JA Fellows - Calendar

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Metro Atlanta

2010-2011 Program Calendar (Continuously Updated)
Thursday, Aug. 19th	Atlanta "Colleges That Change Lives" Event, 7 PM @ Westin Buckhead Atlanta (close to Lenox Mall), 3391 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30326. This event is free & does not require pre-registration. For more information about CTCL and participating schools at the Atlanta event, please click here! Really great opportunity for you to learn about some excellent schools that may not be on your radar.
Wednesday, Sept. 29th	JA Fellows Kickoff at The Crowne Plaza Ravinia (across from Perimeter Mall), 7pm - 9pm, Registration Opens at 6:30 pm. Students limited to one guest. (We will have light refreshments, not dinner, so please plan accordingly.) RSVP Information for new and returning students forthcoming.
Thursday, Sept. 30th	Deadline for Applications. We encourage all interested applicants to apply well in advance of this date, as admission & placement are made on a rolling basis. Students who apply after the deadline, or after all spaces have been filled, will be waitlisted & admitted on a case-by-case basis.
Week of Oct. 4th	First Week of Program, Students Meet at Host Sites on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of this week.
Week of Oct. 25th	Company Business Plans Finalized. Product Approval Forms Submitted to Wells Fargo.
Saturday, Oct. 30th	JA Fellows Shark Tank & Professional Development. 9AM - 2PM, Location TBD. All student companies will present their business plan's to panels of actual investors consisting of professionals with backgrounds in Private Equity and Venture Capital. The top teams will receive start-up capital for their student company on the spot and will not have to sell stock in their company.
Week of Nov. 1st	Stock Sales Begin (Winners of the Shark Tank do not have to sell stock and can begin ordering their products and selling!).
Week of Nov. 22nd	Thanksgiving Recess - NO MEETINGS.
Week of Nov. 29th	Stock Sales End & Products Are Ordered.
Week of Dec. 6th	Completed Stockholder Record, Current Financial Statement of Activities, & Current Administrative Record e-mailed to JA for Review.
Week of Dec. 13th	Last Week of Meetings before Winter Recess. Continue Product Sales Over Winter Holidays.
Week of Dec. 20th	Winter Recess Begins - NO MEETINGS.
Week of Jan. 10th	Meetings Resume.
Saturday, Jan. 29th	Saturday Speaker/Professional Development. 9AM - 2PM. Location TBD.
Week of Feb. 14th	Current Financial Statement of Activities & Current Administrative Record e-mailed to JA for Review.
Saturday, Feb. 26th	JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame, Ritz Carlton, Buckhead; Select students invited to participate (based upon open auditions for upperclassmen) at this black-tie event.
Week of Feb. 28th	Last Week of Product Sales. No Sales After This Date.
Week of Mar. 7th	Company Liquidation & Expo Preparations Begin.
Week of Mar. 21st	Last Week of Meetings. Annual Report Finalized. All Checks to Shareholders/Investors Distributed and/or mailed. Final Expo Preparations.
Saturday, Mar. 26th	2011 JA Fellows Expo. 9AM - 5 PM. Individual Competitions & Select Company Competitions begin in the morning; Trade Fair & Exhibition in the afternoon. Location TBD.
Tuesday, Mar. 29th	Awards Ceremony. Evening. Location TBD.
June, Dates TBD.	3rd Annual JA Innovation Camp sponsored by Nokia. Overnight business challenge. Exact Dates & Location TBD.
July, Dates TBD.	North American JA Company of the Year Competition.
2009-2010 Program Calendar
Tuesday, Aug. 18th	Atlanta "Colleges That Change Lives" Event, 7 PM @ Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. This event is free & does not require pre-registration. For more information about CTCL and participating schools at the Atlanta event, please click here!
Wednesday, Sep. 30th	Deadline for Applications. We encourage all interested applicants to apply well in advance of this date, as admission & placement are made on a rolling basis. Students who apply after the deadline, or after all spaces have been filled, will be waitlisted & admitted on a case-by-case basis.
Wednesday, Oct. 7th	2009 Atlanta Performing & Visual Arts College Fair, 7 PM @ Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School, 991 Old Alabama Road, Mableton, GA 30126. Sponsored by the National Association for College Admission Counseling & open to the public. For more information about this event, please click here!
Thursday, Oct. 8th	JA Fellows Kickoff at The Crowne Plaza Ravinia (across from Perimeter Mall), 7pm - 9pm, registration Opens at 6:30 pm. Students limited to one guest. (We will have light refreshments, not dinner, so plan accordingly.) For directions, please click here. Please RSVP if you plan on being in attendance. You may RSVP by clicking here: http://jafellowskickoff2009.eventbrite.com/
Week of Oct. 12th	First Week of Program, Students meet at host sites
Saturday, Oct. 31	Saturday Speaker Series/Professional Development, 10 AM to 1 PM, @ North Atlanta High School, 2875 Northside Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, 30305.
Week of Nov. 23rd	Thanksgiving Recess - NO MEETINGS
Week of Dec. 7th	Last week of meetings before Winter Recess
Week of Dec. 14th	Winter Recess Begins - NO MEETINGS; Optional: Independent Student-Run Meeting
Week of Jan. 4th	Meetings Resume
Monday, Jan. 11th	Georgia Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Meeting @ The Georgia World Congress Center, Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom, 6 pm to 10 pm. Limited Availability. For more information and to RSVP, please visit: http://georgiachamber2010.eventbrite.com/
Monday, Jan. 25th	Volunteer Social: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. Volunteers: Please RSVP by Jan. 20th with the corresponding Evite (check your e-mail!)
Saturday, Jan. 30th	Saturday Speaker Series/Professional Development, 10 AM - 1 PM, @ North Atlanta High School, 2875 Northside Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, 30305. This event is for current students only.
Saturday, March 13th	JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame, Ritz Carlton, Buckhead; Select students invited to participate (based upon open auditions for upperclassmen) at this black-tie event.
Week of March 15th	Last week of meetings!
Week of March 22nd	Optional (but highly encouraged!): Independent Student-Run Meeting for Expo Prep.
Saturday, Mar. 27th	2010 JA Fellows Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center, Building C, Rooms 208 - 213. 285 Andrew Young International Blvd, NW, Atlanta, GA, 30313. Individual Competitions & Select Company Competitions begin in the morning; Trade Fair & Exhibition in the afternoon. Trade Exhibition open to the public from 2 to 4 pm.
Wednesday, Mar. 31st	Awards Ceremony, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. 7 pm to 9 pm. For more information & to RSVP, please visit: http://2010jafellowsawards.eventbrite.com/
Any Day Now in May!	Tentative: 2010-2011 Application becomes available. While you wait, please fill out the Interest Form so that you can be notified as soon as it goes live! UPDATE 5/6: Final tweaks are being made - the app will be available VERY soon!
Monday, April 26th thru Saturday, May 1st	FIE 2010: International Entrepreneurs Forum, Cordoba, Argentina; select JA Fellows invited to attend (airfare, lodging & food paid for!)
Tuesday thru Wednesday, June 15th-16th	Innovation Camp Sponsored by Nokia @ the beautiful campus of Oglethorpe Universtiy, 4484 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30319. Overnight camp & competition where high school students work in teams to solve a real business challenge and present their solutions to a panel of judges from the business community. To register and for more information, please click here.
Sunday thru Wednesday, July 18th-21st	North American JA Company of the Year Competition sponsored by Best Buy & FedEx in Minneapolis, MN. More details forthcoming.
Saturday thru Thursday, August 7th-12th	Next Generation Leaders Conference, sponsored by JA Canada, Xerox, and Queen's School of Business in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A fantastic experience for 200 of the best and brightest JA students from around the world! The conference is open to all students who participated in the JA Company program, which you did as a JA Fellow. To register, and for more details, please visit: http://www.imnext.org/