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Volume 18, Number I of 12 1ssues), 1998
're Going to Disney World!
Orlando to Host 1998 NOVA Conference
It took yars for NOV Board to be
able t make folloing amnouncement:
The Tweny-1 ourth Annual North
h Itmeriwan ietim I wixtane o(n frence
will be held at the Buena V ista Palae
Resort and Spa at ii al Disner iorld
Village in Orlando, I horida, Igust 23-
28, 1998, at room rates of $1H a night
for single or double oeeupant7.
Phew!
It i as a uiue quandary 11ntea of
selecting between ccmpeting bids to host
NOVA's annual confelence as was nor
inal, the NA Bo ard reiew la number
of tentatiC feelers and a pair A unwArk-
ablebidsover 19%6and 1997 Anon-event
a the I went- Third onference in Hous-
ton nooneoffereda personal welcomet
theirhometown1ncxtyeai seenmedto have
been as great a violationl of tradition as if
we had dropped our annual Victim1 Tribute,
So immediately after that conertence, a
neraous NOV\ olad and staff aceler-
aled thei search obr a ite fr our annual
et togethe
[Ihe underlying problen is the sheer
number of our parlpants we were be-
coming vit1nis ol our own succss
In its firtI decade, the conferene
reched a sitc of about 30f)ori sexlera
years. then rose to a plateau of 600 lbr
several more, and then drifted up toward
I (10(0 Then, three of the last four confer-
encs av been neailthe I)1) mark. With
each increment came a correspondingly
larger budenonnouifocal hosts, who have
perfomledrmagnliicntly atm oueent con-
ferences, but who he been candid in
exphlining that workload to prospetie
bidders Severalitei ested progiarns found
they were not up to that tak.
A larger problem emerged iIn finding
sites that could accommodate ax weck-lone
conferentcofthat si/e One localty had all
its duck, i ordel bt I I antrall tJit e
untoJle ot cti plensenper anIn
an inth hotl ntiustt ha v that mIAI
oedjlla nOu n t now& No tin
tpar Iat U wl ama 1d d1101 at 0w 97
a\nc dded nraob olem wn the nUdS
ilt ucks find o n u rlt asnt Top the
utatern ou August cnfrenee in ou-re
on ine theo- It inustr of that midn
si.d Otyd coldn e
s Iuc for so m nl vit L hristo-
pher to find \A \ st o tmee
conerence i t, n I nce !it a a th t-
equat e years sine a ctyn tat region
S til whom- Ie1 w :,an In, Ioa itwt h
had nte the onflllnee
Thus c !a nea ewa hnarg to rim
phe ( nlade NOVAs Cnd ( onWerenc
Directrug ind an 'astrn ci ty xx ithrad-
eqate hoel spaendg the hoell wor\ku
xvihnveer e caen find tuist wit th
encet hat nle serc ially bruht himca
<\tomth Orado Visitors aniConention
Bureau and Hlthisco cryn of atlealst thre
hotels xvhibpae ng ( to lt angs t
vcti :asnce prograeand f1ratv
no higher than those charged n Iliouston
fhanksohentetiatingprowessof( hits-
topher arid l)aid Migiore. (Chair of the
Board's oflerence Site Selection Com
m1i11c, that test was met and that does not
even factor in the low-cost araMs nor-
mally ailable to Orlando in August
Phew again!
Iths eeneciting tooexciting but
fnow that we have found a magnif icent,
first-clas home for our 1998 reunion we
can finally sa like many a superbowl
MP We're ging to Disn World!
I here w 10 be more news f ntoming
oncthe1\nextedition oftheoldest continuous
gathering in the wodwide itinis' move-
ent, but for low, mark your calendars,
remember the conferenceas you make your
training plans, and, fo ulthe truly conscien-
tious. register now /xee page 11
A note for programs supported by the
Vitim of ('rime Act (V)( % on the
aturda when he became Acting Director
oftheOice for Victims ofrime (O\ ),
which administers VOCA, Reginald
Robinson told the NOVA Board that he
hopes to reauthorie the use of VOCA
funds to attend the conference /See Puge
2.o the < hange of iX 40 eadership ]
In This Issue:
*Aileen Adams. Best Ever
OVC Director, Retires .. 2
* Report on the 1997 Annual
Conference in Houston 3
* NOVA Awarsa......... 5
* Houston Phots ... 6 & 7
* Grieving Childen . 8
* Victims with Disabilities . 9](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/novan1998&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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