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CLEAT Convention to be held in Wichita Falls

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The annual CLEAT convention will be held in Wichita Falls, Texas this year with the Wichita Falls Police Officers Association acting as official host for festivities. All CLEAT members can register today online. The Host hotel will be the Holiday Inn at the Falls in Wichita Falls.

To register online right now please click on the CLEAT Store on the left and scroll down to featured products. 
 Pre-register today!

"We are looking forward to an exciting time in North Texas,” said CLEAT President Chris McGill. “The entertainment plans being designed by the local association in Wichita Falls sound like CLEAT members will be having a good time.”

For the first time in many years the CLEAT convention will begin with check-in on Friday, instead of Thursday afternoon. Some officers had complained that they had difficulty in getting off on a weekday to attend the convention or be a part of the CLEAT executive board meeting that has traditionally been held on Thursday afternoon.

CLEAT has responded with a change in structure to attempt to accommodate our working members by changing the board meeting from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon. The Convention will open on Saturday morning instead of Friday afternoon and will end with the “Officer of the Year Awards” on Sunday morning.
During the convention the traditional CLEAT awards and political speakers will be combined with new break-out seminars to help local unions with IRS, articles of incorporation and PAC issues as well as best business practices to help keep you and your local group out of trouble.
United States Senator John Cornyn of Texas and his Democratic rival Rick Noriega have both already confirmed their attendance.

There will be entertainment at the hospitality suite combined with shuttles to the Indian Casinos 15 minutes away on the reservations in Oklahoma.
CLEAT members will be able to sign up on location for TCLEOSE training credit at one of the seminars as well as peruse merchandise from the many vendors who set up at the CLEAT convention.
There will be fun for the entire family. You can go here to see some of the area sightseeing opportunities: www.cwftx.net/

The WPOA and the CLEAT staff are working hard to make this a memorable convention. We hope to see you there.

32nd Annual CLEAT Convention
Wichita Falls, Texas
October 3rd – October 5th
For Hotel Reservations call  the Holiday Inn @ the Falls, 940-761-6000, and be sure to use the CLEAT Group rate of just $95.00/night.
For flight reservations through American Airlines, go to  http://www.aa.com/aa/homePage.do and enter the promo code A7698AU for a 5% discount.