SPAA announces 2012 education program

Early registration discounts expire Oct. 31, where members save $70 off the $299 member rate. Non-members will pay $479. Registration includes access to all educational sessions on Saturday and Sunday, Keynote Luncheon on Saturday, Official Business Luncheon on Sunday, Welcome Reception, Vendor Reception, and WPPI trade show admission, Feb. 20-22.

Guiding the SPAA committee for the 2011-2012 year are chairperson, Tom Hayes, Visual Image Photography Inc., Cedarburg, Wisc.; Haim Ariav, Glossy Finish Inc., Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Graham K. Barkley, Fine Grain Foto Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Larry Bashore, VSN Photography LLC, Sinking Spring, Pa.; Bill Durvin, Flash Powder Photo, Lincoln, R.I.; Mark Houde, Carolina Sports Inc., Camden, S.C.; Raymond Smith, Action Images Sports Photography, Wellsburg, W.V.; Patrick Taylor, Pat Taylor Photography, Eaton, Ohio; and Pete Taylor, PPI Lab, Mobile, Ala., PMA staff liaisons for the SPAA committee are George Olsen and Jim Esp, with Frank Hadfield, Stockton, Calif., serving as consultant.