This may be a good thing. In the past, if you got your name on the
program as part of the Canadian Caucus, you were automatically bumped
from other speaking roles. This means that we will have a chance to
have a relatively informal conversation and still be able to make a more
formal presentation somewhere else.
Doug Brent
Dale Jacobs 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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