Reminders for next week's workshop
Greetings Fellow ECAC-SIDA Members,
The local organizing committee and your executive board have been
hard at work ensuring that our 2011 workshop will be a huge
success. Prior to everyone's arrival in Rochester, we wanted to
pass along a few reminders as well as some additional information
to help make the workshop a successful one.
QUICK
CHECKLIST
When preparing for the week, here a few items you
may want to be sure you pack: Items for the charity raffle ...
Tolietries for the charity initiative ... Laptop for the Photoshop
and InDesign panels ... Cash for T.C. Riley's and the charity
raffle ... Business attire ... Business cards ... Any publications
you wish to display and/or share with others ... Resumes if you are
a job seeker ... Job posting if you're a job poster.
DRESS
CODE
The ECAC-SIDA Executive Board would like to remind everyone that
as this is a professional development workshop, please remember to
dress appropriately for all panels, lunches, and especially our
annual Awards Banquet. Dress for all panels and luncheons is
business casual. While there are different interpretations as to
the definition of business casual, the executive board asks its
members to refrain from wearing shorts, jeans, sneakers, men's
sandals, and/or t-shirts to these functions. Business attire is
expected from everyone for the awards banquet. Casual dress
is encouraged for all other times while at the workshop.
LATE
REGISTRATION
Missed the cut-off for registration? No problem. You may still
register on-site during the registration times (Tuesday, Noon-3:00;
Wednesday, 9:00-Noon). The late registration fee is $200 for
members and $250 for non-members. Contact Roger Crosley (rfcrosley@gmail.com) to register.
BEST PRACTICES
PANEL
Kevin Beattie will still take your suggestions this week. If you
have a 'best practice' that you have yet to submit, please pass it
along this week: http://www.rpiathletics.com/sb_output.aspx?form=15
PHOTOSHOP/INDESIGN PANELS
The Photoshop panel at ECAC-SIDA this year will
teach three individual lessons. You can still email the top three
things you would like to learn about the program to Robin Deutsch
at Vassar College: rodeutsch@vassar.edu.
Also, a reminder these will be interactive panels. Everyone is encouraged to bring a laptop with the programs installed. If you have an extra power strip in your office that you can pack and bring along, it might be helpful to ensure everyone in the room has access to an outlet.
KICK-OFF
FUNCTION
Tuesday (June 7) night's kick-off function at T.C. Riley's is a
bargain price of $10.00 per person, which includes an unlimited
variety of food and soft drinks. Anyone taking part in the activity
should bring the payment (cash only) with them to registration.
OPEN BOARD
POSITIONS
Nominations are still being solicited for two positions within the
executive board; second vice-president (four-year term) and
at-large division representative (three-year term). Interested
parties (both peer nominations and self-nominations are welcome)
should e-mail Jill Olsen, ECAC-SIDA Secretary, with name and any
supporting comments at jolsen6@jhu.edu by Friday.
JOB
SEEKERS/POSTING OF OPEN JOBS
University Division Representative Lenn Margolis (Cheyney) is the
contact person for the job seeker area. If you have a job you would
like posted, please e-mail it to Lenn at lmargolis@cheyney.edu prior to Friday, or if you are
going to be in attendance, bring it with you to the workshop. Job
seekers are encouraged to bring several copies of their resumes
with them or send them to Lenn ahead of time to be posted.
CHARITY
INITIATIVES
As in the past, ECAC-SIDA encourages all members to donate items
for use in the workshop's charity initiatives, both the Silent
Auction and the Charity Raffle. Donations are the life-blood of
both functions and we cannot run successful charity events without
the continued generous support of our members. Please bring items
to Bob Beretta upon arrival in Rochester. ECAC-SIDA has donated
well over $30,000 to worthy causes the past 10 years. That is a
direct reflection of the generosity of our members. None of that
would be possible without your support.
Additionally, the executive board will be raffling off three
wireless portable printers courtesy of Sports Systems Services.
Tickets will be sold throughout the week and are $5.00 for one
ticket, $10.00 for threee tickets and $20.00 for seven tickets. The
winning tickets will be drawn at Friday's Organizational Update and
any individual member may win only once. You must be present to win
or designate someone to claim the item for you. We will not ship
it. Proceeds from this raffle, as well as both the charity raffle
and silent auction will go to the fund for Challenger Baseball, the
Open Door Mission and the ECAC-SIDA Sunshine Fund.
We are also asking our members to bring along any unopened travel-sized toiletries, such as shampoo, conditioner, bars of soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, shaving cream, and lotion that they may have collected during their travels throughout the year. All donations will be given to the Open Door Mission in Rochester, N.Y.
GOLF
OUTING
If you are planning to play golf on Friday afternoon, sign-ups and
payment for golf are being handled separately from registration.
The golf tournament will also be held on Friday afternoon after the
workshop officially ends at Livingston Country Club. If you are
interested in participating in the annual golf tournament, please
contact Jeff Ventura at Buffalo State College at 716-878-6030 or venturjm@buffalostate.edu. The cost is $40, which
includes golf, cart and prizes.
Should you have any questions leading up to the workshop, please
feel free to contact me (jeffrey.bernstein@nyu.edu). We hope to see you next
week in Rochester!
Jeff Bernstein
ECAC-SIDA President
