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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MAFAA 2026 Annual Conference (6 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D" style="font-size: 30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This year we will be Growing our Voices!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;The MAFAA 2026 Annual Conference will be held May 6-8, 2026 at Madden's on Gull Lake.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Registration includes your 2026-2027 MAFAA membership and closed&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#790000"&gt;&lt;u&gt;April 6, 2026&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(Conference registration payment can be processed after this date prior to the event. You can still call Madden's if you have not made a reservation, but conference pricing and availability is no longer guaranteed.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;See our tentative agenda&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://mafaa.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/conferenceplanningcommittee/IQAMaCcH8eLrRZ_2yPVnZNPIATCqQErOrqZ03Pp83ARgzb8?e=sSHLb4" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This year's charity is &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;font face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0"&gt;pecial Olympics Minnesota&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;! Learn more at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://specialolympicsminnesota.org/"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;https://specialolympicsminnesota.org/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Lodging &amp;amp; Meals Reservation at &lt;a href="https://mafaa.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/conferenceplanningcommittee/IQCb2V5vYV_aQa34am1D40GzAesG0Y-J6KY-8iRowD6IXbs?e=lrKv7r" target="_blank"&gt;Madden's on Gull Lake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Click the &lt;a href="https://mafaa.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/conferenceplanningcommittee/IQCb2V5vYV_aQa34am1D40GzAesG0Y-J6KY-8iRowD6IXbs?e=5ng9uE" target="_blank"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; or call the reservation desk at&amp;nbsp;(800)-642-5363 and let them know that you are booking for the Minnesota Association of Financial Aid Administrators 2026 Annual Conference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;****Reservation deadline was April 6, 2026. Pricing and availability is not guaranteed after this date.****&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;If you plan on arriving Tuesday, May 5th:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You must book either over the phone or with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://mafaa.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/conferenceplanningcommittee/IQBtBF9xtsq2RrA8UvRBw8JOAY6FYBRGHz5ViROBuiBi7io?e=Zdzc90"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC"&gt;paper registration form.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Conference registration alone does NOT include lodging and the meal package at Madden's on Gull Lake.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;MAFAA Conference Planning Committee&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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