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2008 Conference Photo Gallery
ERICSA 45th Annual Training Conference
Children: The Heart and Soul of ERICSA
April 13 - 17, 2008
The Peabody Memphis Hotel
Memphis, Tennessee
2008 Conference Wrap-up
ERICSA’s 45th Annual Training Conference & Exposition held at the elegant
Peabody Memphis Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee was a resounding success! The
conference brought together over 350 child support professionals from 39
States and Canada.
The conference opened with a color guard from the Memphis State University
Army ROTC and an exuberant choral performance by the Saintly Singers from
Briarcrest Christian Schools located in Memphis, followed by welcomes from
Cyndy Lucas, ERICSA President, Mike Adams, the Tennessee IV-D Director, and
Margot Bean, OCSE Commissioner. A highlight of the opening ceremony was the
presentation of the Felix Infausto Award to Sara McCollum.
The conference theme "Children: The Heart and Soul of ERICSA" was at the
center of the various workshops and plenary sessions. Critical updates were
presented on DRA and Federal Initiatives. Several interstate workshops covered
UIFSA Fundamentals to International Child Support. Workshops provided innovative
approaches to workplace training and workplace efficiencies. Attendees were
provided up-to-date information on a wide variety of child support issues,
including fatherhood, medical support, arrears management and paternity.
More importantly, they made crucial interstate connections with their peers
that will provide them avenues for improved communication in interstate case
situations.
Our motivational speaker, Dr. Jerry Teplitz, delivered a fun fun-filled,
interactive session designed to help people change with confidence. The music
trivia game held Sunday Night was a conference favorite and a provided a
great ice-breaker to give attendees a chance to meet each other.
What would an ERICSA conference be without its special events? The
President’s Reception gave the President and Board of Directors the
opportunity to meet and greet new and returning conference attendees.
Evening activities included a night at the ball park watching local minor
league baseball team Memphis Redbirds play the Albuquerque Isotopes and, of
course, the closing banquet for the conference. The great location of the
hotel made it possible for attendees to relax after an information-packed day
of workshops by strolling down Beale Street, listening to the greatest Blues
music in the world and partaking of world-renowned Memphis Barbeque.
Thank you for joining us in Memphis, TN, and we look forward to seeing
you in Myrtle Beach, SC March 26 - April 2, 2009.
Patterson Poulson,
President, ERICSA 2009
Exhibitors and Sponsors
ERICSA would like to thank all of our corporate exhibitors and sponsors
for their support in Memphis, Tennessee. If you are interested in exhibiting
or sponsoring at our 2009 conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, please
contact Elaine Poole at elainepoole@bellsouth.net
Future Conference Site
If you like to plan ahead, we will be in
2009 Conference will be in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, March 29-April 2, 2009
Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes
2010 Conference will be in Lexington, Kentucky
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