Helpful Notes for people attending NCCL’s Annual Conference and Exposition
Before the Conference:
• Double-check your registration:
Did you sign up for the free publishersponsored meals / reception?
1. Sunday RCL Benziger
Welcome Reception
2. Monday OSV Luncheon
3. Tuesday Sadlier Event
(dinner & entertainment)
• You do not need a special invitation to
attend, but you do need a ticket.
• Open to all conference attendees, including
registered spouses.
• No high-pressure to buy; just good food
enjoyed together.
Full-conference attendees: The Awards
Luncheon is included in your registration if
you reserved a ticket.
• Join us in congratulating the award winners.
Distinguished Service Award recipient
remains a secret until the luncheon.
• Did you sign up for the tour? (additional fee)
Sunday – USA Niagara Falls
• Meet in the Hyatt lobby at 9:00
am.
If you want to add any of these events, please go
to your membership record on www.nccl.org, click
Events, add your selections and save. If you are
not a member, email the NCCL office.
• Are you driving to the conference?
 Nearby parking lots and ramps start at
$7.00 a day
• Do you know what province you belong to?
 Provinces are named
after the Archdiocese
within the Province.
Check here to find your
province
http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/USprovince.htm

Join in conversation Monday afternoon with
diocesan and parish catechetical leaders
from your province to discuss issues
pertinent to your area.
• Sunday Celebration of the Eucharist with
Bishop Malone presiding
 If your travel plans preclude attending Mass
at home, no worry: all conference
attendees are welcome to join us, Sunday
5:00 pm in the Convention Center.
For your Buffalo packing list:
Typical temps, May 18-21:
high 67°, low 48°
Don’t forget tools for taking notes
When you arrive at the hotel:
• Check into your guest room in the hotel lobby
• Pick up your NCCL Conference nametag and Registration materials at the NCCL Registration Counter
in the Buffalo-Niagara Convention Center (Lobby Level)
Avoid the Monday rush: Registration materials may be picked up:
Saturday (in Room 102) 2:30 - 5:00 pm and 9:00 - 10:00 pm
Sunday (in the Lobby) 7:45 am - 4:45 pm and 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Make sure you received tickets with your nametag if you signed up for any of these events:
Sunday Tour, Sunday RCL Benziger Welcome,
Monday OSV Lunch, Monday FCH Meeting,
Tuesday Sadlier Event, Wednesday Awards Lunch, Thursday Post-Conference
Are you eligible to vote in NCCL officer elections?
Make sure you received your ballots with your nametag.
• Attending the FCH Sunday pre-conference? Pick up your Conference materials first (see above).
During the Conference:
NCCL Registration Area, Lobby of the BuffaloNiagara Convention Center
• Schedule changes, Message Boards
• Lost and found articles
• Questions? Let us know! If registration doesn’t
have the answers, they’ll know whom to ask!
Twitter hashtag: #NCCL2015
• Check in with other conference attendees.
• Discuss what you are seeing and hearing.
• Let others know what’s happening!
Free Wireless Internet
• In the hotel lobby
• Throughout the Buffalo-Niagara Convention
Center
Free Coffee service:
• Hyatt To-Go, Monday & Thursday, 7-8:30 am
• Exhibit Hall, Tuesday & Wednesday, 8-9:15 am
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (most items under $8):
• Monday & Tuesday, 11am - 3pm
• Wednesday, noon - 4pm
First Time Attendee?
• To get the most out of your first NCCL
experience, be sure to attend the First Time
Attendees gathering, Monday 8:10 - 8:50 am.
NCCL Monday Business Meeting
• Brief updates of NCCL’s work and ministry
• Presentation of Slates of Officers
• Everyone is welcome to attend.
Monitors in the Convention Center:
• Schedule changes
• Other pertinent info
Visit Highlights in the Area
• Flyers and maps available in the hotel lobby.
Hotel Check out time: noon
• Check out early to avoid the crowds
• Hotel will hold your luggage until you leave
About NCCL:
• The National Conference for Catechetical
Leadership grew out of the early Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine (CCD) movement in this
country, with roots going back to 1934. It is
dedicated to bringing the teaching ministry of
Jesus to every Catholic.
• NCCL’s members represent the full spectrum of
catechetical leadership: bishops, pastors,
diocesan and parish catechetical leaders,
academics, authors and publishers of
catechetical materials, other Catholic leaders.
• NCCL is the only independent national
organization exclusively dedicated to serving
the church's catechetical mission in the
United States grounded in evangelization.
NCCL Board:
• 4 officers (elected by the NCCL membership)
• 5 at-large members (discerned by Rep Council)
• ex officio: bishop-advisor, liaison from the
USCCB, and NCCL’s Executive Director
NCCL Representative Council (Rep Council):
• Comprised of representatives from the USCCBdefined Provinces and affiliated and liaison
organizations.
• Each province may send 1 diocesan rep and 1
parish rep to Rep Council.
• Discusses issues of importance to NCCL and
the catechetical ministry
• Consultative body to and from the Board
NCCL Committees:
• As a member-driven organization, active
involvement by NCCL members in NCCL’s
committees is vital to the organization.
• Please consider what gifts and talents you have
to assist NCCL committees.
https://nccl.wildapricot.org/NCCL-Leadership
• Join a committee meeting on Wednesday
morning, May 20, 8:00am.