Dear Valued Vendor:

The South Carolina Association of Governmental Purchasing Official’s (SCAGPO) Annual Professional Development Forum and Trade Show will be held November 5-7, 2014 at Myrtle Beach’s Marriott Resort and Spa at the Grand Dunes.

With your support, the last few years have been hugely successful and we look forward to your participation again this year.  For those of you who were unable to attend last year, we want to extend a special invitation for you to join your peers in showcasing your company’s products or services while meeting procurement professionals representing State Government, School Districts, City and County Governments, and Municipalities from around the State. This event will offer you a great opportunity for networking with these professionals. 

 As we move closer to this year’s Forum, you will find that the Program and Forum Committees have made several changes, which we believe will enhance your experience during your time with our organization.  To begin, we will not offer a vendor tract for sessions set aside  exclusively for you.  Instead, the educational format of our Annual Forum will allow vendors the opportunity to mingle with SCAGPO members in most of the work sessions offered.   This will greatly increase the amount of face-time you have with members and also make this event even more beneficial through networking as well as the professional development of your representatives. We encourage you to review our Agenda to see the great  sessions planned for attendees.

SCAGPO has also modified our co-sponsorship program to now offer Partnerships instead.  While the levels remain $1500.00 - $5,000.00, we have added an additional level of partnership for our vendors to choose from, and give you additional opportunities to speak before the entire membership.  Our Partnership levels are as follows:

• Platinum - $5,000.00
• Gold - $3,500.00
• Silver $2, 500.00
• Bronze $1,500.00

More information regarding Partnership Levels may be found on our website. You may also contact our Chairperson, Al Morant regarding opportunities to Partner with us or to donate to our Silent Auction.

 Another new and exciting change for this year’s Forum is that Vendors will be allowed to choose their own booth!  As you are registering, we will ask you to give us (three) options to choose from.  Once your payment has been received and confirmed, we will assign your booth based on your choice of the booths remaining available. A copy of the Trade Show Map will be updated regularly and published in the document section below.  Please consult it before you begin registering in order choose the best  booth for your organization.  Because booth assignment will not be made until payment is received, we encourage you to pay online or forward your checks to our Treasurer as soon as possible.

The registration process is somewhat different now as well.  Therefore, we suggest you please review the directions we’ve provided to you prior to beginning.

The 2nd Annual Scholarship Golf and Bowling Tournament events will be held on Tuesday, November 4. Golf Chairperson, Rob Lyon has chosen a great new course for the event, which is much closer to the hotel. He and Stacy Adams (Bowling) are planning great pre-forum events and networking opportunities for members and vendors. Please contact them for more information. If you are interested in partnering for one or both of these events, please contact Mr.  Al Morant.

Vendors are also encouraged to participate in our annual Silent Auction, hosted by the Certification Committee.  Proceeds from the auction are used to provide scholarships to members in pursuit of Procurement Certifications.  You may participate either by donating an item to the auction or by bidding on items at the Forum.

 Finally, we ask that you please adhere to our deadlines as follows:

Early Registration - September 19, 2014:  The ($700.00) registration fee is discounted to $600.00 until this date.  All payments received after 5:00 pm on September 19, 2014 will not received the $100.00 discount.

Late Registration -  October 1, 2014:  The registration fee is substantially greater after this date. Please make sure your registrations and payments are received in order to avoid paying more.

Registration Closes - October 25, 2014:  We will not make any exceptions to this registration closing.  Any changes made to your registration after this date will incur a $10.00 fee for processing of a new name badge and tickets. Again, NO EXCEPTIONS!

 On behalf of SCAGPO’s Board and Membership, I extend a heartfelt thank you for your company’s continued contribution to the success of our Annual Forums.  As always, please do not hesitate to contact the Forum or Program Committees if we may be of assistance to you through the event’s registration and attendance.

Sincerely,

Clarissa G. Clark

Clarissa G. Clark, CPPB Annual Forum Chairperson

Click Here to make hotel Reservations

Click Here to access SCAGPO's W9 Form

CLICK HERE for the Attendee Roster

Tickets

$25.00 Bowling Registration

$150.00 Vendor Guest Ticket
$180.00 after 07:00 am October 24

$50.00 Custom Bronze Pin Sponsorship - Palmetto Cameral Products (Difference with one member already paid)

$10.00 Name Badge Change
$15.00 after 12:00 pm November 7

$0.00 name badge change