Thursday, October 27, 2005
AALL Online Election Polls About to Open
Watch your email! The AALL election for Vice President and Executive Board members will commence on Tuesday, November 1st via email ballot. Candidate biographies and statements can be found here. Online voting is quick and very easy, a few mouse clicks and you are done so please be sure to vote. The polls will be open until midnight December 1st.
Annual Meeting Preliminary Scheduling Forms due November 1st
Preliminary Scheduling Forms for the 2006 Annual Meeting in St. Louis are due to Pam Reisinger, Director of Meetings, by November 1. This deadline ensures that your meeting/event will be listed in the Preliminary Program which mails with the December issue of Spectrum. All Chapter Presidents, SIS, Committee and Caucus Chairs were mailed a letter, scheduling form and Annual Meeting schedule in September.
Affiliate groups (law school alumni groups, user groups, paid exhibitors) should return the affiliate scheduling form no later than November 11 to ensure listing in the Preliminary Program.
All Preliminary Scheduling Forms for meetings/events received after the November deadline and by May 1 will be scheduled as space is available and will be listed only in the Final Program, distributed onsite.
AALL Centennial FAQs now on the AALL Centennial Website
Have you found yourself wondering: Why is AALL celebrating its 100th anniversary its centennial at the 99th Annual Meeting next summer in St. Louis? or, Why do some people refer to A.J. Small as the "George Washington of AALL?" Do you know when and why special interest sections were developed? What was the first AALL chapter? Has CONELL always been a part of the AALL Annual Meeting?
If you are scratching your head about now, not sure of the answers to these and other questions about AALL and its history, then you need to visit the newest feature of the AALL Centennial Website, "AALL Centennial FAQs." You will find these and other questions answered on this page, along with an invitation to submit questions about other things related to AALL which have left you puzzled and in the dark.
Go White Sox!
Sincerely,
Susan E. Fox, CAE
Executive Director