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CONVENTION PREVIEW
DCA
In years past, the Distribution Contractors
Association's (DCA) annual conventions
have been predictably grand events, with
large crowds and noteworthy speakers in
destination resorts.
Th e upcoming 61st Annual DCA
Convention will be equally grand, says DCA
Executive Vice President Rob Darden, while
acknowledging that attendance is harder to
predict in a rebuilding year.
" We have a great convention planned this
year, " Darden said. " Th ree great keynotes,
wonderful social events and exciting off -site
excursions. Your typical DCA convention!
" So far, registration has been coming
in strong. We hope to have close to 500
in attendance, but who knows? Some
companies are back to pre-pandemic activities
and others are remaining cautious, "
he said, adding, " We respect everyone's
personal decision, but hope to see everyone
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Returns to Convention Form in Recovery Year
back in person at our fi rst winter convention
since Boca Raton in February 2020. "
New expectations
Keeping with its tradition of destination
events, the 2022 convention will be held Feb.
17-22 at the Arizona Biltmore - the Frank
Lloyd Wright-inspired resort that reopened
in April after an $85 million renovation.
Th ere are few specifi c objectives for the
DCA's fi rst winter convention since Boca
Raton in February 2020 - " to have great
attendance and, hopefully, to do well at the
auction, " Darden said. Th e approach makes
sense, given that last year's 60th Annual
Convention was a hybrid of winter and
summer events and was held during the
COVID lull of July.
" I think the association, the membership
and the country in general were at peak
in February of 2020 (at Boca Raton). And
then the bottom fell out, " Darden said.
" It will take several years to fully recover.
It won't happen overnight. So, DCA is
planning accordingly. "
All of DCA's events for 2022 are
scheduled as in-person gatherings, so
expectations of attendance are tempered.
Realistically, Darden said, " it may be 2023
or 2024 before we see the same level of
activity we saw in 2019. "
A target of 500 attendees is still a
respectable showing by historical average.
Attendance records were being regularly
broken in recent years. But it's understandable
if the DCA is concerned about attendance
in relation to its important auction.
A decade ago, it raised about $300,000
from its membership, but that grew to
more than $1 million in recent years.
" Hopefully, 2022 will allow us to continue
the recovery, but we aren't expecting the
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