ASGPP Annual Meeting Agenda Item

[Edward Schreiber]

Our request is to form a working committee to address the issue of  
the conference and the conference format.  It sounds as though you  
both are interested!  The working committee we are proposing to the  
ASGPP is not the conference committee, nor the council, it is a  
working committee to examine the location, place and structure of the  
conference itself.  I am told by John that the agenda item might not  
"fit" into the ASGPP Annual Meeting.  But then, what's the meeting  
for, I wonder, if not to allow members to propose a working  
committee?  I am suggesting we form a working group.  The conference  
can take a leap if we have the strength and courage.

Best,

Ed
On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:22 PM, HV Psychodrama wrote:

> Most colleges do not have their students empty their dorm rooms  
> during spring break, so if the goal is to have cheap accommodations  
> on campus, spring break isn't going to work. But many schools end  
> the first week in May...so directly after that would be an option I  
> would think. I would urge Ed, Rosalie and anyone else interested to  
> do a little research about what is possible.  Ed, you teach at  
> Lesley...why not find out if we could put on a conference there at  
> the end of the school year.
> R
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> Dear Ed:
> I suggest that you speak to the NADT people.They changed their  
> cultural conserve. They took a chance and rescheduled their  
> conferences during the summer for several years. It nearly  
> destroyed their organization. Their numbers went way down, and  
> their conferences became smaller and smaller.
> I don't think that as an organization we can afford to do this.
> If you want to have a conference at a college campus then I suggest  
> that you do it during the spring break in March or April. that  
> would be less of a change and one that would be possible to organize.
> Another possibility is to change the cultural conserve in terms of  
> when the conference is scheduled at a hotel. There is a period of  
> time called the shoulder season in February. Hotels are cheaper and  
> more available. That is why AGPA schedules their conferences then.
> Also, EGPS did their conference at Riverside church in NYC, a great  
> venue. No one had to bother with hotel rooms etc. That is also a  
> thought and to let people fend for themselves, providing  
> information on cheap housing.
> There are lots of ways to be creative in tough financial times, but  
> I don't think that having a summer conference is one of them. Justr  
> mu thoughts.
> Louise
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