This past year's Convention is but a memory. Plans for the 2012 event have already started. The date has been set at July 25, 26 and 27th 2012. It will be held at the same location, at the Comfort Inn in Marietta, Ohio.
2011's Past Convention
I say Compote, you say Comport.
The countdown to convention has begun! Plans are being finalized for the 2011 event. The date and location have been set. The Society’s 37th annual convention will be held July 27, 28 and 29, 2011 at the Comfort Inn in Marietta, Ohio. The schedule has been decided.
Northwood comport advertizement part of the Rainbow line
The following link will take you to a listing of the live auction that Bill Richards will be having on Friday, July 29th in the display room. http://www.auctionzip.com/OH-Auctioneers/34909.html
The club display will be (as you possibly guessed from the title of this announcement)
“Compotes / Comports”. 
Imperial: Comport, #44/50, Flared, 18 rays, Red, 7-1/2" h.
Webster defines:
com.port \’kam-,po(e)rt,\ n : compote 2
com.pote \’kam-,pot\ n 1 : fruits cooked in syrup 2 : a bowl of glass, porcelain or metal usually with a base and stem and sometimes a cover from which compotes, fruits, nuts or sweets are served
We will only of course be concerned with those made of glass and stretch glass in particular.
1921 Fenton catalog page. Note the salver and plate compotes