General Conference Information

Accommodations

California HOSA SLC attendees with disabilities will be reasonably accommodated. If a need exists for accommodations, please contact Headquarters at no later than one month prior to the SLC. If you do not contact California HOSA before one month prior to the SLC to request accommodations, every effort will be made to assist your chapter onsite, but no guarantees can be made.

Dress Code

General Session Chapter Signs

Show your HOSA chapter spirit! Chapters are encouraged to bring a chapter sign for the SLC general sessions. The signs should identify the chapter and show HOSA creativity and enthusiasm.

Signs must be adhered to a pole or stick that is no longer than three (3) feet. The sign must not be larger than 24” x 36”, must identify the chapter’s name and region, and integrate the HOSA logo. Chapters not adhering to these guidelines will not be allowed on-stage.

Judging Events

The California HOSA CE Program requires an extraordinary amount of effort, work, and volunteer spirit to be successful and truly prepare students for career achievement. The more volunteers available, the easier, less time-consuming, and more efficient it is for everyone.

If you have industry partners, chaperones, or colleagues that are qualified to judge events, please get them involved. Please go to the Judge Registration link at cal-hosa.org for details.

Cal-HOSA, Inc, Meeting

Each chapter must have one representative in attendance at the annual Cal-HOSA, Inc. meeting. As the corporate body of Cal-HOSA, it is mandatory that each chapter in good standing appoint one representative to be in attendance. One of the primary duties of Cal-HOSA, Inc. is to elect our Board of Directors that will serve as the governing and policymaking body for the corporation. If you are interested in serving on the Cal-HOSA Board of Directors, complete and submit the Board of Directors application online at cal-hosa.org. Each Director serves for two consecutive years.

Cal-HOSA Business Meeting

The Cal-HOSA Business Meeting is the student voting delegate meeting that will occur on Saturday afternoon. The voting delegates and alternates are registered online during the chapter registration process. Each chapter receives delegates in accordance with the table below:

Number of Affiliated Members

5-35 members

36-63 members

64 – 88 members

89 – 113 members

114 –138 members

139+ members

Number of Voting Delegates

2 delegates

3 delegates

4 delegates

5 delegates

6 delegates

7 delegates

All voting delegates are required to attend the Opening Session, Recognition Awards, Region Meeting, the Business Meeting and Voting Session.

Courtesy Corps Volunteers

Each chapter at the SLC will be responsible for the Courtesy Corps for their chapter’s sponsored event where applicable. If your chapter has not signed up to sponsor or co-sponsor and event, then the students from your chapter will help with workshops and extra courtesy corps duties.

Additional Courtesy Corps volunteers will assist with Competitive Events, serve as patients in skill events, host workshops, greet judges, and much more for their own chapters who will be sponsoring an event. To be an additional Courtesy Corps volunteer go online to cal-hosa.org.

SLC Grams

Are you looking for a great way to give recognition to someone? Want to send a message of good luck? Looking for a great way to thank your advisor, school, chapter officers, seniors, or administrators? SLC Grams are a great way to make this happen. Purchase SLC Grams for $5.00 each and they will be included in the California HOSA App. Complete the SLC Gram form found on cal-hosa.org and mail payment to Cal-HOSA Headquarters, P.O. Box 12259, Bakersfield, CA 93389 by the posted deadline.

Avoid Common Registration Frustrations

Read this registration and information online in detail! Assign it for extra credit homework for chapter officers so multiple members of your chapter are familiar with SLC requirements and procedures.
Read the HOSA Guidelines for each event in which your students are competing! Encourage your students to own their competitive event preparation by reading and keeping their own personal copy of the Competitive Events guidelines for their specific event(s). All CE Guidelines are available online at hosa.org/guidelines.
Follow-up with your district or business office to make sure that all fees will be paid on-time and that you have satisfied all district requirements for travel.
Complete and submit all mandatory per instructions by the posted deadlines. Always have original copies of the documents with you during the SLC.
All event payments are to be made payable to: Cal-HOSA, Inc., P.O. Box 12259, Bakersfield, CA 93389.
Carefully review the Dress Code and the Code of Conduct with your students before you leave for SLC. There is NO reason for competitors to be disqualified from competition and the SLC if they prepare correctly.

SLC Registration