Perhaps we ought to make it clear that covering registration we do expect that
they submit their talk for SACC Notes and emphasis how it would benefit a
greater number of people and be available online.




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From: Gilliland, Mary [mailto:mkgilliland@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:33 PM
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Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

I would have benefitted greatly from a guide for SACC officers, and specifically
for planning the meetings, and for the 5-field.  Ann Kaupp shared a letter she
used for the 5-field which was useful, and did include the publication piece --
but I suppose I wasn't so convincing with my people.  As I was recruiting, I
became more focused on getting the panel together, and less on what we were
doing for them, which as Dianne points out, is really a lot!  It should be a
win-win, for them and for us, not just the panel, but the SACC notes
contribution, which isn't really a lot to ask, and also a win for the presenters
(they just have to actually write up what they present).

I got lots of good advice as I did various things during the meeting-planning,
during my year as president, and so on, but I found myself still feeling a
little out of synch.  The AAA provides a guide, which is huge and daunting,
helpful, yes, but the SACC Notes version would have been really great to have in
hand.  I find that SACC people get to the heart of what counts, and give the
best guidlines -- we just aren't always very formal about it.  In this case I
think again the write up would b e helpful to all concerned.


Mary Kay
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Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

Diane: Please find  a copy of your written "guide" for SACC officers, and
specifically, the letter for 5 Fields folks to publish...I am sure your
letter would be more civil and more effective than mine.
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Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha


Providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is a great idea.  In
fact, Ann Kaupp, Bob Muckle, Phil Naftaly, a couple of other folks (sorry I
can't remember all the names), and I worked on one.  Maybe it hasn't gotten
passed on?

Also, when I invited 5-fields presenters, I used a letter format from Bob
Muckle which told them right up front that their presentation would be
published.  One of them didn't submit, but I do think we got the others.  I
think if I had it to do over, I'd be even more specific that this would be
part of the contract with them.  (We do, after all, pay for their AAA
registration.)

Something else I'd like to discuss sometime is what should an intro course
definitely cover.  Our psychology folks have recommendations from the APA
which they use in course evaluations.

Cheers?
Dianne



-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Lloyd Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:15 PM
To: Mark Lewine
Cc: SACC ListServ; Becky Stein-Frankle; Barbara Joans; Laura Gonzalez; Tony
Balzano; Bob Muckle (w); Dorothy Davis; Thomas B. Stevenson; Mark Lewine
(w); Nicole Ives; Ann Kaupp; George Thomas; Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum; Tim
Sullivan; Phil Stein; Mark Tromans; Barry Kass; Deborah Shepherd; George
Rodgers; Jo Rainie-Rodgers; Dianne Chidester; Mel Johnson; Margaret
Mitchell; Bill Byrne; Brian Donohue-Lynch; Barbara Mueller; Mary Gilliland;
Ellen Johnson; Stephanie Roberg-López; Omara Ben Abe; Linda Light; Linda
Light; Cynthia Ninivaggi; Dennis Kellogg; Autumn Cahoon; Ann Popplestone;
Frank Lagana; Pamela Maack; Marian McWhorter; Deborah Weber; Rebecca Cramer;
Jason Wenzel; Pat Hamlen
Subject: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

Mark,

I think providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is an excellent
idea. I realize that ultimately, we cannot make our presenters write up
their presentations for publication. However, I've always felt that the real
value in the symposium was that the conference papers were both delivered
live and published for posterity. If I were a Five-Fields contributor and
felt that I had something worth saying, I would certainly want it to reach
more people than the relatively few who hear it live. (Remember the early
years when we sometimes didn't even have a minyan?)

I've noticed that the quality of written submissions by Five-Fields
contributors has improved. That may be due to a general increase in both
visibility of and respect for SACC (at least I like to think this). I hope
that this recent hiatus in submissions does not reflect a reversal of this
trend.

Lloyd


On Mar 12, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Mark Lewine wrote:

> One of the problems, I would suggest, is that we expect SACCers and
> faculty in general to know, respect, and act to preserve significant
> organizational history, particularly when it is a beloved cultural
> organization important to 'us'. I go to Five Fields at AAA because it is
> part of my 'responsibility' as a SACC member and leader, and I am proud of
> its importance to a national anthropology professional culture. When I was
> responsible for 5 Fields, I chose speakers for it that I thought
> represented their  subfields, told them that we provided registration fees
> and expected that he or she would relate a current issue in their field
> and deliver a paper for our publication.  But this is America where we
> cannot expect much understanding of any kind of organizational history,
> where less than 50% of people invited to anything with an RSVP even
> respond with one, and a sense of history of any kind lasts a short time if
> at all. So it is important to tell each President elect at each meeting
> what is expected and give them a written guide for accomplishing it. I
> would be glad to provide a written guide which would include not only the
> above, but how to properly 'market' the session with flyers and make sure
> we have a decent room size, and have at least one speaker with "name
> recognition", as well as how to "bug" slow paper submissions, if not
> boldly ask for copies at the session itself.
> From: Lloyd Miller
> To: SACC ListServ ; Becky Stein-Frankle ; Barbara Joans ; Laura Gonzalez ;
> Tony Balzano ; Bob Muckle (w) ; Dorothy Davis ; Thomas B. Stevenson ; Mark
> Lewine (w) ; Nicole Ives ; Ann Kaupp ; George Thomas ; Chuck & Gail
> Ellenbaum ; Tim Sullivan ; Phil Stein ; Mark Tromans ; Barry Kass ;
> Deborah Shepherd ; George Rodgers ; Jo Rainie-Rodgers ; Dianne Chidester ;
> Mel Johnson ; Margaret Mitchell ; Bill Byrne ; Brian Donohue-Lynch ; Mark
> Lewine ; Barbara Mueller ; Mary Gilliland ; Ellen Johnson ; Stephanie
> Roberg-López ; Omara Ben Abe ; Linda Light ; Linda Light ; Cynthia
> Ninivaggi ; Dennis Kellogg ; Autumn Cahoon ; Ann Popplestone ; Frank
> Lagana ; Pamela Maack ; Marian McWhorter ; Deborah Weber ; Rebecca Cramer
> ; Jason Wenzel ; Pat Hamlen
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:04 PM
> Subject: Fwd: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>
> Dear SACC colleagues,
>
> I'm forwarding to you the thread of a conversation among SACC board
> members about how to keep our publication, Teaching Anthropology: SACC
> Notes (TASN) alive. The immediate problem is that we have had no
> submissions for the spring 2011 issue. Please read (from the bottom up)
> and respond however you wish.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lloyd
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
>> Date: March 11, 2011 4:59:53 PM CST
>> To: Melvin Johnson <majohns1@...>
>> Cc: Laura Gonzalez <lagonzal@...>, <nicoleives@...>, Rebecca
>> Stein-Frankle <steinrl@...>, George Rodgers <grodgers@...>,
>> Autumn Cahoon <akcahoon@...>, <ann.popplestone@...>, Ann Kaupp
>> <kauppa@...>, Mary Kay Gilliland <mkgilliland@...>
>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It's good to hear commentary on this. I feel like the editor "coming in
>> from the cold" (with apologies to John Le Carré).
>>
>> Nicole, I agree with the others that you described the situation
>> insightfully. And I think your suggestion that someone write about the
>> evolution of community college teaching is good.
>>
>> Laura, the deadline is whatever we make it to be. In the past, I have
>> tried to space the two biannual issues so that spring comes out in time
>> for the SACC meetings and fall in time for the AAA meetings. However, we
>> even have more flexibility with an online mode because as soon as it's
>> proofed and ready to go, we plunk on the website, and poof! No waiting
>> three weeks for bulk mailing and no printing costs. So, if others feel as
>> you do and would submit articles, book and media reviews, commentaries on
>> the current human condition, etc., we'll have an issue.
>>
>> Mel, I have always favored, and still favor, print over reading text on
>> computer monitors. I think I've written that in the past. As a former
>> SACC treasurer, however, I think you can appreciate the sharp reduction
>> in production costs. A pianist I work with has special glasses for
>> reading music on the piano lyre, probably in the trifocal range. Are
>> these like yours? Anyway, we never limited spring issues exclusively to
>> Five-Fields presentations and the fall issue exclusively to those
>> presented in spring. I think we've always had a mix, and occasionally
>> have received an "over-the-transom" submission from a non-SACCer that
>> makes a worthwhile contribution.
>>
>> We have also had several theme issues that grew out of SACC panels at
>> AAA, notably Bob Muckle's on archaeology and Tony Balzano's on ethnicity.
>> If those can be organized, certainly they would be worthwhile and most
>> welcomed. I agree that we must change our publicity and strike the
>> statements about non-AAA member fees, etc. Now, the subscriber category
>> is gone and SACC membership is really defined as AAA membership. But
>> since both our website and listserv (the latter with Ann Popplestone as
>> gatekeeper) are free and open to the public, we don't know how many of
>> those who view or participate in either one are AAA members. In any case,
>> Mel, I agree that these are important issues and look forward to
>> confronting and hopefully resolving them.
>>
>> I'm going to forward this entire thread to the listserv and other SACCers
>> whose addresses I have (some of you will receive it several times; sorry)
>> in hopes that others will take up Laura's "call for papers." Whether or
>> not we require Five-Fields presenters to publish with us as part of the
>> invitation may be more a rethinking of that symposium than of TASN.
>> However, TASN's existence in whatever form will depend on SACC members,
>> not invited guests.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Lloyd
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Melvin Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Here is my two-cents worth--I personally do not like the digital
>>> version, because I have had to get special glasses to just deal with
>>> computer screens.  Print is preferable.  I agree I do not think going
>>> digital makes the attractiveness of SACCNotes less.  I did not submit
>>> things to SACCNotes when it was in print, so there you are.  However,
>>> perhaps what we need is a different forum for the papers.  Perhaps doing
>>> the 5-fields exclusively in the spring, and the spring meeting in the
>>> fall is not appropriate anymore.  Perhaps instead we should try to do
>>> more thematic issues, for instance one on teaching methodologies,
>>> student presentations or papers nominated for the student awards, one
>>> which deals exclusively with archaeology, theory, etc.  We also need to
>>> address the need for subscriptions.  Since SACCNotes is published online
>>> and that is available for all to see, why are we still charging a
>>> subscription fee to non-AAA members.  Perhaps we have many very BIG
>>> issues to confront, and now is as good a time as any!!
>>>
>>> Mel Johnson
>>>
>>> "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death." --Mame
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:52:04 -0800
>>> From: lagonzal@...
>>> To: nicoleives@...; lloyd.miller@...
>>> CC: majohns1@...; steinrl@...; grodgers@...;
>>> akcahoon@...; ann.popplestone@...; kauppa@...;
>>> mkgilliland@...
>>>
>>> I think Nicole sums up what we are all experiencing. However, I don't
>>> want to see SACC Notes end. It is a great way to get published for those
>>> of us who don't want to go through the rigamaroll of submitting to a
>>> peer-reviewed journal (and probably wouldn't get accepted anyway, at
>>> least in my case!). I don't believe that going digital has anything to
>>> do with it, just that people are swamped.
>>>
>>> Is the deadline long past for the Spring issue, Lloyd? Or could several
>>> of us work up something quickly?
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> From: Nicole Ives [mailto:nicoleives@...]
>>> Sent: Fri 3/11/2011 6:00 AM
>>> To: Lloyd Miller
>>> Cc: Mel Johnson; Becky Stein-Frankle; George Rodgers; Autumn Cahoon; Ann
>>> Popplestone; Ann Kaupp; Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar); Mary Gilliland
>>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>>
>>> Hi All -
>>>
>>> This is depressing - and I can't help but think it is a reflection of
>>> the shift in the way those of us who teach anthropology at community
>>> colleges deal with employment pressures.  I have 3 partially written
>>> articles that I've been wanting to submit since I joined SACC 3 years or
>>> so ago.  But, I work a full-time job and teach 2 classes a semester.  On
>>> top of this, I serve on various committees, work on various projects,
>>> and have various professional development commitments related to my
>>> full-time job.  Unfortunately, my full-time job, though not my passion,
>>> pays the bills and I have to make it my priority.   Excuses, excuses, I
>>> know - but, I just don't have the time to write articles! I think a lot
>>> of SACCers are in the same boat here.  So many of us are adjuncts and/or
>>> have to work additional jobs just to make ends meet or serve in other
>>> positions in addition to teaching.  My dream is to ONLY teach, then I
>>> could actually read books and write!
>>>
>>> I don't think we should end SACC Notes - I do think it is a reflection
>>> of how teaching at a community college has changed though.  Maybe
>>> someone should write an article about that - if they can find the
>>> time....
>>>
>>> Nikki
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
>>> wrote:
>>> Sorry I've been out of touch for so long. Just returned home today from
>>> two and a half weeks of traveling. Wi Fi service was spotty and some
>>> glitch in my laptop's email software prohibited me from sending email,
>>> though I could receive it.
>>>
>>> We have a problem that needs discussion. Except for a second part of
>>> Jack Kelso's article from the fall 2010 TASN issue, I have not received
>>> a single submission for the spring issue. I sent out my usual
>>> invitations to the Five-Fields presenters and Mary Kay sent them
>>> reminders as well, but only one responded, saying,"Thanks for the
>>> invitation. I was just thinking about emailing," though never sent
>>> anything. Bob Muckle had also asked earlier if he could skip this issue
>>> with his "Archaeology Matters" column due to a heavier-than-usual
>>> workload.
>>>
>>> We also received no submissions from the SACC spring 2010 meetings in
>>> San Francisco, except for Cynthia Ninivaggi and Frank Lagana's papers.
>>> Fortunately, I had another of Frank's papers that I had misplaced from
>>> the previous year, so I published them both, and with Barry Kass's book
>>> review, Jack Kelso's paper and Bob's column, we had an issue.
>>>
>>> In the 20 years I've been editing TASN, this has never happened before.
>>> We've always received enough submissions-sometimes more than enough-to
>>> make thick, meaty issues. The only difference is that now we're digital
>>> rather than print. Could this be the reason? Digital should be easier
>>> for contributors; it is for me.
>>>
>>> So, the bottom line is that we don't have a spring issue. I think we
>>> need to discuss TASN's future. Perhaps it has outlived whatever
>>> usefulness and relevance it has had. Maybe contributors don't want to
>>> put forth the effort to publish in a non-peer-reviewed journal. Maybe
>>> the website and listserv by themselves meet all of SACC's communication
>>> needs. Perhaps someone still teaching, with fresh ideas and approach,
>>> should replace me. I would miss it, but will obligingly step aside if
>>> this is what's needed.

>>>
>>> Anyway, I look forward to seeing you all in Omaha.
>>>
>>> Lloyd
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>



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WORDS OF WISDOM FROM FORMER SACC PRESIDENTS
ON ORGANIZING AN ANNUAL MEETING


1. Start Planning Early.

Rob and Julie Edwards recommend 18 months of lead time though some of us had
less time to plan.

2. NOTIFY the AAA Meeting Coordinator that you are president and they will send
you a Section Meeting Service Outline with a list of services they offer, at an
hourly fee. For instance, they can negotiate your hotel contract (though many of
us have done this ourselves as we establish a personal contact), handle
registration (recommended), and liability insurance, among other offerings.

3. Check the calendar. Consider dates of other anthropology meetings and try to
avoid major holidays (though we've had two meeting around Easter) when flights
may be more costly.

4. Select a location for your meeting that is not too difficult to get to.

5. Lodging. Important to estimate the number of people who might attend so you
can reserve the right number of rooms. Hotels require payment for a minimum
number of rooms, and if you fall below you still need to pay. On the other hand,
if you didn't reserve enough rooms, folks might not be able to stay at the
meeting hotel. Some of us reserved 30 rooms to be rather safe and usually went
over. Some organizers have reserved a few rooms at the meeting price for
participants who might want to arrive a day early. Many hotels will give you a
free room if you filled the number reserved. AAA must approve the hotel contract
with the AAA attorney and executive director signing off on it.

Create a personal relationship with someone at the site. Know all the possible
ways of making contact on short notice when your sales rep. might not be
available.

6. Meeting rooms. Some hotels have included the meeting room rental in the
lodging costs providing you reserve a specific number of rooms. Others haven't
such as in D.C. You will need space that will comfortably hold around 65 people
sitting at tables and have room for displays, buffets, and possibly
registration, which oftentimes is held outside the meeting room. Be sure you
have the space for the entire conference so you don't have to set up/take
down/set up again. Be sure the room can be darkened sufficiently for visual
presentations with good light for the rest of the meeting.

7. Media. It's important to arrange for an LCD projector, a good laptop, high
quality screen. Some organizers have supplied the LCD projector. Presenters may
bring their own laptops, but most bring a thumb drive or CD. It really helps if
you can have access to a computer whiz who can trouble shoot if things go wrong
(which they will and do!)

8. Food. Most often buffet breakfasts and lunches are provided during the paper
sessions and included in the registration fee. These food breaks onsite are
important in allowing people to become acquainted and create cohesion. The
down-side of this is that the up-front cost (combined lodging, meeting, food)
requires a higher registration fee. Some hotels have a minimum daily requirement
for the cost of food. In D.C. it was $700.
       In recent years, the registration fee has averaged about $275 per person.
To check out the quality of the hotel food, ask if you can sample a lunch or
dinner at no cost. Hotels usually do offer a free lunch to demonstrate the
quality of their food. If you decide not to include meals as part of the
package, then be sure to have a list of places (and prices) where people can go
within walking distance. Providing some menus for display would be helpful.

       Snacks help keep people awake but they can be costly. (At Asilomar snacks
ran $8.75 per person per snack). Coffee/tea/water and some kind of munchie at
breaks are important. Rob and Julie chose to only provide snacks in the morning
and to provide a longer break in the afternoon. During the break people could go
over to the coffee bar if they wanted to purchase something. Hotels do not allow
food to be brought. Rob and Julie did provide bottled water and fruit that they
purchased at Costco without permission from Asilomar figuring it's better to beg
forgiveness than ask permission but this may affect your relationship with the
hotel.

9. Banquets/Receptions. In recent years, organizers have planned a reception the
evening of registration and before the paper sessions. These convivial events
have been very successful. SACC members like eating together. However, if most
meals are on one's own, then at least one "banquet" evening would be
recommended. You may or may not want to include a speaker or entertainment as
part of this evening. Do not forget to include this event as part of your budget
to be included in the registration fee.

10. Down-time, social time. The major reason people give for attending SACC
meetings is the opportunity to talk with colleagues. Providing time for this to
happen is crucial. Breaks, "round tables," open-time question periods tied to
presentations, etc. Plan this in carefully.

11. Speakers. Each SACC-Fest has tried to focus on "place" and select field
trips and speakers that expose participants to some deep understandings about
the location. Various organizers have interpreted this in different ways, but
all have worked hard to get at least one speaker from outside the SACC network.
Set this up early as speakers' calendars fill up. It's also a good idea to have
a back-up or two in mind in case someone has to cancel.

12. Field trips. Find out early the cost of buses!! They are one of the biggest
costs of the conference. Two half-days is more expensive than one long day
(unless one of the half-days is in walking distance). Think about distance, time
on the bus, water on the bus, time to wander at the destination, speakers/guides
at the destination, etc. It's a good idea to have a back-up van in case you are
a few people over which may happen at the last minute ("Is it OK for my son to
come along?"). You will need to collect for a tip for the driver or plan this
into your costs.

13. Program. Work closely with the program chair. She/he will put out a call for
proposals; create a draft of the schedule of presentations; send out acceptance
notes to the presenters. One of the skills required here is adjusting to
presenter's needs to speak on certain days or at certain times. Be prepared for
changes in the last few weeks. (Blessings on Rebecca Stein who has done this so
brilliantly for the last few years).

       Printed program. In the past, the program chair has put this together and
sent it to the treasurer to print and deliver to the conference. For two recent
conferences, the organizers took the information from the program chair and
created and printed the program. They were reimbursed by the treasurer for the
printing costs. Either way can work - the key is good communication between the
organizers, the program chair and the treasurer.

14. Scheduling of events
·         Don't start the first day of the meeting with presentations in the
morning. Most lodging sites are set up for arrival after lunch and most people
traveling out-of-state can't get there until mid-day.
·         Consider scheduling a board meeting in the mid-afternoon followed by
an evening reception.
·         Think carefully about access for adjunct faculty who may not be able
to attend the field trips but want to be part of the meetings.
15. Publicity
·         Getting the word out to SACC members includes using the newsletter,
listserve, web page and email. The AAA also can assist on publicity. Postcards
and letters with address labels from the AAA is another way of getting the word
out.
·         The Chair of the Membership Committee usually sends out a letter in
early October to inform, invite and encourage attendance.
·         Be sure that all registration and reservation deadlines are included.
·         As soon as the program is set, it should go up on the web.
·
16. Registration & reservations
·         Registration for the conference itself is done through the AAA. We pay
them for this service. The idea is that they will send us the information as
people register. This is not a seamless process and takes considerable work to
make it work. The current contact person is Khara Minter
(kminter@...<mailto:kminter@...>; (703) 528-1902, ext. 3025. Get
to know her early in the process!
·         The SACC treasurer will bring receipts, name tags and name tag holders
to the conference for pre-registered attendees. She/he will also bring forms for
on-site registration. Organizers and treasurer should deicide on who will handle
on-site registration starting on the first day people arrive.
·         Reservations for lodging are done separately through the hotel or
conference ground. Organizers arrange for special rates for participants but
SACC is responsible for a minimum number of rooms. This also takes on-going
contact between the organizers and the reservations person at the lodging site.

17. Budgeting: Create a spread sheet of all the costs SACC will be responsible
for and be generous in your expectations of costs! The meetings are the way that
SACC supplements its operating budget each year. (I added $50.00 per person to
the costs for SACC operations). Work closing with the treasurer on estimating
costs. There is a pre-registration deadline cost and a post deadline cost. You
should also compute a cost for one-day registration (particularly attractive for
people who live in the area and for adjunct).

18. Estimating # of people: Check out the past three or four years of attendance
and think about factors such as ease of travel, locations, dates, etc. and make
an educated guess! You also need to think about extra people who will come with
members, not register for the conference, but will attend the field trip (you
can have a special charge for the field-trip only). The trick here is to
estimate low in terms of committing to rooms but to estimate high in terms of
back up plans (whew!).

19. Packets and prizes and such: Everyone loves getting things! Each SACC-Fest
has done this a little differently but here are some of the things to consider:
·         Book bag to hold stuff!
·         Program binder with program, minutes from SACC, flyers/forms AAA/SACC,
tourist information, paper or notebooks for writing, a pen!
·         A bottle of water in each bag is really, really nice!
·         Check with publishers for a book display and possible books to give
away at the end.
·         Posters, prizes, may be available - check with local merchants,
Tourist offices, Chamber of Commerce, etc.

20. Items to Sell
SACC mugs and t-shirts have been recent items to supplement the treasury. The
Vice-President for Membership and Development takes a lead on this.

Rob and Julie's things they would do differently next time: (Or - if only I knew
then what I know now!)
·         The only time we could get California coast lodging was to schedule
into the Easter weekend. This was hard for some people. Maybe if we had started
planning three years out we could have gotten an earlier weekend.
·         A number of people left on Saturday due to the holidays. This meant we
had a number of rooms empty that we had to pay for.
·         Responsibility for publicity wasn't clear and needed more follow up.
·         We needed a better way to get the schedule of events out to
participants before the conference began. We did not have everyone's email
address, which needs to become part of the registration form with AAA.  We also
need a clearer system of getting information from AAA to SACC.


COFFEE AND SNACKS ARE EXPENSIVE! This was some of the best info that Ph il
Naftly and Bob Muckle passed on to me.  He told me to be ready to be shocked by
the price of coffee and I was.  Be sure to get price lists from the prospective
hotels.  Also, try the food.  Even though they told me the hotel renovations
would be finished before our meeting, they were willing to let me bring food in.
This really helped us cover costs.  The snacks weren't fancy and it meant more
work for me, but I think it was worth it.  (When I was planning this meeting, I
was scared to death that SACC would end up with no money.  We were very close to
running in the red at this time.)  Also, SACCers will guzzle soft drinks like
you wouldn't believe.  These are expensive, too.

BUSES ARE EXPENSIVE!  Try to work with the bus company so you can vary whether
it will be one or two buses or that you can add vehicles later on.  I had
someone in Savannah helping me with this and he was a life saver.  Some SACCers
will just show up with extra people for the tours only.  We were able to get
everyone out to the Penn Center because he rented a van (and drove it), and a
few of us drove our cars and "carried" other folks with us.   Looking back on
this, I would probably make a rule and keep track so that the "first signed up"
has priority.

AAA.  They are not always easy to work with.  It amazed me how I couldn't get
information from them sometimes.  For example, they couldn't tell me how many
people had registered until right at the end.  Maybe this has changed.

Use the local Chamber of Commerce.  Because I went through the meeting planning
division of the Chamber of Commerce in Savannah, I was able to get lots of
information about other activities going on.  I also got two free nights for a
visit Savannah before finalizing the meeting.  This gave me a chance to talk to
people at a lot of different hotels.

Gather Information.  I knew some things about Savannah, but the planner at the
Chamber was a local person.  She's the one who told me to take the group to Mrs.
Wilke's Boarding House.  I didn't know about the place and, for me, it was one
of the special activities.

Checking the calendar.  This is really, really important.  I found out from the
Chamber of Commerce that there were only a couple of open weekends in Savannah
in the spring because of garden tours, house tours, golf tournaments, etc.  I
took this into consideration as well as Easter, Passover, and Orthodox Easter.

Guest Speakers.  Again, the Chamber was helpful.  They gave me names at the
Savannah College of Art and Design.  I contacted SCAD and they suggested some
speakers.  Also, the Penn Center suggested our speaker on Gullah heritage.  Make
sure you have contact with your speakers so they know the group and know where
the group is meeting.  One of my speakers went to one of the local colleges
because he had given presentations there so many times before.  And, find out
how much they charge.  One of my speakers charged nothing (We still made a
payment to him and he donated it to his school); the other was a surprise for
me.  Find out what technology they need for their presentations.

Shopping Time.  This group likes some time to visit unusual/local shops.  Be
sure that there's time for this.  For example, we stopped in Frogmore (a
crossroads) because there is a little artist colony there.  People wouldn't have
been able to get there on their own.

Food.  I had box lunches delivered one day.  That was one of the biggest
disappointments.  I should've sampled their food.  I just used the hotel's list
of caterers.

City Info.  The Chamber of Commerce can probably provide maps, city info,
restaurant lists, etc.  This can go into the packets given at the registration
table.

City Tours.  Bob Muckle may have started this and we've done it at several
conferences now.  It gives folks an overview of where they are and usually comes
with a bit of tour guide information.  I think it was about $15/person.  They
worked out a deal for us because we would fill two trolleys and they wouldn't be
stopping and starting.  It was a sure thing for them.  This company was also the
same ones who helped me arrange for the buses.

Publicity.  As soon as you have dates, let folks know.  Also, AAA has several
sites where they publish the announcement and it may still be free.  I also
e-mailed people directly.  Some folks were not happy with this, however.  I
e-mailed updates while planning the meetings.  For example, when I knew we would
be at the Penn Center, I e-mailed information about it.  I also e-mailed info
about Savannah being one of the top "walking cities" in the U.S.  A preliminary
program is good, even if you don't know the specifics.  Some folks need these
for administrators.

Publishers.  Sometimes the publishers are willing to come up with a little money
if you allow them to display their books.

Packets, prizes, and such.  Personally, I'm not big into this.  To me it's just
something else to have to figure out how I will get it on the plane.  Ask the
hotel if they will provide writing pads and pens (and if they charge for this).

Lodging.  Bargain for a free exploratory visit.  (The Chamber of Commerce will
often arrange for this.)  They will usually give one or two rooms for free
during the conference depending on how many rooms you book.  We got two in
Savannah.  I used one and gave the other one to Mel & Leatha because they did so
much work.

Herding Cats.  Someone described keeping track of SACCers as "like herding cats
on crack."  I felt I had to be very clear and demanding about when the bus would
leave and that people needed to keep track of each other and make sure your
"seat buddies" were on the bus.  Something else I would do now is to provide
everyone with phone numbers of taxis.  Also, if it's not on the schedule, you're
on your own.  (This sounds bad, but we really are all up for any and all
adventures!)





From: Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar) [mailto:lagonzal@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:37 PM
To: Gilliland, Mary; Mark Lewine; Dianne.Chidester@...;
SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Cc: steinrl@...; bjoans@...; abalzano@...;
bmuckle@...; ddbruner@...; tstevens@...; mark.lewine@...;
NicoleIves@...; Kaupp, Ann; broruprecht@...;
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phamlen@...
Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

We talked about this at the SF meetings, and decided then that we would compile
information and produce a binder or documents for the President-Elect, the
President, and the Past President. I remember this distinctly as I knew that my
hour was imminent...

Mark, if you could send your written guide out as part of the body of an email,
or directly to us, that would be helpful, as the list serv doesn't accept
attachments. Maybe it's time to change that?

Laura

________________________________
From: Gilliland, Mary [mailto:mkgilliland@...]
Sent: Tue 3/15/2011 5:32 PM
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Cc: steinrl@...; bjoans@...; Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar);
abalzano@...; bmuckle@...; ddbruner@...; tstevens@...;
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Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

I would have benefitted greatly from a guide for SACC officers, and specifically
for planning the meetings, and for the 5-field.  Ann Kaupp shared a letter she
used for the 5-field which was useful, and did include the publication piece --
but I suppose I wasn't so convincing with my people.  As I was recruiting, I
became more focused on getting the panel together, and less on what we were
doing for them, which as Dianne points out, is really a lot!  It should be a
win-win, for them and for us, not just the panel, but the SACC notes
contribution, which isn't really a lot to ask, and also a win for the presenters
(they just have to actually write up what they present).

I got lots of good advice as I did various things during the meeting-planning,
during my year as president, and so on, but I found myself still feeling a
little out of synch.  The AAA provides a guide, which is huge and daunting,
helpful, yes, but the SACC Notes version would have been really great to have in
hand.  I find that SACC people get to the heart of what counts, and give the
best guidlines -- we just aren't always very formal about it.  In this case I
think again the write up would b e helpful to all concerned.


Mary Kay
________________________________________
From: Mark Lewine [mlewine@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

Diane: Please find  a copy of your written "guide" for SACC officers, and
specifically, the letter for 5 Fields folks to publish...I am sure your
letter would be more civil and more effective than mine.
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Providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is a great idea.  In
fact, Ann Kaupp, Bob Muckle, Phil Naftaly, a couple of other folks (sorry I
can't remember all the names), and I worked on one.  Maybe it hasn't gotten
passed on?

Also, when I invited 5-fields presenters, I used a letter format from Bob
Muckle which told them right up front that their presentation would be
published.  One of them didn't submit, but I do think we got the others.  I
think if I had it to do over, I'd be even more specific that this would be
part of the contract with them.  (We do, after all, pay for their AAA
registration.)

Something else I'd like to discuss sometime is what should an intro course
definitely cover.  Our psychology folks have recommendations from the APA
which they use in course evaluations.

Cheers?
Dianne



-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Lloyd Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:15 PM
To: Mark Lewine
Cc: SACC ListServ; Becky Stein-Frankle; Barbara Joans; Laura Gonzalez; Tony
Balzano; Bob Muckle (w); Dorothy Davis; Thomas B. Stevenson; Mark Lewine
(w); Nicole Ives; Ann Kaupp; George Thomas; Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum; Tim
Sullivan; Phil Stein; Mark Tromans; Barry Kass; Deborah Shepherd; George
Rodgers; Jo Rainie-Rodgers; Dianne Chidester; Mel Johnson; Margaret
Mitchell; Bill Byrne; Brian Donohue-Lynch; Barbara Mueller; Mary Gilliland;
Ellen Johnson; Stephanie Roberg-López; Omara Ben Abe; Linda Light; Linda
Light; Cynthia Ninivaggi; Dennis Kellogg; Autumn Cahoon; Ann Popplestone;
Frank Lagana; Pamela Maack; Marian McWhorter; Deborah Weber; Rebecca Cramer;
Jason Wenzel; Pat Hamlen
Subject: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

Mark,

I think providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is an excellent
idea. I realize that ultimately, we cannot make our presenters write up
their presentations for publication. However, I've always felt that the real
value in the symposium was that the conference papers were both delivered
live and published for posterity. If I were a Five-Fields contributor and
felt that I had something worth saying, I would certainly want it to reach
more people than the relatively few who hear it live. (Remember the early
years when we sometimes didn't even have a minyan?)

I've noticed that the quality of written submissions by Five-Fields
contributors has improved. That may be due to a general increase in both
visibility of and respect for SACC (at least I like to think this). I hope
that this recent hiatus in submissions does not reflect a reversal of this
trend.

Lloyd


On Mar 12, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Mark Lewine wrote:

> One of the problems, I would suggest, is that we expect SACCers and
> faculty in general to know, respect, and act to preserve significant
> organizational history, particularly when it is a beloved cultural
> organization important to 'us'. I go to Five Fields at AAA because it is
> part of my 'responsibility' as a SACC member and leader, and I am proud of
> its importance to a national anthropology professional culture. When I was
> responsible for 5 Fields, I chose speakers for it that I thought
> represented their  subfields, told them that we provided registration fees
> and expected that he or she would relate a current issue in their field
> and deliver a paper for our publication.  But this is America where we
> cannot expect much understanding of any kind of organizational history,
> where less than 50% of people invited to anything with an RSVP even
> respond with one, and a sense of history of any kind lasts a short time if
> at all. So it is important to tell each President elect at each meeting
> what is expected and give them a written guide for accomplishing it. I
> would be glad to provide a written guide which would include not only the
> above, but how to properly 'market' the session with flyers and make sure
> we have a decent room size, and have at least one speaker with "name
> recognition", as well as how to "bug" slow paper submissions, if not
> boldly ask for copies at the session itself.
> From: Lloyd Miller
> To: SACC ListServ ; Becky Stein-Frankle ; Barbara Joans ; Laura Gonzalez ;
> Tony Balzano ; Bob Muckle (w) ; Dorothy Davis ; Thomas B. Stevenson ; Mark
> Lewine (w) ; Nicole Ives ; Ann Kaupp ; George Thomas ; Chuck & Gail
> Ellenbaum ; Tim Sullivan ; Phil Stein ; Mark Tromans ; Barry Kass ;
> Deborah Shepherd ; George Rodgers ; Jo Rainie-Rodgers ; Dianne Chidester ;
> Mel Johnson ; Margaret Mitchell ; Bill Byrne ; Brian Donohue-Lynch ; Mark
> Lewine ; Barbara Mueller ; Mary Gilliland ; Ellen Johnson ; Stephanie
> Roberg-López ; Omara Ben Abe ; Linda Light ; Linda Light ; Cynthia
> Ninivaggi ; Dennis Kellogg ; Autumn Cahoon ; Ann Popplestone ; Frank
> Lagana ; Pamela Maack ; Marian McWhorter ; Deborah Weber ; Rebecca Cramer
> ; Jason Wenzel ; Pat Hamlen
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:04 PM
> Subject: Fwd: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>
> Dear SACC colleagues,
>
> I'm forwarding to you the thread of a conversation among SACC board
> members about how to keep our publication, Teaching Anthropology: SACC
> Notes (TASN) alive. The immediate problem is that we have had no
> submissions for the spring 2011 issue. Please read (from the bottom up)
> and respond however you wish.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lloyd
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
>> Date: March 11, 2011 4:59:53 PM CST
>> To: Melvin Johnson <majohns1@...>
>> Cc: Laura Gonzalez <lagonzal@...>, <nicoleives@...>, Rebecca
>> Stein-Frankle <steinrl@...>, George Rodgers <grodgers@...>,
>> Autumn Cahoon <akcahoon@...>, <ann.popplestone@...>, Ann Kaupp
>> <kauppa@...>, Mary Kay Gilliland <mkgilliland@...>
>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It's good to hear commentary on this. I feel like the editor "coming in
>> from the cold" (with apologies to John Le Carré).
>>
>> Nicole, I agree with the others that you described the situation
>> insightfully. And I think your suggestion that someone write about the
>> evolution of community college teaching is good.
>>
>> Laura, the deadline is whatever we make it to be. In the past, I have
>> tried to space the two biannual issues so that spring comes out in time
>> for the SACC meetings and fall in time for the AAA meetings. However, we
>> even have more flexibility with an online mode because as soon as it's
>> proofed and ready to go, we plunk on the website, and poof! No waiting
>> three weeks for bulk mailing and no printing costs. So, if others feel as
>> you do and would submit articles, book and media reviews, commentaries on
>> the current human condition, etc., we'll have an issue.
>>
>> Mel, I have always favored, and still favor, print over reading text on
>> computer monitors. I think I've written that in the past. As a former
>> SACC treasurer, however, I think you can appreciate the sharp reduction
>> in production costs. A pianist I work with has special glasses for
>> reading music on the piano lyre, probably in the trifocal range. Are
>> these like yours? Anyway, we never limited spring issues exclusively to
>> Five-Fields presentations and the fall issue exclusively to those
>> presented in spring. I think we've always had a mix, and occasionally
>> have received an "over-the-transom" submission from a non-SACCer that
>> makes a worthwhile contribution.
>>
>> We have also had several theme issues that grew out of SACC panels at
>> AAA, notably Bob Muckle's on archaeology and Tony Balzano's on ethnicity.
>> If those can be organized, certainly they would be worthwhile and most
>> welcomed. I agree that we must change our publicity and strike the
>> statements about non-AAA member fees, etc. Now, the subscriber category
>> is gone and SACC membership is really defined as AAA membership. But
>> since both our website and listserv (the latter with Ann Popplestone as
>> gatekeeper) are free and open to the public, we don't know how many of
>> those who view or participate in either one are AAA members. In any case,
>> Mel, I agree that these are important issues and look forward to
>> confronting and hopefully resolving them.
>>
>> I'm going to forward this entire thread to the listserv and other SACCers
>> whose addresses I have (some of you will receive it several times; sorry)
>> in hopes that others will take up Laura's "call for papers." Whether or
>> not we require Five-Fields presenters to publish with us as part of the
>> invitation may be more a rethinking of that symposium than of TASN.
>> However, TASN's existence in whatever form will depend on SACC members,
>> not invited guests.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Lloyd
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Melvin Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Here is my two-cents worth--I personally do not like the digital
>>> version, because I have had to get special glasses to just deal with
>>> computer screens.  Print is preferable.  I agree I do not think going
>>> digital makes the attractiveness of SACCNotes less.  I did not submit
>>> things to SACCNotes when it was in print, so there you are.  However,
>>> perhaps what we need is a different forum for the papers.  Perhaps doing
>>> the 5-fields exclusively in the spring, and the spring meeting in the
>>> fall is not appropriate anymore.  Perhaps instead we should try to do
>>> more thematic issues, for instance one on teaching methodologies,
>>> student presentations or papers nominated for the student awards, one
>>> which deals exclusively with archaeology, theory, etc.  We also need to
>>> address the need for subscriptions.  Since SACCNotes is published online
>>> and that is available for all to see, why are we still charging a
>>> subscription fee to non-AAA members.  Perhaps we have many very BIG
>>> issues to confront, and now is as good a time as any!!
>>>
>>> Mel Johnson
>>>
>>> "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death." --Mame
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:52:04 -0800
>>> From: lagonzal@...
>>> To: nicoleives@...; lloyd.miller@...
>>> CC: majohns1@...; steinrl@...; grodgers@...;
>>> akcahoon@...; ann.popplestone@...; kauppa@...;
>>> mkgilliland@...
>>>
>>> I think Nicole sums up what we are all experiencing. However, I don't
>>> want to see SACC Notes end. It is a great way to get published for those
>>> of us who don't want to go through the rigamaroll of submitting to a
>>> peer-reviewed journal (and probably wouldn't get accepted anyway, at
>>> least in my case!). I don't believe that going digital has anything to
>>> do with it, just that people are swamped.
>>>
>>> Is the deadline long past for the Spring issue, Lloyd? Or could several
>>> of us work up something quickly?
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> From: Nicole Ives [mailto:nicoleives@...]
>>> Sent: Fri 3/11/2011 6:00 AM
>>> To: Lloyd Miller
>>> Cc: Mel Johnson; Becky Stein-Frankle; George Rodgers; Autumn Cahoon; Ann
>>> Popplestone; Ann Kaupp; Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar); Mary Gilliland
>>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>>
>>> Hi All -
>>>
>>> This is depressing - and I can't help but think it is a reflection of
>>> the shift in the way those of us who teach anthropology at community
>>> colleges deal with employment pressures.  I have 3 partially written
>>> articles that I've been wanting to submit since I joined SACC 3 years or
>>> so ago.  But, I work a full-time job and teach 2 classes a semester.  On
>>> top of this, I serve on various committees, work on various projects,
>>> and have various professional development commitments related to my
>>> full-time job.  Unfortunately, my full-time job, though not my passion,
>>> pays the bills and I have to make it my priority.   Excuses, excuses, I
>>> know - but, I just don't have the time to write articles! I think a lot
>>> of SACCers are in the same boat here.  So many of us are adjuncts and/or
>>> have to work additional jobs just to make ends meet or serve in other
>>> positions in addition to teaching.  My dream is to ONLY teach, then I
>>> could actually read books and write!
>>>
>>> I don't think we should end SACC Notes - I do think it is a reflection
>>> of how teaching at a community college has changed though.  Maybe
>>> someone should write an article about that - if they can find the
>>> time....
>>>
>>> Nikki
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
>>> wrote:
>>> Sorry I've been out of touch for so long. Just returned home today from
>>> two and a half weeks of traveling. Wi Fi service was spotty and some
>>> glitch in my laptop's email software prohibited me from sending email,
>>> though I could receive it.
>>>
>>> We have a problem that needs discussion. Except for a second part of
>>> Jack Kelso's article from the fall 2010 TASN issue, I have not received
>>> a single submission for the spring issue. I sent out my usual
>>> invitations to the Five-Fields presenters and Mary Kay sent them
>>> reminders as well, but only one responded, saying,"Thanks for the
>>> invitation. I was just thinking about emailing," though never sent
>>> anything. Bob Muckle had also asked earlier if he could skip this issue
>>> with his "Archaeology Matters" column due to a heavier-than-usual
>>> workload.
>>>
>>> We also received no submissions from the SACC spring 2010 meetings in
>>> San Francisco, except for Cynthia Ninivaggi and Frank Lagana's papers.
>>> Fortunately, I had another of Frank's papers that I had misplaced from
>>> the previous year, so I published them both, and with Barry Kass's book
>>> review, Jack Kelso's paper and Bob's column, we had an issue.
>>>
>>> In the 20 years I've been editing TASN, this has never happened before.
>>> We've always received enough submissions-sometimes more than enough-to
>>> make thick, meaty issues. The only difference is that now we're digital
>>> rather than print. Could this be the reason? Digital should be easier
>>> for contributors; it is for me.
>>>
>>> So, the bottom line is that we don't have a spring issue. I think we
>>> need to discuss TASN's future. Perhaps it has outlived whatever
>>> usefulness and relevance it has had. Maybe contributors don't want to
>>> put forth the effort to publish in a non-peer-reviewed journal. Maybe
>>> the website and listserv by themselves meet all of SACC's communication
>>> needs. Perhaps someone still teaching, with fresh ideas and approach,
>>> should replace me. I would miss it, but will obligingly step aside if
>>> this is what's needed.

>>>
>>> Anyway, I look forward to seeing you all in Omaha.
>>>
>>> Lloyd
>>>
>>>
>>
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RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in OmahaI am sorry that I
misled...retirement has drained my brain...I just meant that Diane should find
her copy and share her letter because it would of course be the one to use. I
will continue looking for my copy as I am going through all of my old SACC stuff
in my home office...I will be bringing a few outstanding syllabi from Ellen that
someone can scan into our web page...stuff like that.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar)
   To: Gilliland, Mary ; Mark Lewine ; Dianne.Chidester@... ;
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   Cc: steinrl@... ; bjoans@... ; abalzano@... ;
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   We talked about this at the SF meetings, and decided then that we would
compile information and produce a binder or documents for the President-Elect,
the President, and the Past President. I remember this distinctly as I knew that
my hour was imminent...

   Mark, if you could send your written guide out as part of the body of an
email, or directly to us, that would be helpful, as the list serv doesn't accept
attachments. Maybe it's time to change that?

   Laura


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   From: Gilliland, Mary [mailto:mkgilliland@...]
   Sent: Tue 3/15/2011 5:32 PM
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   Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha


   I would have benefitted greatly from a guide for SACC officers, and
specifically for planning the meetings, and for the 5-field.  Ann Kaupp shared a
letter she used for the 5-field which was useful, and did include the
publication piece -- but I suppose I wasn't so convincing with my people.  As I
was recruiting, I became more focused on getting the panel together, and less on
what we were doing for them, which as Dianne points out, is really a lot!  It
should be a win-win, for them and for us, not just the panel, but the SACC notes
contribution, which isn't really a lot to ask, and also a win for the presenters
(they just have to actually write up what they present).

   I got lots of good advice as I did various things during the meeting-planning,
during my year as president, and so on, but I found myself still feeling a
little out of synch.  The AAA provides a guide, which is huge and daunting,
helpful, yes, but the SACC Notes version would have been really great to have in
hand.  I find that SACC people get to the heart of what counts, and give the
best guidlines -- we just aren't always very formal about it.  In this case I
think again the write up would b e helpful to all concerned.


   Mary Kay
   ________________________________________
   From: Mark Lewine [mlewine@...]
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   Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

   Diane: Please find  a copy of your written "guide" for SACC officers, and
   specifically, the letter for 5 Fields folks to publish...I am sure your
   letter would be more civil and more effective than mine.
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   Providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is a great idea.  In
   fact, Ann Kaupp, Bob Muckle, Phil Naftaly, a couple of other folks (sorry I
   can't remember all the names), and I worked on one.  Maybe it hasn't gotten
   passed on?

   Also, when I invited 5-fields presenters, I used a letter format from Bob
   Muckle which told them right up front that their presentation would be
   published.  One of them didn't submit, but I do think we got the others.  I
   think if I had it to do over, I'd be even more specific that this would be
   part of the contract with them.  (We do, after all, pay for their AAA
   registration.)

   Something else I'd like to discuss sometime is what should an intro course
   definitely cover.  Our psychology folks have recommendations from the APA
   which they use in course evaluations.

   Cheers?
   Dianne



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   From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
   Lloyd Miller
   Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:15 PM
   To: Mark Lewine
   Cc: SACC ListServ; Becky Stein-Frankle; Barbara Joans; Laura Gonzalez; Tony
   Balzano; Bob Muckle (w); Dorothy Davis; Thomas B. Stevenson; Mark Lewine
   (w); Nicole Ives; Ann Kaupp; George Thomas; Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum; Tim
   Sullivan; Phil Stein; Mark Tromans; Barry Kass; Deborah Shepherd; George
   Rodgers; Jo Rainie-Rodgers; Dianne Chidester; Mel Johnson; Margaret
   Mitchell; Bill Byrne; Brian Donohue-Lynch; Barbara Mueller; Mary Gilliland;
   Ellen Johnson; Stephanie Roberg-López; Omara Ben Abe; Linda Light; Linda
   Light; Cynthia Ninivaggi; Dennis Kellogg; Autumn Cahoon; Ann Popplestone;
   Frank Lagana; Pamela Maack; Marian McWhorter; Deborah Weber; Rebecca Cramer;
   Jason Wenzel; Pat Hamlen
   Subject: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

   Mark,

   I think providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is an excellent
   idea. I realize that ultimately, we cannot make our presenters write up
   their presentations for publication. However, I've always felt that the real
   value in the symposium was that the conference papers were both delivered
   live and published for posterity. If I were a Five-Fields contributor and
   felt that I had something worth saying, I would certainly want it to reach
   more people than the relatively few who hear it live. (Remember the early
   years when we sometimes didn't even have a minyan?)

   I've noticed that the quality of written submissions by Five-Fields
   contributors has improved. That may be due to a general increase in both
   visibility of and respect for SACC (at least I like to think this). I hope
   that this recent hiatus in submissions does not reflect a reversal of this
   trend.

   Lloyd


   On Mar 12, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Mark Lewine wrote:

   > One of the problems, I would suggest, is that we expect SACCers and
   > faculty in general to know, respect, and act to preserve significant
   > organizational history, particularly when it is a beloved cultural
   > organization important to 'us'. I go to Five Fields at AAA because it is
   > part of my 'responsibility' as a SACC member and leader, and I am proud of
   > its importance to a national anthropology professional culture. When I was
   > responsible for 5 Fields, I chose speakers for it that I thought
   > represented their  subfields, told them that we provided registration fees
   > and expected that he or she would relate a current issue in their field
   > and deliver a paper for our publication.  But this is America where we
   > cannot expect much understanding of any kind of organizational history,
   > where less than 50% of people invited to anything with an RSVP even
   > respond with one, and a sense of history of any kind lasts a short time if
   > at all. So it is important to tell each President elect at each meeting
   > what is expected and give them a written guide for accomplishing it. I
   > would be glad to provide a written guide which would include not only the
   > above, but how to properly 'market' the session with flyers and make sure
   > we have a decent room size, and have at least one speaker with "name
   > recognition", as well as how to "bug" slow paper submissions, if not
   > boldly ask for copies at the session itself.
   > From: Lloyd Miller
   > To: SACC ListServ ; Becky Stein-Frankle ; Barbara Joans ; Laura Gonzalez ;
   > Tony Balzano ; Bob Muckle (w) ; Dorothy Davis ; Thomas B. Stevenson ; Mark
   > Lewine (w) ; Nicole Ives ; Ann Kaupp ; George Thomas ; Chuck & Gail
   > Ellenbaum ; Tim Sullivan ; Phil Stein ; Mark Tromans ; Barry Kass ;
   > Deborah Shepherd ; George Rodgers ; Jo Rainie-Rodgers ; Dianne Chidester ;
   > Mel Johnson ; Margaret Mitchell ; Bill Byrne ; Brian Donohue-Lynch ; Mark
   > Lewine ; Barbara Mueller ; Mary Gilliland ; Ellen Johnson ; Stephanie
   > Roberg-López ; Omara Ben Abe ; Linda Light ; Linda Light ; Cynthia
   > Ninivaggi ; Dennis Kellogg ; Autumn Cahoon ; Ann Popplestone ; Frank
   > Lagana ; Pamela Maack ; Marian McWhorter ; Deborah Weber ; Rebecca Cramer
   > ; Jason Wenzel ; Pat Hamlen
   > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:04 PM
   > Subject: Fwd: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
   >
   > Dear SACC colleagues,
   >
   > I'm forwarding to you the thread of a conversation among SACC board
   > members about how to keep our publication, Teaching Anthropology: SACC
   > Notes (TASN) alive. The immediate problem is that we have had no
   > submissions for the spring 2011 issue. Please read (from the bottom up)
   > and respond however you wish.
   >
   > Thanks!
   >
   > Lloyd
   >
   > Begin forwarded message:
   >
   >> From: Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
   >> Date: March 11, 2011 4:59:53 PM CST
   >> To: Melvin Johnson <majohns1@...>
   >> Cc: Laura Gonzalez <lagonzal@...>, <nicoleives@...>, Rebecca
   >> Stein-Frankle <steinrl@...>, George Rodgers <grodgers@...>,
   >> Autumn Cahoon <akcahoon@...>, <ann.popplestone@...>, Ann Kaupp
   >> <kauppa@...>, Mary Kay Gilliland <mkgilliland@...>
   >> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
   >>
   >> Hi all,
   >>
   >> It's good to hear commentary on this. I feel like the editor "coming in
   >> from the cold" (with apologies to John Le Carré).
   >>
   >> Nicole, I agree with the others that you described the situation
   >> insightfully. And I think your suggestion that someone write about the
   >> evolution of community college teaching is good.
   >>
   >> Laura, the deadline is whatever we make it to be. In the past, I have
   >> tried to space the two biannual issues so that spring comes out in time
   >> for the SACC meetings and fall in time for the AAA meetings. However, we
   >> even have more flexibility with an online mode because as soon as it's
   >> proofed and ready to go, we plunk on the website, and poof! No waiting
   >> three weeks for bulk mailing and no printing costs. So, if others feel as
   >> you do and would submit articles, book and media reviews, commentaries on
   >> the current human condition, etc., we'll have an issue.
   >>
   >> Mel, I have always favored, and still favor, print over reading text on
   >> computer monitors. I think I've written that in the past. As a former
   >> SACC treasurer, however, I think you can appreciate the sharp reduction
   >> in production costs. A pianist I work with has special glasses for
   >> reading music on the piano lyre, probably in the trifocal range. Are
   >> these like yours? Anyway, we never limited spring issues exclusively to
   >> Five-Fields presentations and the fall issue exclusively to those
   >> presented in spring. I think we've always had a mix, and occasionally
   >> have received an "over-the-transom" submission from a non-SACCer that
   >> makes a worthwhile contribution.
   >>
   >> We have also had several theme issues that grew out of SACC panels at
   >> AAA, notably Bob Muckle's on archaeology and Tony Balzano's on ethnicity.
   >> If those can be organized, certainly they would be worthwhile and most
   >> welcomed. I agree that we must change our publicity and strike the
   >> statements about non-AAA member fees, etc. Now, the subscriber category
   >> is gone and SACC membership is really defined as AAA membership. But
   >> since both our website and listserv (the latter with Ann Popplestone as
   >> gatekeeper) are free and open to the public, we don't know how many of
   >> those who view or participate in either one are AAA members. In any case,
   >> Mel, I agree that these are important issues and look forward to
   >> confronting and hopefully resolving them.
   >>
   >> I'm going to forward this entire thread to the listserv and other SACCers
   >> whose addresses I have (some of you will receive it several times; sorry)
   >> in hopes that others will take up Laura's "call for papers." Whether or
   >> not we require Five-Fields presenters to publish with us as part of the
   >> invitation may be more a rethinking of that symposium than of TASN.
   >> However, TASN's existence in whatever form will depend on SACC members,
   >> not invited guests.
   >>
   >> Cheers!
   >> Lloyd
   >>
   >>
   >>
   >> On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Melvin Johnson wrote:
   >>
   >>> Here is my two-cents worth--I personally do not like the digital
   >>> version, because I have had to get special glasses to just deal with
   >>> computer screens.  Print is preferable.  I agree I do not think going
   >>> digital makes the attractiveness of SACCNotes less.  I did not submit
   >>> things to SACCNotes when it was in print, so there you are.  However,
   >>> perhaps what we need is a different forum for the papers.  Perhaps doing
   >>> the 5-fields exclusively in the spring, and the spring meeting in the
   >>> fall is not appropriate anymore.  Perhaps instead we should try to do
   >>> more thematic issues, for instance one on teaching methodologies,
   >>> student presentations or papers nominated for the student awards, one
   >>> which deals exclusively with archaeology, theory, etc.  We also need to
   >>> address the need for subscriptions.  Since SACCNotes is published online
   >>> and that is available for all to see, why are we still charging a
   >>> subscription fee to non-AAA members.  Perhaps we have many very BIG
   >>> issues to confront, and now is as good a time as any!!
   >>>
   >>> Mel Johnson
   >>>
   >>> "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death." --Mame
   >>> Dennis
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>
   >>> Subject: RE: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
   >>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:52:04 -0800
   >>> From: lagonzal@...
   >>> To: nicoleives@...; lloyd.miller@...
   >>> CC: majohns1@...; steinrl@...; grodgers@...;
   >>> akcahoon@...; ann.popplestone@...; kauppa@...;
   >>> mkgilliland@...
   >>>
   >>> I think Nicole sums up what we are all experiencing. However, I don't
   >>> want to see SACC Notes end. It is a great way to get published for those
   >>> of us who don't want to go through the rigamaroll of submitting to a
   >>> peer-reviewed journal (and probably wouldn't get accepted anyway, at
   >>> least in my case!). I don't believe that going digital has anything to
   >>> do with it, just that people are swamped.
   >>>
   >>> Is the deadline long past for the Spring issue, Lloyd? Or could several
   >>> of us work up something quickly?
   >>>
   >>> Laura
   >>>
   >>> From: Nicole Ives [mailto:nicoleives@...]
   >>> Sent: Fri 3/11/2011 6:00 AM
   >>> To: Lloyd Miller
   >>> Cc: Mel Johnson; Becky Stein-Frankle; George Rodgers; Autumn Cahoon; Ann
   >>> Popplestone; Ann Kaupp; Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar); Mary Gilliland
   >>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
   >>>
   >>> Hi All -
   >>>
   >>> This is depressing - and I can't help but think it is a reflection of
   >>> the shift in the way those of us who teach anthropology at community
   >>> colleges deal with employment pressures.  I have 3 partially written
   >>> articles that I've been wanting to submit since I joined SACC 3 years or
   >>> so ago.  But, I work a full-time job and teach 2 classes a semester.  On
   >>> top of this, I serve on various committees, work on various projects,
   >>> and have various professional development commitments related to my
   >>> full-time job.  Unfortunately, my full-time job, though not my passion,
   >>> pays the bills and I have to make it my priority.   Excuses, excuses, I
   >>> know - but, I just don't have the time to write articles! I think a lot
   >>> of SACCers are in the same boat here.  So many of us are adjuncts and/or
   >>> have to work additional jobs just to make ends meet or serve in other
   >>> positions in addition to teaching.  My dream is to ONLY teach, then I
   >>> could actually read books and write!
   >>>
   >>> I don't think we should end SACC Notes - I do think it is a reflection
   >>> of how teaching at a community college has changed though.  Maybe
   >>> someone should write an article about that - if they can find the
   >>> time....
   >>>
   >>> Nikki
   >>>
   >>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
   >>> wrote:
   >>> Sorry I've been out of touch for so long. Just returned home today from
   >>> two and a half weeks of traveling. Wi Fi service was spotty and some
   >>> glitch in my laptop's email software prohibited me from sending email,
   >>> though I could receive it.
   >>>
   >>> We have a problem that needs discussion. Except for a second part of
   >>> Jack Kelso's article from the fall 2010 TASN issue, I have not received
   >>> a single submission for the spring issue. I sent out my usual
   >>> invitations to the Five-Fields presenters and Mary Kay sent them
   >>> reminders as well, but only one responded, saying,"Thanks for the
   >>> invitation. I was just thinking about emailing," though never sent
   >>> anything. Bob Muckle had also asked earlier if he could skip this issue
   >>> with his "Archaeology Matters" column due to a heavier-than-usual
   >>> workload.
   >>>
   >>> We also received no submissions from the SACC spring 2010 meetings in
   >>> San Francisco, except for Cynthia Ninivaggi and Frank Lagana's papers.
   >>> Fortunately, I had another of Frank's papers that I had misplaced from
   >>> the previous year, so I published them both, and with Barry Kass's book
   >>> review, Jack Kelso's paper and Bob's column, we had an issue.
   >>>
   >>> In the 20 years I've been editing TASN, this has never happened before.
   >>> We've always received enough submissions-sometimes more than enough-to
   >>> make thick, meaty issues. The only difference is that now we're digital
   >>> rather than print. Could this be the reason? Digital should be easier
   >>> for contributors; it is for me.
   >>>
   >>> So, the bottom line is that we don't have a spring issue. I think we
   >>> need to discuss TASN's future. Perhaps it has outlived whatever
   >>> usefulness and relevance it has had. Maybe contributors don't want to
   >>> put forth the effort to publish in a non-peer-reviewed journal. Maybe
   >>> the website and listserv by themselves meet all of SACC's communication
   >>> needs. Perhaps someone still teaching, with fresh ideas and approach,
   >>> should replace me. I would miss it, but will obligingly step aside if
   >>> this is what's needed.

   >>>
   >>> Anyway, I look forward to seeing you all in Omaha.
   >>>
   >>> Lloyd
   >>>
   >>>
   >>
   >
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and soliciting reliable and commited volunteers to accomplish it all is the
first most crucial goal to making it all happen...
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<mkgilliland@...>; "Mark Lewine" <mlewine@...>;
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:12 AM
Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha


Forgot the listserve doesn't accept attachments.  Here is the guide:

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM FORMER SACC PRESIDENTS
ON ORGANIZING AN ANNUAL MEETING


1. Start Planning Early.

Rob and Julie Edwards recommend 18 months of lead time though some of us had
less time to plan.

2. NOTIFY the AAA Meeting Coordinator that you are president and they will
send you a Section Meeting Service Outline with a list of services they
offer, at an hourly fee. For instance, they can negotiate your hotel
contract (though many of us have done this ourselves as we establish a
personal contact), handle registration (recommended), and liability
insurance, among other offerings.

3. Check the calendar. Consider dates of other anthropology meetings and try
to avoid major holidays (though we've had two meeting around Easter) when
flights may be more costly.

4. Select a location for your meeting that is not too difficult to get to.

5. Lodging. Important to estimate the number of people who might attend so
you can reserve the right number of rooms. Hotels require payment for a
minimum number of rooms, and if you fall below you still need to pay. On the
other hand, if you didn't reserve enough rooms, folks might not be able to
stay at the meeting hotel. Some of us reserved 30 rooms to be rather safe
and usually went over. Some organizers have reserved a few rooms at the
meeting price for participants who might want to arrive a day early. Many
hotels will give you a free room if you filled the number reserved. AAA must
approve the hotel contract with the AAA attorney and executive director
signing off on it.

Create a personal relationship with someone at the site. Know all the
possible ways of making contact on short notice when your sales rep. might
not be available.

6. Meeting rooms. Some hotels have included the meeting room rental in the
lodging costs providing you reserve a specific number of rooms. Others
haven't such as in D.C. You will need space that will comfortably hold
around 65 people sitting at tables and have room for displays, buffets, and
possibly registration, which oftentimes is held outside the meeting room. Be
sure you have the space for the entire conference so you don't have to set
up/take down/set up again. Be sure the room can be darkened sufficiently for
visual presentations with good light for the rest of the meeting.

7. Media. It's important to arrange for an LCD projector, a good laptop,
high quality screen. Some organizers have supplied the LCD projector.
Presenters may bring their own laptops, but most bring a thumb drive or CD.
It really helps if you can have access to a computer whiz who can trouble
shoot if things go wrong (which they will and do!)

8. Food. Most often buffet breakfasts and lunches are provided during the
paper sessions and included in the registration fee. These food breaks
onsite are important in allowing people to become acquainted and create
cohesion. The down-side of this is that the up-front cost (combined lodging,
meeting, food) requires a higher registration fee. Some hotels have a
minimum daily requirement for the cost of food. In D.C. it was $700.
       In recent years, the registration fee has averaged about $275 per
person. To check out the quality of the hotel food, ask if you can sample a
lunch or dinner at no cost. Hotels usually do offer a free lunch to
demonstrate the quality of their food. If you decide not to include meals as
part of the package, then be sure to have a list of places (and prices)
where people can go within walking distance. Providing some menus for
display would be helpful.

       Snacks help keep people awake but they can be costly. (At Asilomar
snacks ran $8.75 per person per snack). Coffee/tea/water and some kind of
munchie at breaks are important. Rob and Julie chose to only provide snacks
in the morning and to provide a longer break in the afternoon. During the
break people could go over to the coffee bar if they wanted to purchase
something. Hotels do not allow food to be brought. Rob and Julie did provide
bottled water and fruit that they purchased at Costco without permission
from Asilomar figuring it's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission
but this may affect your relationship with the hotel.

9. Banquets/Receptions. In recent years, organizers have planned a reception
the evening of registration and before the paper sessions. These convivial
events have been very successful. SACC members like eating together.
However, if most meals are on one's own, then at least one "banquet" evening
would be recommended. You may or may not want to include a speaker or
entertainment as part of this evening. Do not forget to include this event
as part of your budget to be included in the registration fee.

10. Down-time, social time. The major reason people give for attending SACC
meetings is the opportunity to talk with colleagues. Providing time for this
to happen is crucial. Breaks, "round tables," open-time question periods
tied to presentations, etc. Plan this in carefully.

11. Speakers. Each SACC-Fest has tried to focus on "place" and select field
trips and speakers that expose participants to some deep understandings
about the location. Various organizers have interpreted this in different
ways, but all have worked hard to get at least one speaker from outside the
SACC network. Set this up early as speakers' calendars fill up. It's also a
good idea to have a back-up or two in mind in case someone has to cancel.

12. Field trips. Find out early the cost of buses!! They are one of the
biggest costs of the conference. Two half-days is more expensive than one
long day (unless one of the half-days is in walking distance). Think about
distance, time on the bus, water on the bus, time to wander at the
destination, speakers/guides at the destination, etc. It's a good idea to
have a back-up van in case you are a few people over which may happen at the
last minute ("Is it OK for my son to come along?"). You will need to collect
for a tip for the driver or plan this into your costs.

13. Program. Work closely with the program chair. She/he will put out a call
for proposals; create a draft of the schedule of presentations; send out
acceptance notes to the presenters. One of the skills required here is
adjusting to presenter's needs to speak on certain days or at certain times.
Be prepared for changes in the last few weeks. (Blessings on Rebecca Stein
who has done this so brilliantly for the last few years).

       Printed program. In the past, the program chair has put this together
and sent it to the treasurer to print and deliver to the conference. For two
recent conferences, the organizers took the information from the program
chair and created and printed the program. They were reimbursed by the
treasurer for the printing costs. Either way can work - the key is good
communication between the organizers, the program chair and the treasurer.

14. Scheduling of events
·         Don't start the first day of the meeting with presentations in the
morning. Most lodging sites are set up for arrival after lunch and most
people traveling out-of-state can't get there until mid-day.
·         Consider scheduling a board meeting in the mid-afternoon followed
by an evening reception.
·         Think carefully about access for adjunct faculty who may not be
able to attend the field trips but want to be part of the meetings.
15. Publicity
·         Getting the word out to SACC members includes using the
newsletter, listserve, web page and email. The AAA also can assist on
publicity. Postcards and letters with address labels from the AAA is another
way of getting the word out.
·         The Chair of the Membership Committee usually sends out a letter
in early October to inform, invite and encourage attendance.
·         Be sure that all registration and reservation deadlines are
included.
·         As soon as the program is set, it should go up on the web.
·
16. Registration & reservations
·         Registration for the conference itself is done through the AAA. We
pay them for this service. The idea is that they will send us the
information as people register. This is not a seamless process and takes
considerable work to make it work. The current contact person is Khara
Minter (kminter@...<mailto:kminter@...>; (703) 528-1902, ext.
3025. Get to know her early in the process!
·         The SACC treasurer will bring receipts, name tags and name tag
holders to the conference for pre-registered attendees. She/he will also
bring forms for on-site registration. Organizers and treasurer should
deicide on who will handle on-site registration starting on the first day
people arrive.
·         Reservations for lodging are done separately through the hotel or
conference ground. Organizers arrange for special rates for participants but
SACC is responsible for a minimum number of rooms. This also takes on-going
contact between the organizers and the reservations person at the lodging
site.

17. Budgeting: Create a spread sheet of all the costs SACC will be
responsible for and be generous in your expectations of costs! The meetings
are the way that SACC supplements its operating budget each year. (I added
$50.00 per person to the costs for SACC operations). Work closing with the
treasurer on estimating costs. There is a pre-registration deadline cost and
a post deadline cost. You should also compute a cost for one-day
registration (particularly attractive for people who live in the area and
for adjunct).

18. Estimating # of people: Check out the past three or four years of
attendance and think about factors such as ease of travel, locations, dates,
etc. and make an educated guess! You also need to think about extra people
who will come with members, not register for the conference, but will attend
the field trip (you can have a special charge for the field-trip only). The
trick here is to estimate low in terms of committing to rooms but to
estimate high in terms of back up plans (whew!).

19. Packets and prizes and such: Everyone loves getting things! Each
SACC-Fest has done this a little differently but here are some of the things
to consider:
·         Book bag to hold stuff!
·         Program binder with program, minutes from SACC, flyers/forms
AAA/SACC, tourist information, paper or notebooks for writing, a pen!
·         A bottle of water in each bag is really, really nice!
·         Check with publishers for a book display and possible books to
give away at the end.
·         Posters, prizes, may be available - check with local merchants,
Tourist offices, Chamber of Commerce, etc.

20. Items to Sell
SACC mugs and t-shirts have been recent items to supplement the treasury.
The Vice-President for Membership and Development takes a lead on this.

Rob and Julie's things they would do differently next time: (Or - if only I
knew then what I know now!)
·         The only time we could get California coast lodging was to
schedule into the Easter weekend. This was hard for some people. Maybe if we
had started planning three years out we could have gotten an earlier
weekend.
·         A number of people left on Saturday due to the holidays. This
meant we had a number of rooms empty that we had to pay for.
·         Responsibility for publicity wasn't clear and needed more follow
up.
·         We needed a better way to get the schedule of events out to
participants before the conference began. We did not have everyone's email
address, which needs to become part of the registration form with AAA.  We
also need a clearer system of getting information from AAA to SACC.


COFFEE AND SNACKS ARE EXPENSIVE! This was some of the best info that Ph il
Naftly and Bob Muckle passed on to me.  He told me to be ready to be shocked
by the price of coffee and I was.  Be sure to get price lists from the
prospective hotels.  Also, try the food.  Even though they told me the hotel
renovations would be finished before our meeting, they were willing to let
me bring food in.  This really helped us cover costs.  The snacks weren't
fancy and it meant more work for me, but I think it was worth it.  (When I
was planning this meeting, I was scared to death that SACC would end up with
no money.  We were very close to running in the red at this time.)  Also,
SACCers will guzzle soft drinks like you wouldn't believe.  These are
expensive, too.

BUSES ARE EXPENSIVE!  Try to work with the bus company so you can vary
whether it will be one or two buses or that you can add vehicles later on.
I had someone in Savannah helping me with this and he was a life saver.
Some SACCers will just show up with extra people for the tours only.  We
were able to get everyone out to the Penn Center because he rented a van
(and drove it), and a few of us drove our cars and "carried" other folks
with us.   Looking back on this, I would probably make a rule and keep track
so that the "first signed up" has priority.

AAA.  They are not always easy to work with.  It amazed me how I couldn't
get information from them sometimes.  For example, they couldn't tell me how
many people had registered until right at the end.  Maybe this has changed.

Use the local Chamber of Commerce.  Because I went through the meeting
planning division of the Chamber of Commerce in Savannah, I was able to get
lots of information about other activities going on.  I also got two free
nights for a visit Savannah before finalizing the meeting.  This gave me a
chance to talk to people at a lot of different hotels.

Gather Information.  I knew some things about Savannah, but the planner at
the Chamber was a local person.  She's the one who told me to take the group
to Mrs. Wilke's Boarding House.  I didn't know about the place and, for me,
it was one of the special activities.

Checking the calendar.  This is really, really important.  I found out from
the Chamber of Commerce that there were only a couple of open weekends in
Savannah in the spring because of garden tours, house tours, golf
tournaments, etc.  I took this into consideration as well as Easter,
Passover, and Orthodox Easter.

Guest Speakers.  Again, the Chamber was helpful.  They gave me names at the
Savannah College of Art and Design.  I contacted SCAD and they suggested
some speakers.  Also, the Penn Center suggested our speaker on Gullah
heritage.  Make sure you have contact with your speakers so they know the
group and know where the group is meeting.  One of my speakers went to one
of the local colleges because he had given presentations there so many times
before.  And, find out how much they charge.  One of my speakers charged
nothing (We still made a payment to him and he donated it to his school);
the other was a surprise for me.  Find out what technology they need for
their presentations.

Shopping Time.  This group likes some time to visit unusual/local shops.  Be
sure that there's time for this.  For example, we stopped in Frogmore (a
crossroads) because there is a little artist colony there.  People wouldn't
have been able to get there on their own.

Food.  I had box lunches delivered one day.  That was one of the biggest
disappointments.  I should've sampled their food.  I just used the hotel's
list of caterers.

City Info.  The Chamber of Commerce can probably provide maps, city info,
restaurant lists, etc.  This can go into the packets given at the
registration table.

City Tours.  Bob Muckle may have started this and we've done it at several
conferences now.  It gives folks an overview of where they are and usually
comes with a bit of tour guide information.  I think it was about
$15/person.  They worked out a deal for us because we would fill two
trolleys and they wouldn't be stopping and starting.  It was a sure thing
for them.  This company was also the same ones who helped me arrange for the
buses.

Publicity.  As soon as you have dates, let folks know.  Also, AAA has
several sites where they publish the announcement and it may still be free.
I also e-mailed people directly.  Some folks were not happy with this,
however.  I e-mailed updates while planning the meetings.  For example, when
I knew we would be at the Penn Center, I e-mailed information about it.  I
also e-mailed info about Savannah being one of the top "walking cities" in
the U.S.  A preliminary program is good, even if you don't know the
specifics.  Some folks need these for administrators.

Publishers.  Sometimes the publishers are willing to come up with a little
money if you allow them to display their books.

Packets, prizes, and such.  Personally, I'm not big into this.  To me it's
just something else to have to figure out how I will get it on the plane.
Ask the hotel if they will provide writing pads and pens (and if they charge
for this).

Lodging.  Bargain for a free exploratory visit.  (The Chamber of Commerce
will often arrange for this.)  They will usually give one or two rooms for
free during the conference depending on how many rooms you book.  We got two
in Savannah.  I used one and gave the other one to Mel & Leatha because they
did so much work.

Herding Cats.  Someone described keeping track of SACCers as "like herding
cats on crack."  I felt I had to be very clear and demanding about when the
bus would leave and that people needed to keep track of each other and make
sure your "seat buddies" were on the bus.  Something else I would do now is
to provide everyone with phone numbers of taxis.  Also, if it's not on the
schedule, you're on your own.  (This sounds bad, but we really are all up
for any and all adventures!)





From: Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar) [mailto:lagonzal@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:37 PM
To: Gilliland, Mary; Mark Lewine; Dianne.Chidester@...;
SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Cc: steinrl@...; bjoans@...; abalzano@...;
bmuckle@...; ddbruner@...; tstevens@...;
mark.lewine@...; NicoleIves@...; Kaupp, Ann;
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phamlen@...
Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

We talked about this at the SF meetings, and decided then that we would
compile information and produce a binder or documents for the
President-Elect, the President, and the Past President. I remember this
distinctly as I knew that my hour was imminent...

Mark, if you could send your written guide out as part of the body of an
email, or directly to us, that would be helpful, as the list serv doesn't
accept attachments. Maybe it's time to change that?

Laura

________________________________
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Sent: Tue 3/15/2011 5:32 PM
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Subject: RE: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

I would have benefitted greatly from a guide for SACC officers, and
specifically for planning the meetings, and for the 5-field.  Ann Kaupp
shared a letter she used for the 5-field which was useful, and did include
the publication piece -- but I suppose I wasn't so convincing with my
people.  As I was recruiting, I became more focused on getting the panel
together, and less on what we were doing for them, which as Dianne points
out, is really a lot!  It should be a win-win, for them and for us, not just
the panel, but the SACC notes contribution, which isn't really a lot to ask,
and also a win for the presenters (they just have to actually write up what
they present).

I got lots of good advice as I did various things during the
meeting-planning, during my year as president, and so on, but I found myself
still feeling a little out of synch.  The AAA provides a guide, which is
huge and daunting, helpful, yes, but the SACC Notes version would have been
really great to have in hand.  I find that SACC people get to the heart of
what counts, and give the best guidlines -- we just aren't always very
formal about it.  In this case I think again the write up would b e helpful
to all concerned.


Mary Kay
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From: Mark Lewine [mlewine@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

Diane: Please find  a copy of your written "guide" for SACC officers, and
specifically, the letter for 5 Fields folks to publish...I am sure your
letter would be more civil and more effective than mine.
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Providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is a great idea.  In
fact, Ann Kaupp, Bob Muckle, Phil Naftaly, a couple of other folks (sorry I
can't remember all the names), and I worked on one.  Maybe it hasn't gotten
passed on?

Also, when I invited 5-fields presenters, I used a letter format from Bob
Muckle which told them right up front that their presentation would be
published.  One of them didn't submit, but I do think we got the others.  I
think if I had it to do over, I'd be even more specific that this would be
part of the contract with them.  (We do, after all, pay for their AAA
registration.)

Something else I'd like to discuss sometime is what should an intro course
definitely cover.  Our psychology folks have recommendations from the APA
which they use in course evaluations.

Cheers?
Dianne



-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Lloyd Miller
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:15 PM
To: Mark Lewine
Cc: SACC ListServ; Becky Stein-Frankle; Barbara Joans; Laura Gonzalez; Tony
Balzano; Bob Muckle (w); Dorothy Davis; Thomas B. Stevenson; Mark Lewine
(w); Nicole Ives; Ann Kaupp; George Thomas; Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum; Tim
Sullivan; Phil Stein; Mark Tromans; Barry Kass; Deborah Shepherd; George
Rodgers; Jo Rainie-Rodgers; Dianne Chidester; Mel Johnson; Margaret
Mitchell; Bill Byrne; Brian Donohue-Lynch; Barbara Mueller; Mary Gilliland;
Ellen Johnson; Stephanie Roberg-López; Omara Ben Abe; Linda Light; Linda
Light; Cynthia Ninivaggi; Dennis Kellogg; Autumn Cahoon; Ann Popplestone;
Frank Lagana; Pamela Maack; Marian McWhorter; Deborah Weber; Rebecca Cramer;
Jason Wenzel; Pat Hamlen
Subject: [SACC-L] Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha

Mark,

I think providing a written guide to future SACC presidents is an excellent
idea. I realize that ultimately, we cannot make our presenters write up
their presentations for publication. However, I've always felt that the real
value in the symposium was that the conference papers were both delivered
live and published for posterity. If I were a Five-Fields contributor and
felt that I had something worth saying, I would certainly want it to reach
more people than the relatively few who hear it live. (Remember the early
years when we sometimes didn't even have a minyan?)

I've noticed that the quality of written submissions by Five-Fields
contributors has improved. That may be due to a general increase in both
visibility of and respect for SACC (at least I like to think this). I hope
that this recent hiatus in submissions does not reflect a reversal of this
trend.

Lloyd


On Mar 12, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Mark Lewine wrote:

> One of the problems, I would suggest, is that we expect SACCers and
> faculty in general to know, respect, and act to preserve significant
> organizational history, particularly when it is a beloved cultural
> organization important to 'us'. I go to Five Fields at AAA because it is
> part of my 'responsibility' as a SACC member and leader, and I am proud of
> its importance to a national anthropology professional culture. When I was
> responsible for 5 Fields, I chose speakers for it that I thought
> represented their  subfields, told them that we provided registration fees
> and expected that he or she would relate a current issue in their field
> and deliver a paper for our publication.  But this is America where we
> cannot expect much understanding of any kind of organizational history,
> where less than 50% of people invited to anything with an RSVP even
> respond with one, and a sense of history of any kind lasts a short time if
> at all. So it is important to tell each President elect at each meeting
> what is expected and give them a written guide for accomplishing it. I
> would be glad to provide a written guide which would include not only the
> above, but how to properly 'market' the session with flyers and make sure
> we have a decent room size, and have at least one speaker with "name
> recognition", as well as how to "bug" slow paper submissions, if not
> boldly ask for copies at the session itself.
> From: Lloyd Miller
> To: SACC ListServ ; Becky Stein-Frankle ; Barbara Joans ; Laura Gonzalez ;
> Tony Balzano ; Bob Muckle (w) ; Dorothy Davis ; Thomas B. Stevenson ; Mark
> Lewine (w) ; Nicole Ives ; Ann Kaupp ; George Thomas ; Chuck & Gail
> Ellenbaum ; Tim Sullivan ; Phil Stein ; Mark Tromans ; Barry Kass ;
> Deborah Shepherd ; George Rodgers ; Jo Rainie-Rodgers ; Dianne Chidester ;
> Mel Johnson ; Margaret Mitchell ; Bill Byrne ; Brian Donohue-Lynch ; Mark
> Lewine ; Barbara Mueller ; Mary Gilliland ; Ellen Johnson ; Stephanie
> Roberg-López ; Omara Ben Abe ; Linda Light ; Linda Light ; Cynthia
> Ninivaggi ; Dennis Kellogg ; Autumn Cahoon ; Ann Popplestone ; Frank
> Lagana ; Pamela Maack ; Marian McWhorter ; Deborah Weber ; Rebecca Cramer
> ; Jason Wenzel ; Pat Hamlen
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:04 PM
> Subject: Fwd: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>
> Dear SACC colleagues,
>
> I'm forwarding to you the thread of a conversation among SACC board
> members about how to keep our publication, Teaching Anthropology: SACC
> Notes (TASN) alive. The immediate problem is that we have had no
> submissions for the spring 2011 issue. Please read (from the bottom up)
> and respond however you wish.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lloyd
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
>> Date: March 11, 2011 4:59:53 PM CST
>> To: Melvin Johnson <majohns1@...>
>> Cc: Laura Gonzalez <lagonzal@...>, <nicoleives@...>, Rebecca
>> Stein-Frankle <steinrl@...>, George Rodgers <grodgers@...>,
>> Autumn Cahoon <akcahoon@...>, <ann.popplestone@...>, Ann Kaupp
>> <kauppa@...>, Mary Kay Gilliland <mkgilliland@...>
>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It's good to hear commentary on this. I feel like the editor "coming in
>> from the cold" (with apologies to John Le Carré).
>>
>> Nicole, I agree with the others that you described the situation
>> insightfully. And I think your suggestion that someone write about the
>> evolution of community college teaching is good.
>>
>> Laura, the deadline is whatever we make it to be. In the past, I have
>> tried to space the two biannual issues so that spring comes out in time
>> for the SACC meetings and fall in time for the AAA meetings. However, we
>> even have more flexibility with an online mode because as soon as it's
>> proofed and ready to go, we plunk on the website, and poof! No waiting
>> three weeks for bulk mailing and no printing costs. So, if others feel as
>> you do and would submit articles, book and media reviews, commentaries on
>> the current human condition, etc., we'll have an issue.
>>
>> Mel, I have always favored, and still favor, print over reading text on
>> computer monitors. I think I've written that in the past. As a former
>> SACC treasurer, however, I think you can appreciate the sharp reduction
>> in production costs. A pianist I work with has special glasses for
>> reading music on the piano lyre, probably in the trifocal range. Are
>> these like yours? Anyway, we never limited spring issues exclusively to
>> Five-Fields presentations and the fall issue exclusively to those
>> presented in spring. I think we've always had a mix, and occasionally
>> have received an "over-the-transom" submission from a non-SACCer that
>> makes a worthwhile contribution.
>>
>> We have also had several theme issues that grew out of SACC panels at
>> AAA, notably Bob Muckle's on archaeology and Tony Balzano's on ethnicity.
>> If those can be organized, certainly they would be worthwhile and most
>> welcomed. I agree that we must change our publicity and strike the
>> statements about non-AAA member fees, etc. Now, the subscriber category
>> is gone and SACC membership is really defined as AAA membership. But
>> since both our website and listserv (the latter with Ann Popplestone as
>> gatekeeper) are free and open to the public, we don't know how many of
>> those who view or participate in either one are AAA members. In any case,
>> Mel, I agree that these are important issues and look forward to
>> confronting and hopefully resolving them.
>>
>> I'm going to forward this entire thread to the listserv and other SACCers
>> whose addresses I have (some of you will receive it several times; sorry)
>> in hopes that others will take up Laura's "call for papers." Whether or
>> not we require Five-Fields presenters to publish with us as part of the
>> invitation may be more a rethinking of that symposium than of TASN.
>> However, TASN's existence in whatever form will depend on SACC members,
>> not invited guests.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Lloyd
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Melvin Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Here is my two-cents worth--I personally do not like the digital
>>> version, because I have had to get special glasses to just deal with
>>> computer screens.  Print is preferable.  I agree I do not think going
>>> digital makes the attractiveness of SACCNotes less.  I did not submit
>>> things to SACCNotes when it was in print, so there you are.  However,
>>> perhaps what we need is a different forum for the papers.  Perhaps doing
>>> the 5-fields exclusively in the spring, and the spring meeting in the
>>> fall is not appropriate anymore.  Perhaps instead we should try to do
>>> more thematic issues, for instance one on teaching methodologies,
>>> student presentations or papers nominated for the student awards, one
>>> which deals exclusively with archaeology, theory, etc.  We also need to
>>> address the need for subscriptions.  Since SACCNotes is published online
>>> and that is available for all to see, why are we still charging a
>>> subscription fee to non-AAA members.  Perhaps we have many very BIG
>>> issues to confront, and now is as good a time as any!!
>>>
>>> Mel Johnson
>>>
>>> "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death." --Mame
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:52:04 -0800
>>> From: lagonzal@...
>>> To: nicoleives@...; lloyd.miller@...
>>> CC: majohns1@...; steinrl@...; grodgers@...;
>>> akcahoon@...; ann.popplestone@...; kauppa@...;
>>> mkgilliland@...
>>>
>>> I think Nicole sums up what we are all experiencing. However, I don't
>>> want to see SACC Notes end. It is a great way to get published for those
>>> of us who don't want to go through the rigamaroll of submitting to a
>>> peer-reviewed journal (and probably wouldn't get accepted anyway, at
>>> least in my case!). I don't believe that going digital has anything to
>>> do with it, just that people are swamped.
>>>
>>> Is the deadline long past for the Spring issue, Lloyd? Or could several
>>> of us work up something quickly?
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> From: Nicole Ives [mailto:nicoleives@...]
>>> Sent: Fri 3/11/2011 6:00 AM
>>> To: Lloyd Miller
>>> Cc: Mel Johnson; Becky Stein-Frankle; George Rodgers; Autumn Cahoon; Ann
>>> Popplestone; Ann Kaupp; Laura Gonzalez, T (Miramar); Mary Gilliland
>>> Subject: Re: item for board meeting agenda in Omaha
>>>
>>> Hi All -
>>>
>>> This is depressing - and I can't help but think it is a reflection of
>>> the shift in the way those of us who teach anthropology at community
>>> colleges deal with employment pressures.  I have 3 partially written
>>> articles that I've been wanting to submit since I joined SACC 3 years or
>>> so ago.  But, I work a full-time job and teach 2 classes a semester.  On
>>> top of this, I serve on various committees, work on various projects,
>>> and have various professional development commitments related to my
>>> full-time job.  Unfortunately, my full-time job, though not my passion,
>>> pays the bills and I have to make it my priority.   Excuses, excuses, I
>>> know - but, I just don't have the time to write articles! I think a lot
>>> of SACCers are in the same boat here.  So many of us are adjuncts and/or
>>> have to work additional jobs just to make ends meet or serve in other
>>> positions in addition to teaching.  My dream is to ONLY teach, then I
>>> could actually read books and write!
>>>
>>> I don't think we should end SACC Notes - I do think it is a reflection
>>> of how teaching at a community college has changed though.  Maybe
>>> someone should write an article about that - if they can find the
>>> time....
>>>
>>> Nikki
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Lloyd Miller <lloyd.miller@...>
>>> wrote:
>>> Sorry I've been out of touch for so long. Just returned home today from
>>> two and a half weeks of traveling. Wi Fi service was spotty and some
>>> glitch in my laptop's email software prohibited me from sending email,
>>> though I could receive it.
>>>
>>> We have a problem that needs discussion. Except for a second part of
>>> Jack Kelso's article from the fall 2010 TASN issue, I have not received
>>> a single submission for the spring issue. I sent out my usual
>>> invitations to the Five-Fields presenters and Mary Kay sent them
>>> reminders as well, but only one responded, saying,"Thanks for the
>>> invitation. I was just thinking about emailing," though never sent
>>> anything. Bob Muckle had also asked earlier if he could skip this issue
>>> with his "Archaeology Matters" column due to a heavier-than-usual
>>> workload.
>>>
>>> We also received no submissions from the SACC spring 2010 meetings in
>>> San Francisco, except for Cynthia Ninivaggi and Frank Lagana's papers.
>>> Fortunately, I had another of Frank's papers that I had misplaced from
>>> the previous year, so I published them both, and with Barry Kass's book
>>> review, Jack Kelso's paper and Bob's column, we had an issue.
>>>
>>> In the 20 years I've been editing TASN, this has never happened before.
>>> We've always received enough submissions-sometimes more than enough-to
>>> make thick, meaty issues. The only difference is that now we're digital
>>> rather than print. Could this be the reason? Digital should be easier
>>> for contributors; it is for me.
>>>
>>> So, the bottom line is that we don't have a spring issue. I think we
>>> need to discuss TASN's future. Perhaps it has outlived whatever
>>> usefulness and relevance it has had. Maybe contributors don't want to
>>> put forth the effort to publish in a non-peer-reviewed journal. Maybe
>>> the website and listserv by themselves meet all of SACC's communication
>>> needs. Perhaps someone still teaching, with fresh ideas and approach,
>>> should replace me. I would miss it, but will obligingly step aside if
>>> this is what's needed.

>>>
>>> Anyway, I look forward to seeing you all in Omaha.
>>>
>>> Lloyd
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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Delphia Harris
LeMoyne-Owen College
Candidate Statement

Layoffs, pay cuts, disregard of faculty input, withholding of critical
information, and attacks on tenure.  Many campuses currently feel more like a
war zone than an institution of higher learning.  And yet, I am privileged and
blessed to work on a campus where: mutual respect reigns, shared governance
flourishes, information is shared, and the finances are sound.

What relevance can such a campus have for those in the trenches?  We, too, have
been in the trenches.  We, too, have suffered and fought.  We have overcome many
obstacles.  We are the faculty of LeMoyne-Owen College.  Perhaps our story, a
story of hope, is just what is needed at such a time as this.  Perhaps that is
why I have been nominated for Chair of the Assembly of State Conferences.

I have been fortunate enough to serve on the Faculty of LeMoyne-Owen College for
6 years in the eighties and twelve more years since my return in 1999.  It is
the strength and courage of the LeMoyne-Owen Faculty Organization that have
formed and supported my professional career.

In 2000 our faculty came to a crossroads.  In May of that year, there was a
major layoff of college employees on a single day.  In October, it was announced
that the remaining employees would have a substantial pay cut.  The College was
in crisis:  a crisis of which we had no prior knowledge; a crisis in which the
faculty would be excluded from deliberations about solutions.  We hired an
attorney.

There were long anguished discussions.  We did not want to hurt the College in
the eyes of the community.  We wanted to solve our problems internally.  We
needed to be heard.  The College was in desperate need of our participation in
the deliberations.  In a final, impassioned plea to the Board of Trustees, we
asked for a role in the decision making with the statement: “Do not
underestimate the depth of our commitment to LeMoyne-Owen College.”  In 2001 we
filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board.  Thus began years of
legal battles, emotional battles, and daily battles in the workplace.  A small
faculty of 55, in solidarity, clung to each other and a fervent desire for
shared governance.  It felt like we were alone in the world, locked in an uphill
struggle.

Then unions started contacting us.  Slowly it dawned on us that the nation had
been watching.  We talked with representatives of various unions wondering what
we could possibly have in common with them, yet longing for the strength in
numbers that they offered.  Among those that contacted us was the AAUP.  They
came alongside us and walked with us.  Not only did they refresh our strength
and renew our hope, they knew faculty.  They had set the very standards and
policies for shared governance, due process, and professional conduct.  We were
not alone.

In 2003 our entire Faculty Organization affiliated as a Chapter of the AAUP. 
Since that time we have asked for help and guidance from the AAUP in many and
varied ways.  The national office has always been there for us.  And as we
continued our path within the AAUP, there was also a shift in the dynamics on
our campus.

The Board of Trustees approved faculty representation on Board Committees and
the Board itself.    The increased interaction between faculty and board members
fostered a mutual respect and appreciation of what each had to offer and
recognition of our joint commitment to the College.  President Watson included
two faculty members on his cabinet.  In 2008, we hosted a Shared Governance
Conference, for the Tennessee Conference on our campus.  The panelists included
two college presidents, Dr. Nathan Essex and our own President Johnnie B.
Watson, two of our Board members, Rev. James Armstrong and Robert Simpson, and
two faculty members from the national AAUP, Dr. Jane Buck and Dr. Glen Howze. 
We had received much from the AAUP and felt that it was time to give back.

In 2008, I accepted the nomination and was elected President of the Tennessee
Conference, on behalf of the Faculty Organization.  During my two years as
president, the state of Tennessee and many of its public institutions found
themselves in crisis.  We sought the aid of the national office and the response
was overwhelming and continuous.  The ASC and the staff provided resources and
personnel to assist us every step of the way.  We have received much from the
ASC and the national office and it is time to give back.

That is why I have accepted the nomination for Chair of the Assembly of State
Conferences.  Shared Governance is not just insisting on being heard when a
decision is made.  It also requires stepping to the plate, doing the work, and
making ourselves available when there is a need.

I stand before you as someone who:
•        has been a part of a faculty that felt alone, fighting an impossible
battle
•        felt the relief and invigoration when we joined the AAUP
•        has experienced the difference in a campus that a strong, courageous
faculty can make
•        sees the need and is working to institutionalize the strides that we
have made
•        has seen and worked on the challenges and opportunities faced by a
state conference
•        shares a message of solidarity and hope with those in the trenches
•        is offering to serve the Assembly of State Conferences

I offer you my skills, experience, and a desire to serve.  I believe that the
lessons learned at LeMoyne-Owen College and the Tennessee Conference, have
direct relevance to the challenges faced by higher education nationwide.  Donna
Potts brings a wealth of experience, as well.   Choose the candidate who best
meets the needs of the ASC at this time.

Delphia Harris is a Physical Chemist who has mentored thirty undergraduate
students in community-based environmental research projects.  She has served as
a tenured faculty member at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio,
University of St. Thomas in Houston, and LeMoyne-Owen, the Historically Black
College in Memphis, TN.  She currently serves as the Chair of the Division of
Natural & Mathematical Sciences.


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Anyone can play!
Smithsonian and MIT Partner to Turn Kids into Scientific Investigators
The Smithsonian Institution and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) will
launch VANISHED, an 8-week online/offline environmental disaster mystery game
for middle-school children, meant to inspire engagement and problem solving
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Developed and curated by MIT's Education Arcade and the Smithsonian, VANISHED is
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To navigate through the mystery game's challenges, participants will meet
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Online, VANISHED participants will take part in weekly tasks that help reveal
more of the mystery. They will develop and investigate hypotheses, work with
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help illustrate science concepts in order to unlock the secret of each aspect of
the mystery.
Offline, they must collect scientific data from their neighborhoods and search
for clues at Smithsonian affiliate museums across the country where exhibits
will explain an area of science or history that players will need to understand
to solve the mystery. Journal entries written by a game character will lead
VANISHED players in different areas of the country to local participating
museums, encouraging them to gather and decode clues. These local players report
their findings back to the entire VANISHED community to spark discussion and
hypotheses that in turn enable the story to progress and participants to inch
closer to solving the mystery. The Field Museum in Chicago and 17
Smithsonian-affiliated museums, including the Aerospace Museum of California,
the Museum of the Rockies and the Kansas Cosmosphere, have already signed on to
contribute to this online/offline experience.
"Current science instruction relies too heavily on memorization and activities
with predetermined outcomes causing many kids to lose interest in science and
have misconceptions about what it means to be a scientist," said Scot Osterweil
of MIT Education Arcade. "VANISHED will provide kids with real scientific
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tells us there is hunger for this kind of problem solving. We're eager to
provide to VANISHED participants the genuinely fun and engaging experience of
what it's like to be a scientist: trying to understand the unknown, asking why
something has occurred, searching for evidence and collaborating with other
investigators."


P. Ann Kaupp, Head
Anthropology Outreach Office
National Museum of Natural History
kauppa@...
(202) 633-1917
http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/outrch1.html




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Hi,

I just tried sending Mary Pulford an email and it came back since the
address is no longer valid.  Would someone please send me her current
email address.

Thanks.

Chuck Ellenbaum ><>

Hi Chuck,
Here's the address I have for Mary, let me know if it's no longer good.  
mhpulford@...
Best,
Beca

==============
Rebecca Cramer
missiontosonora@...
http://rcramer.web.arizona.edu

--- On Thu, 3/17/11, Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum <ellenbaumbridge@...> wrote:


From: Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum <ellenbaumbridge@...>
Subject: [SACC-L] Need email address for Mary Pulford
To: "List SACC-L" <sacc-l@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 1:45 PM


 



Hi,

I just tried sending Mary Pulford an email and it came back since the
address is no longer valid. Would someone please send me her current
email address.

Thanks.

Chuck Ellenbaum ><>










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Mary's email is mhpulford@...<mailto:mhpulford@...>

I called her to see if she'd consider coming to the meeting but she's traveling
and wanted me to say "hi" to everyone.



From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck
& Gail Ellenbaum
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:46 PM
To: List SACC-L
Subject: [SACC-L] Need email address for Mary Pulford



Hi,

I just tried sending Mary Pulford an email and it came back since the
address is no longer valid. Would someone please send me her current
email address.

Thanks.

Chuck Ellenbaum ><>



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apologies for cross posting- someone had just been looking for primate
references.
Mike





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From: .dan. <ddunfee@...>
To: ANTHRO-L <ANTHRO-L@...>
Sent: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 7:57 am
Subject: [ANTHRO-L] A New Evolutionary History of Primates


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110317172047.htm
This evolutionary history will be published on March 17 in the
pen-access journal PLoS Genetics.
snip
To date, available molecular genetic data applied to primate
ystematics has been informative, but limited in scope and constrained
o just specific subsets of taxa. Now, a team of international
esearches from the US, Brazil, France and Germany, have provided a
ighly robust depiction of the divergence hierarchy, mode and tempo
overning the extraordinarily divergent primate lineages. The findings
llustrate events in primate evolution from ancient to recent and
larify numerous taxonomic controversies. Ongoing speciation,
eticulate evolution, ancient relic lineages, unequal rates of
volution and disparate distributions of genetic insertions/deletions
mong the reconstructed primate lineages are uncovered.


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Thanks

See you soon at SACC Fest I hope.

Chuck ><>

On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Rebecca Cramer wrote:

> Hi Chuck,
> Here's the address I have for Mary, let me know if it's no longer
> good.
> mhpulford@...
> Best,
> Beca
>
> ==============
> Rebecca Cramer
> missiontosonora@...
> http://rcramer.web.arizona.edu
>
> --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum
> <ellenbaumbridge@...> wrote:
>
> From: Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum <ellenbaumbridge@...>
> Subject: [SACC-L] Need email address for Mary Pulford
> To: "List SACC-L" <sacc-l@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 1:45 PM
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just tried sending Mary Pulford an email and it came back since the
> address is no longer valid. Would someone please send me her current
> email address.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chuck Ellenbaum ><>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>



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Thanks.

Chuck ><>

On Mar 18, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Kaupp, Ann wrote:

> Mary's email is mhpulford@...<mailto:mhpulford@...>
>
> I called her to see if she'd consider coming to the meeting but
> she's traveling and wanted me to say "hi" to everyone.
>
> From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Chuck & Gail Ellenbaum
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:46 PM
> To: List SACC-L
> Subject: [SACC-L] Need email address for Mary Pulford
>
> Hi,
>
> I just tried sending Mary Pulford an email and it came back since the
> address is no longer valid. Would someone please send me her current
> email address.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chuck Ellenbaum ><>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>



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Dear Colleagues:

At the Omaha meetings, Marian McWhorter is chairing a panel of faculty "to
discuss unorthodox ways that they have found to meet the particular challenges
of teaching community college students." One of her scheduled participants
cannot make it in time and she's looking for a substitute.

If you are going to Omaha and, in Marian's words, "are not only a really good
teacher, but also innovative and gutsy enough to try off-the-grid strategies in
order to meet a classroom challenge," and would like to be on the panel, please
contact Marian at mjmcwhorte@....

Thank you, and see you soon!

Lloyd

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You have been sent an online news article from Lloyd Miller as a courtesy of
DesMoinesRegister.com.





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To view the contents on www.desmoinesregister.com, go to:
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Message:I thought this might be of interest.
Lloyd

Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)

http://bit.ly/flKFF6


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Hello,



I'm wondering if anyone teaches an experimental archaeology class, or
incorporates experimental archaeology activities into a traditional
archeology 101 type course? I am developing a new archaeology class for my
CC and I would really love to try to give it an experimental spin. My
background is cultural anth so I would really appreciate seeing a syllabus
from someone who has already tried this.



I appreciate any guidance!



Nina



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I'm currently teaching a course called "Ancient Technology" that's basically an
experimental archaeology course. It's currently being taught as an experimental
offering, but I'm putting it though curriculum as a regular offering for the
next time it's taught. My "regular" archaeology course also has a bit of an
experimental slant.

I'll send the syllabus to you off list...

Katrina Worley
kworley@...
--
History: special people in special places at special times
Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time.
                         K.Worley, 1997






On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Nina Brown wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone teaches an experimental archaeology class, or
> incorporates experimental archaeology activities into a traditional
> archeology 101 type course? I am developing a new archaeology class for my
> CC and I would really love to try to give it an experimental spin. My
> background is cultural anth so I would really appreciate seeing a syllabus
> from someone who has already tried this.
>
> I appreciate any guidance!
>
> Nina
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>



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they always hide behind "academic freedom"  ignoring the aspect of not
understanding basic parts of a science.
How understanding would the astronomer be of someone deciding that stars can't
have gravity,  it is just an illusion?
Mike Pavlik









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From: Fulara, Elise <fulara@...>
To: SACC-L <SACC-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 6:45 pm
Subject: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of
evolution




Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)

http://bit.ly/flKFF6

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Preaching to the choir here, I am sure, but it strikes me that this is the
“democracy” version of what happened in past centuries by papal fiat.  
Someone is declaring through legal authority rather than through the powers of
reason and understanding what is acceptable understanding of the world around
us.  And in a twist, it isn’t saying what people must believe, but is
“protecting” those who don’t “believe in” scientific conclusions from
those conclusions and their understanding.  What a world!







From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Anthropmor
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 10:01 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com; Anthro-l@...
Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners
of evolution






they always hide behind "academic freedom" ignoring the aspect of not
understanding basic parts of a science.
How understanding would the astronomer be of someone deciding that stars can't
have gravity, it is just an illusion?
Mike Pavlik

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From: Fulara, Elise <fulara@... <mailto:fulara%40cod.edu> >
To: SACC-L <SACC-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:SACC-L%40yahoogroups.com> >
Sent: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 6:45 pm
Subject: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of
evolution

Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)

http://bit.ly/flKFF6

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"Protected from evolution"....... Or, rather, protected from
academic/scientific standards of inquiry-on which academic understanding
and/or research is meant to be founded?  Amazing.



From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Fulara, Elise
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:43 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect
questioners of evolution





Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)

http://bit.ly/flKFF6

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





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Katrina, would you like your syllabus on the SACC website where we have a number
of other syllabi from SACC members? Visit http://saccweb.net/?page_id=53


P. Ann Kaupp, Head
Anthropology Outreach Office
National Museum of Natural History
kauppa@...
(202) 633-1917
http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/outrch1.html


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From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Katrina Worley
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 8:42 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Experimental Archaeology?

I'm currently teaching a course called "Ancient Technology" that's basically an
experimental archaeology course. It's currently being taught as an experimental
offering, but I'm putting it though curriculum as a regular offering for the
next time it's taught. My "regular" archaeology course also has a bit of an
experimental slant.

I'll send the syllabus to you off list...

Katrina Worley
kworley@...
--
History: special people in special places at special times
Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time.
                         K.Worley, 1997






On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Nina Brown wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone teaches an experimental archaeology class, or
> incorporates experimental archaeology activities into a traditional
> archeology 101 type course? I am developing a new archaeology class for my
> CC and I would really love to try to give it an experimental spin. My
> background is cultural anth so I would really appreciate seeing a syllabus
> from someone who has already tried this.
>
> I appreciate any guidance!
>
> Nina
>
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>
>



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Thanks for this, Elise. Probably they should include in their bill protection
for flat earthers, "birthers" and all the other loonies who have become
fashionable since the mid-term elections. I mean, fair's fair, huh!

Lloyd


On Mar 21, 2011, at 6:43 PM, Fulara, Elise wrote:

> Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)
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> http://bit.ly/flKFF6
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Both, actually. And furthermore, protected from having to confront
evidence-based policies.

Part of this, dear colleagues, is our being hoisted on our own petard.
It is, perhaps, *our* failure to make clear that, say, cultural
relativism does not mean that everything and anything goes and insist on
making the real issue of integrity of communities, beliefs, and
practices the REAL issue here. Or, say, the openness of the scientific
process: that we can never say for a fact what is TRUE, only what is
false; and that we can always be proved wrong in the future.

If you look carefully at these groups and what they say (and it is often
painful to do so), their critiques often revolve around these two
points. And, when Ray Eve writes that this is a struggle for control of
cultural reproduction (and not about climate or evolution or even
whether the material in Texas's history books have too great a "Hispanic
influence" ---yeah, someone on the state school board really said
that!), I think he is focusing on these issues.

They are the same issues --- in the broadest sense --- that
antievolutionists have been flogging since I got involved in this in the
late 70s: it's about the Umwelt, not the Science!

Anj


On 3/22/2011 09:04, Lynch, Brian M wrote:
>
> "Protected from evolution"....... Or, rather, protected from
> academic/scientific standards of inquiry-on which academic understanding
> and/or research is meant to be founded? Amazing.
>
> From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:SACC-L%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:SACC-L%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> Behalf
> Of Fulara, Elise
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:43 PM
> To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:SACC-L%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect
> questioners of evolution
>
> Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
> (Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)
>
> http://bit.ly/flKFF6
>
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I just came across this book description and think MDCSS members might find it
of interest.



Not for Profit

Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

Martha C. Nussbaum

Princeton University Press



"Martha Nussbaum is the most erudite and visionary scholar writing on higher
education today. Once again, she has laid out a novel and compelling argument
with all of the clarity and rigor we expect from her writing. Not for Profit
reminds us all that the deeper purposes of liberal education go well beyond
personal advancement or

national competitiveness. The real project is to educate responsible global
citizens who will champion democracy and human development, and who have the
skills to collaborate across differences and borders to solve pressing global
problems." -Grant H. Cornwell, president of the College of Wooster



In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a
passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of
education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because
they have rightly been seen as essential for creating competent democratic
citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education
has gone disturbingly awry both in the United States and abroad. Anxiously
focused on national economic growth, we increasingly treat education as though
its primary goal were to teach students to be economically productive rather
than to think critically and become knowledgeable and empathetic citizens. This
shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize
authority, reduced our sympathy with the marginalized and different, and damaged
our competence to deal with complex global problems. And the loss of these basic
capacities jeopardizes the health of democracies and the hope of a decent world.



In response to this dire situation, Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts
to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must
work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the
capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world.
Drawing on the stories of troubling-and hopeful-educational developments from
around the world, Nussbaum offers a manifesto that should be a rallying cry for
anyone who cares about the deepest purposes of education.



Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law
and Ethics in the Philosophy

Department, Law School, and Divinity School at the University of Chicago.

The Public Square

2010. 184 pages.

Cl: 978-0-691-14064-3 $22.95 | Ł15.95


P. Ann Kaupp, Head
Anthropology Outreach Office
National Museum of Natural History
kauppa@...
(202) 633-1917
http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/outrch1.html




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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Amy Goldenberg <agoldenberg@...>
> Date: March 22, 2011 2:08:05 PM CDT
> To: Amy Goldenberg <agoldenberg@...>
> Subject: AN Proposals on Memorials and Memorialization Now Due March 29
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the September issue of
Anthropology News will feature a thematic series on memorials and
memorialization. AN seeksproposals for essays that consider the range of ways
the death of individuals and groups are and have been commemorated, in addition
to how events are memorialized. AN encourages essays to explore this in terms of
research, fieldwork, collaborative projects, exhibits, teaching and more.
>
> To participate, email a 300-word abstract and 50–100-word biosketch to
Anthropology News Managing Editor Amy Goldenberg. We welcome proposals for In
Focus commentaries, Teaching Strategies essays, Field Notes articles, photo
essays, news stories and interviews. Proposals for photo essays should also
include up to five high resolution photographs (tiff or jpg), each with a
caption and credit. Selected authors will be notified of their status in early
May, and full articles—commentaries of 1,000-1,300 words or shorter pieces for
other article types—will be due July 1.
>
> Extended deadline for proposals: March 29.
>
> Please feel free to share this with any interested colleagues. The call is
available online at www.aaanet.org/issues/anthronews/CFP-memorials.cfm. You are
also to email me with any questions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Amy
>
>
> Amy Goldenberg, PhD
> Managing Editor, Anthropology News
> American Anthropological Association
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Hey, We're all "academically free" to offer ideas that are beyond the scope of
empirical observation/measurement through various schools of humanities,
philosophy or religious ordination.  There's plenty of room for discussion on
the history of thought concerning origins of life -- it's basic to cosmological
discussions in cultural anthro, and firmly ensconced elsewhere in many Western
civ courses of study.  When viewed this way it becomes clear that scientists
don't really have a quarrel with non-scientific matters; yet political
creationists have concocted elaborate quarrels with science.
It's all politics, to coin a phrase.  That's the only thing keeping this
non-issue alive.  Such politicans lack both a general and a specific
understanding of science, and further a cause through evangelical efforts.  
It's easy for such politicians to find college professors whose remarks suggest
that some of their ideas are not testable in any normal "positivist" sense, and
who aren't prepared at any given moment to clarify the rules of the academic
game or various histories of scientific thinking.  Of course there has been
over-reaction against intel design/creationism. The political efforts have often
been cause for alarm.
By the way, from this Texas outpost it appears there have been small rumblings
of maybe-positive change in the outlandish state Board of Ed situation.  I'm not
up on specifics.  Too lazy....
GT
 
Re: Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evol
    Posted by: "Anthropmor" anthropmor@...
    Date: Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:01 pm ((PDT))


they always hide behind "academic freedom"  ignoring the aspect of not
understanding basic parts of a science.
How understanding would the astronomer be of someone deciding that stars can't
have gravity,  it is just an illusion?
Mike Pavlik









-----Original Message-----
From: Fulara, Elise <fulara@...>
To: SACC-L <SACC-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 6:45 pm
Subject: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of
evolution




Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)

http://bit.ly/flKFF6






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Such politicans lack both a general and a specific understanding of science, and
further a cause through evangelical efforts.   It's easy for such politicians to
find college professors whose remarks suggest that some of their ideas are not
testable in any normal "positivist" sense, and who aren't prepared at any given
moment to clarify the rules of the academic game or various histories of
scientific thinking.  Of course there has been over-reaction against intel
design/creationism. The political efforts have often been cause for alarm.



agreed- but again, I have to stress, we don't call the other stuff "science,
biology etc".
Mike Pavlik





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From: George Thomas <broruprecht@...>
To: sacc-l <sacc-l@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 2:38 pm
Subject: [SACC-L] Re: Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners
of evol






Hey, We're all "academically free" to offer ideas that are beyond the scope of
empirical observation/measurement through various schools of humanities,
philosophy or religious ordination.  There's plenty of room for discussion on
the history of thought concerning origins of life -- it's basic to cosmological
discussions in cultural anthro, and firmly ensconced elsewhere in many Western
civ courses of study.  When viewed this way it becomes clear that scientists
don't really have a quarrel with non-scientific matters; yet political
creationists have concocted elaborate quarrels with science.
It's all politics, to coin a phrase.  That's the only thing keeping this
non-issue alive.  Such politicans lack both a general and a specific
understanding of science, and further a cause through evangelical efforts.  
It's easy for such politicians to find college professors whose remarks suggest
that some of their ideas are not testable in any normal "positivist" sense, and
who aren't prepared at any given moment to clarify the rules of the academic
game or various histories of scientific thinking.  Of course there has been
over-reaction against intel design/creationism. The political efforts have often
been cause for alarm.
By the way, from this Texas outpost it appears there have been small rumblings
of maybe-positive change in the outlandish state Board of Ed situation.  I'm not
up on specifics.  Too lazy....
GT

Re: Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evol
     Posted by: "Anthropmor" anthropmor@...
     Date: Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:01 pm ((PDT))

they always hide behind "academic freedom"  ignoring the aspect of not
understanding basic parts of a science.
How understanding would the astronomer be of someone deciding that stars can't
have gravity,  it is just an illusion?
Mike Pavlik

-----Original Message-----
From: Fulara, Elise <fulara@...>
To: SACC-L <SACC-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 6:45 pm
Subject: [SACC-L] Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of
evolution

Arlington (TX) lawmaker's bill would protect questioners of evolution
(Star-Telegram, 3/17/11)

http://bit.ly/flKFF6

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Dear SACC members,

I received this e-mail from a mentor of mine, Dr. Tracy Dietz, who now holds an
administrative position at the University of North Texas.  She is the General
Program Director for the Southwestern Social Science Association and her
organization is looking into expanding to include anthropology and thus will
need a program chair.  If you are interested in this position, please contact
her at:  Tracy.Dietz@....  Here is the message that she sent to me:
________________________________________________________________________________\
________________________________________________________________________________\
__________
I am the General Program Director for the Southwestern Social Science
Association. We are an umbrella organization for 7 disciplines -- sociology,
political science, economics, history, women's and gender studies, international
studies, and social work. The association would like to expand to include other
social sciences including anthropology. To do that, we would need a program
chair for anthropology. We will be meeting at the Manchester grand Hyatt in San
Diego, April 4-7, 2012. We had 292 sessions and 1332 people on the program this
year. A new discipline could be as big or as small as they would like to be. I
would expect them to be small at first.

There would be some advertising on our website, of course. But, the program
chair for the disciplinary affiliate/caucus would have to do a lot of the
legwork because they would not have been part of the group before.

www.sssaonline.org

________________________________________________________________________________\
________________________________________________________________________________\
__________
Professor Jason Brandon Wenzel, M.A.
Anthropology & Sociology
Brevard Community College
wenzelj@...

Help!

I've lost someone's address!

Here are the folks who want to present at "Teaching Evolutionary Ideas"

Nikki Ives
Ann Bragdon
Mary Kay Gilliland
Autumn Cahoon

AND Briana?  I've can't find the e-mail!

Are all of you members of AAA?

Could you send me your information so we can get the registration paid for you?

Thanks!

Dianne

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Dianne, Briana is in my dept., educator for the Human Origins Program. I
forwarded your email. Hers is pobinerb@...<mailto:pobinerb@...>.  Ann




From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dianne
C
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 1:42 PM
To: sacc-l@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] AAA Montreal



Help!

I've lost someone's address!

Here are the folks who want to present at "Teaching Evolutionary Ideas"

Nikki Ives
Ann Bragdon
Mary Kay Gilliland
Autumn Cahoon

AND Briana? I've can't find the e-mail!

Are all of you members of AAA?

Could you send me your information so we can get the registration paid for you?

Thanks!

Dianne

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