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All participants must pay a registration fee and wear a name badge for admission to CFDA/CAC Combined Convention activities. Please see the Convention Registration Form for categories and pricing.  

Member fees apply to all employees of CFDA or CAC member firms; CFSB certified individuals must be current with their 2006 certification to be eligible for the certified rate. Non-member fees apply to all other individuals. Please see the attached Convention Registration form for categories and pricing.

Full payment is required within 10 days for all registrations submitted on or before August 25; registrations after this date will not be accepted without full accompanying payment. A $50 per company fee will apply for all registrations postmarked or faxed after August 25.

Full Convention Registration
This option will provide admission to all Convention functions and education sessions throughout the convention, including Wednesday opening reception; tickets to breakfast and lunch on Thursday; admission for Thursday reception; and ticket for breakfast on Friday.  

Employees of CFDA or CAC member firms -- $275
CFSB certified individuals -- $325
Non-members -- $375

One-Day Registration
This option will provide admission to Convention education sessions and function tickets for one-day only.  

Employees of CFDA or CAC member firms -- Wednesday/Thursday $200 -- Friday $100
CFSB certified individuals -- Wednesday/Thursday $225 -- Friday $125
Non-members -- Wednesday/Thursday $250 -- Friday $150

Spouse & Guest Registration
This option will provide admission to Convention social events for spouses or guests who accompany a Convention registrant, including Wednesday opening reception; tickets to breakfast and lunch on Thursday; admission for Thursday reception; and ticket for breakfast on Friday.  

Spouse / Guest Registration -- $125 per person

New this year!

Share-Pass Registration
The Share-Pass will allow up to three (3) employees from the same company to attend the Convention for one special price. Different from the Full Convention or One-Day Registration, the Share-Pass allows the company to split the registration so that up to three (3) employees can attend all education sessions, the Wednesday opening reception and Thursday reception. Please note, however, that this option includes only two (2) tickets for Thursday breakfast, Thursday lunch, and Friday breakfast.  

CFDA or CAC member firms -- $575 per pass (maximum of 3 persons)
Non-members -- $775 per pass (maximum of 3 persons)

RSVP for Ticketed Events
To better anticipate daily attendance and food orders, please RSVP for the functions listed on the attached Convention Registration Form. Tickets will be included with your on-site packet.  

Golf Tournament Registration
Join your funeral service colleagues for an afternoon of golf before the convention begins! This 9-hole tournament will be held at Walking Stick Golf Course, rated 4 stars by Golf Digest. The tournament will be in scramble format and golfers will be paired randomly for even more fun! Advance registration is required — see Convention Registration Form.  

Golfers -- $45 per person

Cancellations & Refunds

If it becomes necessary to cancel a registration, please phone the CFDA/CAC Combined Convention office at 303-791-2336. Substitutions are encouraged in lieu of cancellation.

Refund requests must be made in writing to CFDA/CAC Combined Convention. Refund requests received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 25, 2006, will receive full registration fee less $25 processing fee. For refund requests after this date and until September 7, refunds will be 50% of registration fee less $25 processing.

There are no refunds for no-shows or cancellations submitted after Wednesday, September 6.

Student Scholarships

The Arapahoe Community College Mortuary Science Program requests support to provide interested students a scholarship to attend the CFDA/CAC Combined Convention. Commitment and financial support should be made directly to ACC. The school will be responsible for collecting scholarship funds, allocating scholarships to interested students and will register those students to attend the convention.

If you would like to provide financial support for interested Mortuary Science students to attend the convention, please contact Martha Thayer at  martha.thayer@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5954.

CEU Credit

The Colorado Funeral Service Board will grant contact hours for all education sessions at the CFDA/CAC Combined Convention. Credit will be based on 1 contact hour per 50 minutes of approved program and will be applicable for CFSB certification in 2006 or 2007. A certification form will be provided for validation at the end of each education session.

Approval application will be submitted for Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming. If you hold a license in another state and would like CFDA to apply for CE Credit, please contact the CFDA office at 303-791-2336 to request.

Colorado Funeral Directors Association / Colorado Association of Cemeteries

CFDA/CAC Combined Convention
P. O. Box 261664 , Highlands Ranch, CO 80163

Phone 303-791-2336   Fax 720-344-5297   cfda@ascentmeetings.com

www.cofda.org