President’s Column: Looking to 2011 and beyond !
Posted on January 4, 2011 by kcarlson | No Comments
By Eileen Wakiji, MLGSCA President
MLGSCA membership and renewal for 2011 will soon be available, as noted by Danielle Linden, 2010-2011 Membership Chair, in her December 22nd email to the “MLGSCA List.”
I would like to extend a special thanks to Ellen Aaronson (Finance Committee Co-Chair), Molly Harrington (Treasurer), and Danielle Linden (Membership Chair) for their work with the new registration company, Cvent, and their behind the scenes efforts.
The 2011 NCNMLG/MLGSCA Joint Meeting will be held in San Francisco February 23-26th. “The theme of the conference is ‘sustainability’ and will focus on how we can sustain our personal and professional lives in healthy ways, not just to survive, but to thrive.”
Please consider attending and also participating. Early registration for the Joint Meeting is January 10th. The deadline for paper and poster submissions has been extended to Friday, January 14th. MLGSCA will have a business meeting on February 24th.
At the MLGSCA Advisory Council (AC) August 6, 2010 Budget Meeting, the AC passed a motion not to have a Joint Meeting in 2012 (since MLGSCA would have been responsible for that meeting) and to use the time to contemplate a 2013 Joint Meeting. In addition to the financial reasons for not having a 2012 Joint Meeting, the fact that MLA’s annual meeting will be in Seattle, May 18-23, 2012 was another consideration.
I hope to see you in San Francisco at the 2011 Joint Meeting. And now that our January through December membership year has begun, I want to extend to you a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and Peaceful 2011!
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