142nd Annual Convention June 26-28
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The Mississippi Press Association will return to the Gulf Coast and Biloxi’s Beau Rivage Resort and Casino for the group’s 142nd Annual Convention June 26-28.
This year’s convention, which will focus on the state Sunshine Laws and Freedom of Information matters, will host speakers well-known to many MPA members, including FOI attorney Leonard Van Slyke, MPA general counsel John Henegan, and National Newspaper Association postal chairman Max Heath.
View the tentative agenda here.
Reservations can be made for the Beau Rivage for the group rate of $139 Wednesday and Thursday night and $179 Friday and Saturday nights. For more information on lodging or to make reservations, click here.
Registration packets will be mailed to members in early May, and may be downloaded here.
Convention chairman for this year’s event is Randy Ponder of the Sea Coast Echo, president-elect of MPA/MPS. He will accept the gavel the evening of June 27 from outgoing president Tom Andrews of The Picayune Item.
Convention highlights include the traditional golf and tennis tournaments, post-event schooner cruise and, of course, the Better Newspaper Contest Awards program.
For more information on the convention, contact Layne Bruce, executive director, lbruce@mspress.org, or Kimberly Haydu, event manager, khaydu@mspress.org.