I'll second or third or fourth Wolfgang and Bill Walker and Betty Jo to
move the convocation back to where it was, or at least move it away from
the end. But I appreciate the problems with booking special locations
that the planners must have. Perhaps we should stop calling it a
convocation?
Helen Chillman
Yale University
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Irvine, Betty J. wrote:
> I second the recommendations from Bill Walker and Wolfgang Freitag about
> moving the Convocation back to either a more "centralized placement" or
> to an earlier point in the conference.
> On this same note, what seems to be happening is that the entire
> ARLIS/NA conference is beginning earlier, i.e., workshops on Thursday,
> so that the Convocation tends to be toward the end of the conference.
> Why are we moving backward? Why not forward? Previously, the workshops
> were on Friday and then the conference sessions/committee mtgs. were on
> Saturday and the conference ended on Tuesday. As we may recall, many
> often left early on Tuesday. Now we have a similar scenario on Monday
> due to the reversed scheduling of the entire conference. I recommend
> that the CPAC re-visit the conference schedule. BJ
> B. J. Kish Irvine, Ph.D.
> Director, Fine Arts Library, Indiana University
> Bloomington, IN 47405, (812) 855-5743 or fax (812) 855-3443
> ________________________________
>
> From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Wolfgang Freitag
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 11:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] convocation
>
>
> Although I realize that it may be too late to make this change for
> Atlanta I also suggest ,concurring wholeheartedly wth Bill Walker on
> this, that the Convocation should be moved back to its pre-1994
> position, making an exciting and eagerly anticipated occasion
> precisely because of the awards that were then announced!
> Ciao,
>
> Wolfgang Freitag
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Walker <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 00:28
> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] convocation
>
> One more "vote" for an early convocation: I join Joan
> Benedetti and Ray Smith in wondering why (when?) the convocation ceased
> to be an opening event of the conference rather than being nearer the
> closing. That change has been instituted since 1994, when I retired,
> and doesn't seem to make sense if "convocation" were construed to be a
> coming together to begin a series of meetings. As an opening ceremony
> it provided a good occasion for meeting old friends and new, socially,
> before getting to the business ahead.
>
> Doubtless there has been some good reason for the present
> arrangement, probably mandated by the Board.
>
> Anyway, have a good conference in Atlanta. Cheers from
> Bill Walker, Canaan NY
>
> On Mar 21, 2007, at 9:53 AM, Raymond Smith wrote:
>
>
>
> I have not been able to attend an ARLIS conference
> in some years, but if my memory serves me correctly, I thought the
> convocation was one of the initial events of the conference, and not one
> of its final ones. I can't imagine why it should not be held at the
> beginning, as it served as a welcoming event to attendees and
> exhibitors, providing information and announcements as to the events to
> follow as well as recognizing various achievements and awards over the
> past year. I suspect that many attendees will not be at the convocation
> if it is held as the closing event, as most are rushing around to catch
> planes or packing up to go home (and as some members have noted it can
> be somewhat boring). Many might decide to skip it and go out to party
> on their last night.
> Perhaps logstics required the change, but in the
> future perhaps the convocation should be held on the opening night of
> the conference before whatever large social event is scheduled for later
> in the evening.
> I have exhibited at many of the previous conferences
> (from 1980 to 2000), and am sorry I cannot be in Atlanta to see old
> friends and make new ones.
> Raymond Smith
> R.W. Smith Bookseller
> New Haven
>
>
>
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