ECAC-SIDA Workshop follow ups
Greetings friends!
I hope you have had a chance to settle back into your daily office routines after a wonderful 2010 ECAC-SIDA Workshop on the Cape.
Before it becomes too much of a distant memory, the Board asks you to take a few minutes to complete two tasks if you haven't had a chance to do so already.
The first is to please take some time to send thank-you notes to our sponsors, and, when possible, to consider using their services. You should have received a document in your registration bag containing the names and addresses of all 20 sponsors for this year—most with email addresses. Without the ongoing sponsorship of these companies and conferences, it would be impossible to continue to keep the workshop at such affordable levels, particularly in years where the event is held in more expensive locations. It is also important that our vendors know that the ECAC-SIDA membership appreciates their involvement.
Going forward, if you see a company that you work with at your individual institution that is not currently a sponsor of ECAC-SIDA, please contact any member of the executive board. Their services may be of interest to other SIDs and could potentially be a future ECAC-SIDA sponsor.
The second request is to please fill out the online evaluation form of the workshop. We have moved the form online this year to make it easier for you to fill out and submit. The evaluation is a critical component to each year's workshop. The executive board and the workshop organizing committee plan for future workshops using the comments and criticisms that we receive from you, the membership. If you have suggestions for a table topic, want to serve as a panelist for an issue that you feel strongly about, or have an idea for anything else related to the workshop, let us know on the evaluation.
To fill out the online evaluation, all you have to do is visit http://www.ecacsida.org/workshop/evaluations. There is also a link under Workshop in the header that will take you directly to the form.
Finally if you have an interest in serving on a committee this year, contact the chair of that committee to find out how you can help. If you didn't have a chance to sign up at the workshop, below is a list of who to contact to serve on a committee.
- 2011 Workshop Local Organizing Committee: George Gagnier (gagnier@geneseo.edu)
- Membership Services Committee: Brad Nadeau (nadeau@middlebury.edu)
- Rookie Committee: Lenn Margolis (lmargolis@cheyney.edu)
- Website Committee: Luke Stillson (sid@mcdaniel.edu)
- Newsletter Committee: Hillary Haynes (hillary.haynes@nichols.edu)
- Charity Committee: Bob Beretta (robert.beretta@usma.edu)
- Hometown Handbook Committee: Mike Tuberosa (mt85@drexel.edu)
- Banquet Committee: Roger Crosley (Roger_Crosley@emerson.edu)
Please make sure to take some time for yourself, not just now during the less-stressful summer months, but throughout the academic year. In my opinion, this is as important, if not more, than any press release we write or media guide we design.
If at any time you have anything you'd like to discuss related to our profession, please don't hesitate to contact me or any member of the executive board. We are happy to hear your thoughts and ideas.
I wish each of you a safe and enjoyable summer!
Jeffrey Bernstein
New York University
2010-11 ECAC-SIDA President
