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 2009 workshop will be a huge
success. Prior to everyone's arrival in Avalon, N.J., we wanted to
pass along a few reminders as well as some additional information
to help make the workshop a successful one.
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 ESPN 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 $200.00.
KICK-OFF
FUNCTION
Tuesday (June 2) night's kick-off function is a bargain price of
$10.00 per person. Payment will be accepted during registration on
Tuesday afternoon.
OPEN BOARD
POSITIONS
Nominations are still being solicited for three positions within
the executive board; second vice-president (four-year term) and
university division representative (three-year term).
Additionally, the newsletter editor position is open. Interested
parties (both peer nominations and self nominations are welcome)
should e-mail Jill Olsen, ECAC-SIDA Secretary, at jolsen6@jhu.edu prior to June 1.
JOB
SEEKERS/POSTING OF OPEN JOBS
College Division Representative Geoff Hassard (Oneonta) is the
contact person for the job seeker area. If you have a job you would
like posted, please e-mail it to Geoff at hassargj@oneonta.edu prior to
Friday, May 29, or if you are going to be in attendance, bring it
with you to the workshop. Job seekers are encouraged to bring their
resumes with them or send them to Geoff 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
continued generous support of our members. Please bring items to
Bob Beretta upon arrival in Avalon, or ship to Bob directly at West
Point in advance if that is preferred. ECAC-SIDA has donated more
than $25,000 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 a Magellan
Maestro 4350 GPS unit. Tickets will be sold throughout the week and
are $1.00 for one ticket, $3.00 for five tickets and $5.00 for 10
tickets. The winning ticket will be drawn at Friday's
Organizational Update. 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 Coaches vs. Cancer, our designated charity for
the 2009 Workshop.
Should you have any questions leading up to the workshop, please
feel free to contact either myself (gormanb@wit.edu) or first
vice-president Adrienne Mullikin (mullikin@hood.edu). We hope to see
you next week in Avalon!
Bill Gorman
ECAC-SIDA President
