Spring 2025 | YPAA Summit

Spring 2025 Summit

The Spring 2025 Eastern Area YPAA Summit was held on Sunday, April 13th. A full program of events can be found below. The sessions for Conference Reports and Round Tables were not recorded due to the difficulty of getting permission from all attendees that shared, however the presentations and other main sessions were recorded and are made available below.

Program of Events

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Conference Reports

YPAA Host Committees or Advisory Councils give reports on their conferences including successes and struggles that they're encountering.

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Round Table Discussions for Committees

YPAA committee members share the challenges that they face and their experience, strength, and hope with each other regarding different types of committees that they serve on.

Advisory
Councils

Bid
Committees

Host
Committees

Service
Committees

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM CDT

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Presentation: How to Best Carry The Message of YPAA

Presented By: EACYPAA Advisory (Meg T and Sara C)

How do we let people know about young people's conventions, conferences, and meetings? What methods and platforms do we use in this modern world to get the word out? What approaches to outreach have we found to be the most successful?

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CDT

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Round Table Discussions for Positions

YPAA committee members share the challenges that they face and their experience, strength, and hope with each other regarding different types of positions that they serve in.

Bylaws

Chairpersons

Hotels

Treasurers

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Presentation: Making Our Conferences a Safer Place

Presented By: SERCYPAA Advisory (Brady and Mike R)

What does it mean to provide a safe atmosphere for all members to participate in their recovery? What tools are available to Host committees to help foster a safer experience for everyone? What policies have conferences and conventions put in place to help protect themselves and their attendees?