time to arrange a bus.
 * All but two schools have paid their dues as of today, 2/12/09. MASC Convention may be a challenge for us to attend though we are willing to consider individual requests to attend. Most importantly, it is necessary to have an adult chaperone. Those of you interested in attending must talk with your school advisors to see if they would be willing to chaperone. More info will be shared tomorrow. macd