Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Message from Chair of SIG Executive Committee
A message from Schuyler W Huck (huck@utkux.utcc.utk.edu) to SIG Officers (aera_sig_officers-announce@listserv.aera.net)
TO: All SIG Officers
FROM: Sky Huck, Chair of the SIG Executive Committee
SUBJECT: Submission Deadline and Session Allocation for Chicago Meeting
DATE: July, 17, 2006
If you have not done so already, you might want to send a message to the members of your SIG reminding them of two things: (1) the August 2nd deadline for submitting proposals for next spring's Annual Meeting in Chicago and (2) the new system of session allocation that will be used this year.
Regarding the submission deadline, SIGs can receive proposals up until midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Wednesday, August 2nd. You might want to advise your colleagues that it's somewhat risky to wait until the evening of August 2nd to submit a proposal. For many reasons, it's best to get proposals in before "the last minute rush."
As for the new system of session allocation, each SIG's (and each Division's) slots at next spring's Annual Meeting will be based primarily on the number of proposals it receives. Every SIG will automatically receive 1 slot for its Business Meeting and 1 slot for a substantive session. Addition substantive sessions provided to each SIG will be allocated in a proportionate fashion after considering how many proposals the SIG receives versus the total number of proposals submitted collectively to all SIGs/Divisions. A SIG's allocation of roundtables will follow a sliding scale that's pegged to the number of substantive sessions it receives. (Regarding session allocation, there is a guaranteed "floor" for each SIG based on the number of members it has; for the vast majority of SIGs, however, this guaranteed minimum number of sessions will NOT come into play and cause an increase in the proposal-based allocation figure.)
This new method of session allocation was announced in the May issue of Educational Researcher (see pages 52 and 53). Moreover, I personally tried to alert all SIG officers to this change through an e-mail message I sent out back in January. Since then, some SIG officers have sent their own messages to members notifying them of this new procedure for determining session allocation.
Three features of the new allocation system ought to be clear:
1. No SIG will know its final allocation until the 3rd week in August (or sooner, if at all possible).
2. The number of proposals your SIG receives will influence greatly your session and roundtable allocations, especially if your SIG is small.
3. Every SIG can start planning now (if it hasn't done so already) on how it wishes to use its 1 guaranteed substantive session and its guaranteed Business Meeting.
Tags: AERA 2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education
TO: All SIG Officers
FROM: Sky Huck, Chair of the SIG Executive Committee
SUBJECT: Submission Deadline and Session Allocation for Chicago Meeting
DATE: July, 17, 2006
If you have not done so already, you might want to send a message to the members of your SIG reminding them of two things: (1) the August 2nd deadline for submitting proposals for next spring's Annual Meeting in Chicago and (2) the new system of session allocation that will be used this year.
Regarding the submission deadline, SIGs can receive proposals up until midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Wednesday, August 2nd. You might want to advise your colleagues that it's somewhat risky to wait until the evening of August 2nd to submit a proposal. For many reasons, it's best to get proposals in before "the last minute rush."
As for the new system of session allocation, each SIG's (and each Division's) slots at next spring's Annual Meeting will be based primarily on the number of proposals it receives. Every SIG will automatically receive 1 slot for its Business Meeting and 1 slot for a substantive session. Addition substantive sessions provided to each SIG will be allocated in a proportionate fashion after considering how many proposals the SIG receives versus the total number of proposals submitted collectively to all SIGs/Divisions. A SIG's allocation of roundtables will follow a sliding scale that's pegged to the number of substantive sessions it receives. (Regarding session allocation, there is a guaranteed "floor" for each SIG based on the number of members it has; for the vast majority of SIGs, however, this guaranteed minimum number of sessions will NOT come into play and cause an increase in the proposal-based allocation figure.)
This new method of session allocation was announced in the May issue of Educational Researcher (see pages 52 and 53). Moreover, I personally tried to alert all SIG officers to this change through an e-mail message I sent out back in January. Since then, some SIG officers have sent their own messages to members notifying them of this new procedure for determining session allocation.
Three features of the new allocation system ought to be clear:
1. No SIG will know its final allocation until the 3rd week in August (or sooner, if at all possible).
2. The number of proposals your SIG receives will influence greatly your session and roundtable allocations, especially if your SIG is small.
3. Every SIG can start planning now (if it hasn't done so already) on how it wishes to use its 1 guaranteed substantive session and its guaranteed Business Meeting.
Tags: AERA 2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education
