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Iowa State Association of Counties
Spring School of Instruction
Downtown
Marriott & Renaissance Savery, Des Moines
March 12-14, 2008
What is the Spring School of Instruction?
This annual meeting held in March is the Association’s business
meeting, where the ISAC budget is approved by the membership. ISAC
plans seminars on Sunday afternoon and a general session on Monday
with a keynote speaker. Programming Monday afternoon and all day
Tuesday is left to the affiliate associations to plan. Sunday is an
optional day for affiliate committees to meet.
Who attends the Spring School of Instruction?
The conference is open to county officials from all departments,
which are known as affiliates. This includes county assessors,
attorneys, auditors, conservation directors, emergency management
directors, engineers, environmental health specialists, information
technology directors, public health nurses, recorders, community
services directors, sheriffs, supervisors, treasurers, and zoning
officials. There will be approximately 850 county officials
attending the conference.
Associate members of ISAC are also invited to attend. Associate
members are companies or organizations that do business with
counties and pay a fee to ISAC to receive discounts on advertising,
booth rentals, etc. And finally, exhibitors and sponsors attend the
Spring School of Instruction, along with ISAC staff members and
alumni members.
Why should your company be involved?
ISAC members make or are heavily involved in most of the purchase
decisions and contracts counties enter into with private sector
businesses. Because ISAC is a focal point for county government
officials, there are tremendous opportunities for private sector
businesses to promote their services to 900 key decision makers in
Iowa’s county governments.
Attend this conference and talk with the specialty target audience
for your company’s marketing efforts - county officials in Iowa.
This is one of our largest events of the year and we want you to be
a part of it! ISAC offers you several ways to be involved: 1)
exhibit; 2) be a conference sponsor; 3) advertise in the conference
program; and 4) attend the conference in person.
Where will the conference be held?
ISAC will again use conference facilities at the Downtown Marriott
in Des Moines, Iowa. The exhibit hall, conference registration and
general session will be held at the Marriott. There are 33 floors
and 415 sleeping rooms at the Marriott. The Renaissance Savery will
be used for the ISAC Dance and will provide more space for
affiliates to meet. Additional hotel rooms are being reserved at the
Hotel Fort Des Moines. All three of these hotels are connected by
skywalk.
Directions to the Downtown Marriott
From Des Moines International Airport: Travel north on Fleur Drive
to Locust, turn right. Proceed east to 6th Avenue, turn left. Go one
block to Grand Avenue, turn left. Hotel is on the corner of 7th and
Grand Avenue.
From 1-80/I-35: Traveling east, take I-235 to 7th Avenue. Exit south
to Grand and turn right. Traveling west, take I-235 to the Downtown
exit and follow thru until you reach the 7th Avenue bridge and
proceed south on 7th Avenue until you reach Grand.
Complimentary airport transportation is provided to all guests
staying at Downtown Marriott, Renaissance Savery and Hotel Fort Des
Moines. Phones are available at the baggage pickup area of the
airport.
Where can I park?
When you arrive at the Marriott, your best options would be to park
at the 7th Street & Grand parking ramp or the valet parking lot at
the Marriott. At the Marriott, you can pull into the hotel parking
lot to check in and drop off items before going to the parking ramp.
A freight elevator at Marriott allows exhibitors to have direct
access to the Exhibit Hall. To use the elevator pull into the main
entrance and ask the valet for assistance.
Where can I make hotel reservations?
Downtown Marriott - 700 Grand Ave, 515-245-5500
Renaissance Savery - 401 Locust, 515-244-2151
Hotel Fort Des Moines - 1000 Walnut, 800-532-1466
Or
contact Jerri Noboa,
jnoboa@iowacounties.org.
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