To: NACADA Commission and Interest Group Chairs
From: Julia Wolf, Executive Office Liaison

Re: February 2008 CIG Division Reminders

Listed below are CIG Division deadlines and events coming up in FEBRUARY, advance notice of MARCH 2008 deadlines, and other important announcements and updates. For the complete CIGD Timeline, visit www.nacada.ksu.edu/CandIGDivision/CIGDivisionTimeline.htm.

FEBRUARY 2008 DEADLINES and EVENTS:

• FEBRUARY 1 - Proposal deadline for new Potential Interest Groups
• FEBRUARY 1 - Voting system for NACADA elections available online to members by 9:00a.m. (CST).
• FEBRUARY 11 - 2008 Annual Conference presentation proposals due online. 
• NOTE about Hot Topics: If you want to present a "Hot Topics" session in Chicago, you must submit a proposal online as done for all conference presentation proposals. Be sure to begin the title of your submission with "Hot Topic" so it can be easily distinguished from other proposals. Time slots for the Hot Topics sessions are on a "first-come, first-serve" basis, and are open to both commissions and interest groups.
• FEBRUARY 22 - Voting deadline for 2008 NACADA elections -- voting completed by 9:00a.m. (CST).
• FEBRUARY 25 - Deadline for conference proposal readers to have proposal evaluations submitted to their respective Chairs.
• ONGOING - Promote and solicit nominations for Service to Commission Awards.
• ONGOING - Promote submission of annual conference proposals , regional conference proposals , and award nominations by your commission or interest group members. 

• MARCH 1 - Final notification due to CIGD Division Reps from Chair of Interest Group interested in seeking Commission status in 2008. (Final written proposals due May 1.)
• MARCH 3 - Deadline for Commission Chairs to have summaries of proposal evaluations submitted to Annual Conference Chair (Ann Anderson).
• MARCH 3 - Deadline for 2008 National Awards Program nominations/applications

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS, LINKS, AND SUGGESTIONS:

• List of Service to Commission Award Selection Committee members due January 31 if 2008 award is being offered by your commission. [The names of these commission members should also be listed in Section 1 of your post-conference leadership report.]
• Presentation proposals do not have to be submitted online for your annual Commission or Interest Group meeting to be held at the fall conference in Chicago. Abstracts for these meetings will be due to Executive Office later in the spring and details will be sent to you.
• Click HERE for additional conference proposal review information.
• POSTINGS OF COPYRIGHTED INFORMATION: Copyrighted information can be posted to your commission or interest group web pages only if the copyright ownership is noted on the actual document or the copyright is signed over to NACADA. Example: If an individual wants to post a course syllabus to the listserve, NACADA would not be able to post that information on the web site because the copyright for the course syllabus is owned by that institution, and that person would not have the authority to sign over copyright permission. In such case, the information should be posted on the institution's web site by that person and a link provided to it. If you have any doubts as to whether a document can be posted on our web site or if copyright is an issue, contact Julia Wolf or Marsha Miller at the Executive Office.
• Check the general NACADA Calendar for other dates of interest.

Please let Victor, Kathy, or me know if you have any questions about these items. Thanks for all your efforts on behalf of your NACADA colleagues!

Julia