Program Planning Committee
Charge
The Program Planning Committee considers the needs of the diverse NASIG membership in preparing an annual conference program that highlights common concerns. All committee members referee proposals, combine topics and solicit speakers as needed to produce a balanced group of sessions, which provide practical help with attendees' daily responsibilities and address overarching, cutting edge ideas. Activity spans fifteen months, with the period of most intense activity occurring between August and June with referring, selection, speaker notification, non-selection letters, preparation of copy for the online brochure, and speaker liaison duties. Members also work on subgroups to develop and produce special program events such as User Group lunches, Informal Discussion Groups, Focused Vendor Demos, and Poster Sessions. The PPC Co-Chairs have frequent interaction with the President, Treasurer, Board Liaison, Proceedings Editors and with the chairs of CPC. The committee also works with the Continuing Education Committee, and the Electronic Communications Committee to identify programs, sites and speakers that would be suitable for programs, joint conferences and electronic forums. The committee also provides and receives information from the Evaluations and Assessment Committee and the Online Registration Team. You may contact the Annual Conference Program Planning Committee by email at: prog-plan@nasig.org.
Profile of the Program Planning Committee from NASIG Newsletter Vol.11, no.1 (February 1996).
Chair: Sarah Wessel (Illinois Wesleyan University), 06/08
Co-Chair: Erika Ripley (Southern Methodist University), 07/09
Members:
Norene Allen (Swets Information Services), 06/08
Jennifer Arnold (Central Piedmont Community College), 06/08
Morag Boyd (Ohio State University), 07/09
Stephen Clark (College of William and Mary), 07/09
Michael Hanson (Lafayette College), 07/09
Trina Holloway (Georgia State University), 06/08
Sandy Hurd (Innovative Interfaces, Inc.), 07/09
Chandra Jackson (University of Georgia), 07/09
Meg Mering (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), 06/08
Bonnie Parks (University of Portland), 06/08
Danielle Williams (University of Evansville), 07/09
Board Liaison:
Jill Emery