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 2010 workshop will be a huge success. Prior to everyone's arrival on the Cape, we wanted to pass along a few reminders as well as some additional information to help make the workshop a successful one.

QUICK CHECKLIST
When preparing for the week, here a few items you may want to be sure you pack: Items for the charity raffle ... Book for the book drive ... Laptop for the Photoshop and InDesign panels ... An extra power strip if you can ... Cash for the cruise and charity raffle ... Business attire ... Beach attire ... Business cards ... Any publications you wish to display and/or share with others ... Resumes if you are a job seeker ... Job posting if you're a job poster.

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 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. Contact Roger Crosley at Roger_Crosley@emerson.edu to register.

STAT CREW PANEL
If you have a burning question you would like answered by Alex Grim at Wednesday's Stat Crew panel, there is still time to get those questions to Geoff Hassard so Alex can be prepared in advance. Email Geoff at hassargj@oneonta.edu today if you do.

PHOTOSHOP/INDESIGN PANELS
Likewise, if you have questions about either Photoshop or InDesign that you want addressed at those Thursday morning panels, please pass them along in advance. Questions about Photoshop should go to Joe DeBenedictis (jdebenedictis@gmail.com). Questions about InDesign should go Hillary Haynes (hillary.haynes@nichols.edu). Get those questions in by Friday and be sure to specify which level (beginner, immediate, advanced) in the email.

Also, a reminder these will be interactive panels. Everyone is encouraged to bring a laptop with the programs installed. If you have an extra power strip in your office that you can pack and bring along, it might be helpful to ensure everyone in the room has access to an outlet.

KICK-OFF FUNCTION
Tuesday (June 8) night's kick-off function of a cruise/visit to Nantucket Island is a bargain price of $10.00 per person. Anyone taking part in the activity should bring the payment (cash only) with them to the function on Tuesday night.

If you are interested, our trip coincides with Nantucket Restaurant Week. More information can be found here.

OPEN BOARD POSITIONS
Nominations are still being solicited for two positions within the executive board; second vice-president (four-year term) and college division representative (three-year term). Interested parties (both peer nominations and self nominations are welcome) should e-mail Jill Olsen, ECAC-SIDA Secretary, at jolsen6@jhu.edu by Friday.

JOB SEEKERS/POSTING OF OPEN JOBS
At-Large Division Representative Mike Tuberosa (Drexel) is the contact person for the job seeker area. If you have a job you would like posted, please e-mail it to Mike at mt85@drexel.edu prior to Friday, or if you are going to be in attendance, bring it with you to the workshop. Job seekers are encouraged to bring several copies of their resumes with them or send them to Mike 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 the continued generous support of our members. Please bring items to Bob Beretta upon arrival on the Cape. ECAC-SIDA has donated nearly $30,000 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 laptop and printer. 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 the Boston Children's Hospital, our designated charity for the 2010 Workshop.

We will once again have a book drive this year. Since we are all in the business of reading and writing, it seems very appropriate that the group would help promote those skills through the ECAC-SIDA’s third charity book drive. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite new or "gently used" children’s book to registration. The books will be collected and donated to the Norton School District, helping to ensure sound reading material for youngsters in the area.

Should you have any questions leading up to the workshop, please feel free to contact me (mullikin@hood.edu). We hope to see you next week on the Cape!

Adrienne Mullikin
ECAC-SIDA President