Ooops, sorry, Dale, I sent my previous reply before I read this one . . .
Marcy
On 3/27/06, Dale Jacobs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone --
>
> I'm on Executive Committee and can confirm that SIGs have changed in
> format. My understanding is that the program will no longer list
> individual presenters, and that the SIGs will instead function as
> business meetings/discussion groups (or however the individual SIGs
> wish to configure them). The other change is that submissions to the
> Research Network Forum will now be peer reviewed and will count as a
> speaking role.
>
> There is supposed to be additional information on the changes to the
> SIGs going up on the website. The upshot is that the Canadian Caucus
> can certainly get a place on the program, but it will no longer be a
> way for individuals to get their names on the program.
>
> Dale
>
> Dr. Dale Jacobs
> Dept. of English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
> University of Windsor
> 401 Sunset Avenue
> Windsor, ON
> N9B 3P4
> Phone: 519-353-3000 ext. 2309
> Fax: 519-971-3676
>
> On 27-Mar-06, at 3:28 PM, Marcy Bauman wrote:
>
> > Hi, folks . . . I'm wondering what the process will be for
> > proposing a SIG
> > next year. I *thought* I heard something weird - like, if individual
> > speakers are listed on the proposal, then the proposal will have to be
> > blind-reviewed like the regular speakers' spots are reviewed. (But
> > the
> > exec. committee would have had to announce this change, no?)
> >
> > So maybe it's a scurrilous rumo(u)r; I'm not sure. I'm trying to
> > investigate, and if I hear anything substantive, I'll pass it
> > along . . .
> >
> > Marcy
> >
>
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