D&D January Conference Call
Monday, January 28th, 2008D&D Executive Conference Call Minutes
January 22, 2008
1:30 pm (EST)
Conference update:
Planning of the 2008 conference is underway.
Planners have set aside Thursday for the D&D PacifiCorp competition and the D&D Showcase. The schedule is as follows: PacifiCorp competition student presentations from 10 am–12 pm, D&D Membership Lunch and Awards Ceremony from 121 pm and the D&D Showcase from 15 pm. This will provide an opportunity to promote the showcase at the lunch thus increasing attendance.
Conference planners have created a new event for Wednesday night (6-8 pm) for divisions to promote themselves and their work. The event will be similar to the university receptions and will coincide with the usual Roundup.
Each division will have a table. It was agreed to have the yellow TShirts from the previous year available for purchase (if financially feasible) and an LCD projector giving information about the division. We will ask for volunteers to man the booth.
MJ Bishop will be responsible for creating the PowerPoint information to be projected.
Because there is no provision in the regular conference submission for D&D Showcase proposals, parties will send their proposals directly to Ikeson Choi (ichoi@uga.edu). Ike has been asked to prepare a specific call for Showcase proposals and Amy Adcock will forward the call to the membership. Ike will also be asked to submit a proposal for the Showcase Event to the regular proposal submission system so that the event will appear in the program.
A discussion about awards for D&D Showcase participants resulted in the agreement that the award for the Practice proposal and the Showcase are too similar. Therefore, Showcase participants will receive a certificate of acceptance but there will be no judging. There will be a slot in the Showcase for the Practice Award recipient.
Four proposals have been submitted to D&D at the time of this call. There were two proposals for 90 minute sessions that would be of interest to the general membership. Monica Tracey will contact Mary Herring about the possibility of a Presidential Session sponsored by D&D.
Amy Adcock will send another reminder to the membership to submit proposals. Dates and relevant urls will be included
Communications update:
The blog and listserv are up to date. Changes to the look of the blog will be coming
Election Update:
D&D has a full slate of officers. Elections will be held until March 1, 2008
An email was sent to the membership to remind them to vote.