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TAA is looking for volunteers to serve on its 2007 Conference Committee
**UPDATE - We are no longer seeking committee members. Thanks! This is your chance to help develop a TAA conference that meets and exceeds all of your expectations! The conference will be held in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY June 22-23, 2007. Your help is essential in planning a conference that will appeal to our members. We are especially interested in identifying non-textbook author committee members, especially those that live in the Buffalo area, since we are trying to attract more of our academic author members to this conference, many of whom reside in or near Buffalo. We are hoping to have representatives from all segments of our membership: long time members; new members; experienced textbook authors; new textbook authors; academic authors at all stages in their career; members who have never attended a TAA Conference and those who have attended several and/or last year's; members who have been unhappy with past TAA conferences (this is your chance to give your input); and those who think it just needs a change. To make the best use of the time and talents of committee members, we will be dividing the committee up into several sub-committees, each with a sub-committee chair. Sub-committees would meet separately, either by e-mail or phone as often as they deem necessary, in carrying out their responsibilities. Sub-committee chairs would be responsible for delegating responsibilities to their committee members. The sub-committee chair will also be responsible for keeping track of any recommendations discussed between his or her sub-committee members and reporting them during a monthly conference call between committee chairs, TAA staff members Richard Hull, Executive Director, Kim Pawlak, Associate Executive Director, and Janet Tucker, Office Manager, as well as 2007 TAA Conference Co-Chairs Chris Harris and Karen Morris. Once sub-committee chairs have been decided on, we will come up with a monthly conference call time that works for all. We are also considering the option of creating a Conference Blog on the TAA website and communicating with co-chairs there. This will eliminate the need to coordinate schedules and will make the process of planning the conference more open, since both members and non-members will be able to visit the conference blog to see how the plans are taking shape. If you want to chair one of the sub-committees and prefer we go the blog route, rather than the conference call route, please indicate your preference in your reply. Look over the various sub-committees and their respective responsibilities (to use as guidelines) to determine where you would like to serve: Sub-Committees: Academic Track This track will be targeted to TAA's non-textbook author members. Sessions will focus on writing, writing for journals, writing monographs, dissertations, academic books, grant writing, tenure and promotion, etc. Responsibilities:
Textbook Track This track will be targeted to TAA's textbook author members. Sessions will focus on textbook pedagogy, contracts and permissions, marketing, authoring a textbook, etc. Responsibilities:
Social Networking Event This event, held Friday night, will be centered around networking. Think of the best way to structure this event so that it makes the most of networking opportunities. This event will be an option for attendees and will require an additional fee. Responsibilities:
Friday Luncheon Awards Banquet This will replace the Friday night Awards Banquet, and will serve to recognize Texty/McGuffey Award winners, Council of Fellows Awards, Association Awards (President's Award, Mike Keedy Award, Norma Hood Award, etc.). The banquet will be an option for conference attendees and will require an additional fee. Responsibilities:
Saturday Luncheon Roundtable Sessions Attendees would sign up at the conference to attend "roundtable sessions" in which a group of six discuss a pre-arranged topic with a moderator. This could be a topic on contracts; pedagogy; writing for journals; etc. or field-specific (e.g. all math authors talking about academic writing related to math; science; etc.). Responsibilities:
PR/Marketing Responsiblites:
Conference Materials Responsibilities:
Publishing Company Tour Prometheus Books has agreed to allow TAA to offer a tour to its conference attendees. This will be free, but may require a transportation cost. Responsibilities:
Keynote Speaker Responsibilities:
If you can't serve on the committee, but would like to share your ideas and suggestions for the conference, please email Kim Pawlak, Associate Executive Director, at kmpawlak@centurytel.net |
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