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The CSU Pet Sitters ConferencePet
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How the CSU Pet Sitters Conference Began...The original founders of CSU Pet Sitters Conference first met via the internet, on an online discussion group created in 1993 specifically for pet sitters. Since the pet sitting industry was still very new, the list members were all thirsty for knowledge and willing to share their experiences and help one another. From that interaction grew a lasting bond within the group. Although that bond grew and internet friendships were formed, the group longed to put faces to those names and meet one another in person. A few of the original list members met at a PSI conference in Las Vegas in 1997. When they returned home from that conference, they kicked around the idea of offering pet sitters a gathering where they could come together and share knowledge, grow their businesses, strengthen the industry and at the same time keep it affordable for all. But as with all great ideas, some things were problematic and a location could not be decided on. Finally they decided to hold the first conference in Tampa Florida, the home of the founder of the online discussion group where they all first met. They set the date and welcomed everyone to attend.
There were approximately 20 pet sitters in attendance and they learned what worked and what didn’t. They wanted to continue to offer an affordable conference put on *by pet sitters, for pet sitters* and make every conference better than the one before. And that's exactly what happened. Nine years of offering pet sitters an affordable, educational, entertaining and high quality conference have come to pass. As with any organization, team members have come and gone and new ones have stepped up to take the reins. However, the focus and goals have never changed and CSU has grown by leaps and bounds. CSU Pet Sitters Conference is bigger, better, and stronger than ever thanks to a dedicated group of individuals who tirelessly volunteer their time and energies to bring pet sitters a wonderful annual educational opportunity. The conference offers a chance to meet, learn, share our experiences, and grow our individual businesses, thereby strengthening our industry as a whole. CSU also grows bigger and better each year thanks to all of you, the wonderful pet sitters who attend the annual conferences. We have members that have been with us from the very beginning who come every year to show their support and share their knowledge with others. We're very proud and honored to still have two of the real pioneers of CSU on board with us in an advisory capacity! Janet Depathy and Lynn Penfield. Janet is one of the original founders of CSU and the heart of this organization. Lynn has been with CSU since the early days and was instrumental in organizing and orchestrating the 2006 conference in Miami. We have many members who have attended our conferences for six, seven, eight years and more so we must be doing something right. After holding the first few conferences in the same place each year, it was decided that we should move our conference to a new location each year to give pet sitters from different areas an equal opportunity to join us. We always hold them in January, and in a warmer climate. There have been so many pet sitters throughout the years that have made these conferences possible and we owe them our never ending gratitude. Their efforts have established a tradition of learning and helping one another which will continue for many years to come. So make plans to join us in Las Vegas, Nevada (where the legend began) January 23rd-26th 2007 for our BIG Tenth Anniversary Conference and become a part of our tradition o f. . . Pet
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look forward to meeting you and having *YOU* become a part of our history!
Past "C" conferences and where they have been held C1
1998 Tampa, FL
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