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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 closes&lt;/font&gt; &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 as long as registration is complete by April 6, 2026. All Madden's reservations need to be made by April 6, 2026 to ensure conference pricing and availability)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&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 is 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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