It’s time for NAMA Regions and Chapters to present their Best of NAMA Awards. These will be done at a variety of events. Look to NAMA for full and final details as we get closer. However, here’s some info for your calendar.

January 13, 2011 – Region II (Gateway, Great Plains, Midlands, Missouri-Kansas, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest Chapters) at Boulevard Brewing Company, 2501 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64108, starting at 6:00 pm. For more details, visit http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/region2.htm. You can also register online at http://www.nama.org/ConferenceRegistration/Default.aspx?confid=29.

January 20, 2011 – Region IV (Badger, Chicago, Heartland, and Mid-America Chapters) at the Chicago Marriott Northwest, 4800 Hoffman Boulevard, Hoffman Estates, IL, starting at 6:00 pm. For more details, visit http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/region4.htm. Registration will be available soon.

January 27, 2011 – Region III (Cornbelt, Iowa, North Central, and Northern Prairie Chapters) at the State Historical Society of Iowa, 600 E. Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50319, starting at 5:30. The day will begin with a “Welcome to Iowa” tour, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Registration for the tour will be available soon For more details, visit http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/region3.htm. Online registration for the banquet is available at http://www.nama.org/ConferenceRegistration/Default.aspx?confid=30.

January 27, 2011 – Carolinas/Virginia Chapter at Junior League of Raleigh Center for Community Leadership, 711 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, starting at 5:30 pm. Registration will be available soon.

February 8, 2011 – Region I (Desert Southwest and Western Pacific Chapters) in the VIP tent at the World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA, with a reception/mixer tentatively scheduled to start at 12:30 pm.

A Midsouth Chapter event will be planned and further details will be forthcoming.