Note:
This e-mail was sent to the CIG Division list serve on October
5, 2007.
To: Commission
and Interest Group Chairs
From: Julia Wolf, Executive Office Liaison
Re: CIGD Fair and Display Board Reminders
Greetings! The Baltimore annual
conference is just around the corner! I wanted
to provide you with a summary of the details regarding the CIGD
Fair and display boards. You can set up your Fair table after
6:30am on Friday morning (Fair starts at 7:30am). A buffet breakfast
for conference attendees will be provided in the same room during
the Fair.
Display boards can
be picked up after the Leadership dinner on Wednesday
evening, October 17, or anytime on Thursday in the conference
registration area (outside of Convention Center Room 311). Additional
details will be provided at the Commission & Interest Group
Division meeting on Wednesday afternoon.
For display board dimensions and
suggestions of items/activities to incorporate into your display,
visit www.nacada.ksu.edu/CandIGDivision/Fair/CIGDFairInfo.htm.
Information is also provided regarding spending guidelines for
the $50 allocated to each commission and interest group for your
Fair display. Push pins will be provided for your use in posting
your information rather than using tape so boards can be salvaged
and reused, or you can bring a stapler to use, if preferred.
Signup sheets will be provided
for each table on which members can indicate their interest in
being added to your unit's listserve and/or volunteering to help
with activities. A second signup sheet will also be provided for
you to circulate at your annual meeting for additional signees.
Please turn these sheets in to me before leaving the conference
-- a copy will be made and given back to you to use for follow-up
purposes. After the conference, the listserves will be updated
accordingly.
COMMISSION CHAIRS:
The CIGD Fair is an excellent opportunity to recruit members interested
in reading proposals submitted this winter for next year's conference
presentations. Nominations for Commission Chair could also be
solicited if being elected next spring.
An updated CIGD brochure
will be distributed to conference attendees in their registration
packets. A few extra will be available for distribution during
the Fair if needed.
When the Fair is over, please remove any posted items from the
boards that you would like to keep. Otherwise, Executive
Office staff will remove all items and push pins before packing
up the reusable display boards to ship back to the office. You
are more than welcome to use your display board during your annual
commission or IG meeting. You can either take the display board
with you after the Fair or make arrangements with me to store
it until needed for your meeting.
Be sure to keep the receipts for
expenses incurred in putting together your Fair
display (up to $50). You will receive a reimbursement form at
the CIG Division meeting to submit with receipts. Interest Group
Chairs not attending the division meeting can get this form from
me during the Fair or request it via e-mail after the conference.
As with past Fairs, please do not use helium balloons to decorate
your table at the Fair, at your annual meeting, or at other conference
events. This will avoid being charged high fees for hotel event
staff to retrieve those that break away and float up to the high
ceilings. Having uninflated balloons as giveaways is okay as well
as balloons inflated with air that won't float away!
I hope this information is helpful as you plan for your table
display, CIGD Fair materials, and other activities during the
conference. [FYI - The complete
onsite conference program is now available!]
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
See you soon!
Julia
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Julia Q. Wolf
Assistant Director, Administration and Operations
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
Kansas State University
2323 Anderson Avenue, Suite 225
Manhattan, KS 66502-2912
(785) 532-3398 (direct line) // (785) 532-5717 (main office)
Fax (785) 532-7732
E-mail: jqwolf@ksu.edu //
NACADA Web site: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu
