2000
New Orleans
June 24-25

Le Pavillon Hotel, New Orleans

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Itinerary

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
TAA Council meeting, Part 1

Presider: TAA president

Members welcome. Agenda at door.

Room: To be announced.

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

9:00 a.m. - Noon
TAA Council meeting, Part 2

Presider: TAA president

Members welcome. Agenda at door.

Room: To be announced.

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1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Special Pre-Convention Workshop
"Working With an Agent"

• Presenter: Jeff Herman, of the Jeff Herman Literary Agency, New York
• Academic Texts in the Trades
• Workshop fee: $30. Includes one-year TAA membership.

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3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Special Pre-Convention Workshop
"Electronic Rights"

• Presenter: Steve Gillen, intellectual property attorney, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati.
• Workshop fee: $30. Includes one-year TAA membership.

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

8:30 a.m.
Registration, coffee and doughnuts.

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8:45 a.m.
Welcome: "Opening Remarks"

• Speaker: Chris Harris (visual communication), Middle Tennessee State University, convention program chair.

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9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Keynote

• Speaker: Karen Morris (hospitality law), Monroe Community College, outgoing TAA president.
• Speaker: Incoming president.
• Speaker: Ron Pynn (political science), University of North Dakota emeritus, TAA executive director

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10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Panel: "Geography of New Orleans and Environs"
This husband-wife team looks at the region, climate, weather, hurricane history, especially Camille in 1969, Georges and Bonnie in 1998. A little history, the fact that New Orleans is below sea level, the Chandeleure Island wipe-out last year, the Army Corps of Engineers old control structure.

• Speaker: Bobbé Christopherson (geography illustrator), Folsom, California
• Speaker: Robert W. Christopherson (geography), author of Geosystems.

Room: To be announced.

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11:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
Panel: "Contract Negotiations"

• Panelist: Richard Campbell (mass media), Middle Tennessee State University.
• Panelist: Steve Gillen (law), Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati
• Panelist: Jon Hughes, president, Alliance Press, Carrollton, Texas.

Room: To be announced.

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12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Assembling All the Parts for Publication Including Visuals

• Panelist: John Baack, director of publishing relations, NetPaper.com
• Panelist: Kristen Giordano, MIRA, Copyright Clearance Center
• Panelist: Chris Harris (visual communication), Middle Tennessee State

Room: To be announced.

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2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel: "Intellectual Rights"

• Moderator: Paul Tippens (physics), Southern Polytechnic State University or Georgia.

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Panel: "Journal Editors and What Contributors Need to Know."

• Panelist: Jay Black(University of South Florida-St. Petersburg), Journal of Mass Media Ethics
• Panelist: Robert Bray (Middle Tennessee State University), Tennessee Williams Journal
• Panelist: Deni Elliot, University on Montana
• Panelist: Jim Kelly (visual communication), Southern Illinois University
• Panelist: Gerald Stone (journalism), Southern Illinois University). Newspaper Research Journal.

Room: To be announced.

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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Panel: "Who Owns the Rights"

• Moderator: Karen Morris (law), Monroe Community College
• Panelist: Jay Black (ethics), University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
• Panelist: Richard Campbell (mass media), Middle Tennessee State University
• Panelist: Deni Elliot, University of Montana

Room: To be announced.

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6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Dinner: Party, music and food at site to be determined.

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

8:30 a.m.
Coffee and doughnuts.

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8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Presentation. "TAA Initiatives"

• Presenter: Ron Pynn (political science), University of North Dakota emeritus, TAA executive director

Room: To be announced.

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9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Panel: "Results of TAA Random Audit"

• Panelist: Paul Rosenzweig (author accounting), Walnut Creek, California, Royalty Review Service
• Panelist: Mike Lennie (author law), San Diego

Room: To be announced.

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10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Panel: "Dealing With Alternatives to the Mega Presses"

• Panelist: Donna Besser (Communications), Southern Illinois University
• Panelist: Jon Hughes, president, Alliance Press, Carrollton, Texas

Room: To be announced.

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11:00 a.m. - 12 Noon.
Panel: "Working With Collaborations."

• Panelist: Lee Mountain (reading), University of Houston
• Panelist: Mary Kay Switzer (mass communication), California Tech, Pomona

Room: To be announced.

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12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

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1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Panel: Copyright and Royalties

• Panelist. Donna Besser (communications), Southern Illinois University.
• Panelist: David Sachsman (communications), University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Panelist: Gerald Stone (journalism), Southern Illinois University
• Panelist: Donald Urbeger, Manager, Research and Developemnt -- Copyrights, Kopies and More, Printers, Carbondale, Illinois
• Panelist: Gay Wakefield (communication), Texas Christian University

Room: To be announced.

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2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Panel or Presentation to be announced.

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Panel or Presentation to be announced.

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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Panel :"Ask the TAA Leadership."

• A panel of the current TAA leaders will discuss how the association is changing, and will solicit input from the membership. How can we serve you better?
• Moderator: Ron Pynn (political science), University of North Dakota emeritus, TAA executive director

Room: To be announced.

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7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Awards Banquet At Le Pavillon

After-Dinner
"Remembering Elvis: 'You Ain't Nothing But a Author, Crying All the Time.'"
Speaker: Ron Pynn.
Rumor: Possible sighting

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Award Winners

TEXTY AWARDS

• Humanities and Social Sciences (College):
  James Rubenstein:
  The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Dan Kaveney.
• Physical Sciences (College):
  Edward Aguado and Jim Burt:
  Understanding Weather and Climate (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Dan Kaveney.
• Physical Sciences (El-Hi):
  Antony C. Wilbraham and Dennis D. Staley, Maxchael S. Matta and Edward L. Waterman:
  Addison Wesley Chemistry (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Julia Osborne.
• Accounting, Business, Economics and Management:
  Courtland Boveé and John V. Thill:
  Business Communication Today (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Linda Schreiber.
• Life Sciences (College):
  William S. Klug and Michael Cummings:
  Concepts of Genetics (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Sheri L. Snavely.
• Computer Science and Engineering (El-Hi):
  William R. Pasewark Jr. and William R. Pasewark Sr.:
  Microsoft 2000: Introductory Course (South-Western).
  Editor: Carol Volz.
• Computer Science and Engineering (College):
  William Stallings:
  Computer Organization and Architecture (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Ana Arias Terry.
• Communication, Education, Performing Arts and Visual Arts (College):
  Warren Boveé:
  Discovering Journalism (Greenwood).

McGUFFEY AWARDS

• Humanities and Social Sciences (College):
  D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn:
  Social Problems (Allyn & Bacon).
  Editor: Sarah L. Kelbaugh.
• Languages and Literature (College):
  Susan Fawcett and Alvin Sandberg:
  Evergreen: A Guide to Writing (Houghton Mifflin).
  Editor: Mary Jo Southern.
• Physical Sciences (College):
  Tom McKnight:
  Physical Geography: A Lansdscape Appreciation (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Dan Kaveney.
• Computer Science and Engineering (College):
  William Stallings:
  Data and Computer Communications (Prentice Hall).
  Editor: Ana Arias Terry.

Norma Hood Award Presentation

Recipient: To be announced.
Presenter: To be announced.

Mike Keedy Award Presentation

Recipient: To be announced.
Presenter: To be announced.

Council of Fellows Induction

Recipient: Bill Pasewark senior (business), Lubbock, Texas.
Recipient: Tom Wheelan (management), University of South Florida
Presenter: To be announced.

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