[adhoc] Re: PC chair, 2006

Folks,

Thanks to John for the message and pointing to the relevant documents. I'm in
a
real rush at the moment (have a student finishing up and needing last minute
stuff for doctorate..), so I've not had time to look at the programme yet to
find a meeting slot (or two), but will do so in the next day or two.

However, I would like to make it known now already that I am very keen on
sorting out the call for papers during Victoria into its final format - since
we are a bit behind, Paris hasn't got any bumpf materials yet and thus I
thought that it would be good if we could iron this out so that the call could
be (possibly) distributed at the very end of the conference - or as close to
that as possible. SO, as John mentioned, could you please look at the previous
call, the documents up on the website, and think about any possible changes we
might have to make to the basic call draft (it's supposed to be a basic
outline, but slightly modified from year to year to reflect what the PC
thinks...). Personally, I'd prefer not to give the conference a theme - I think
the theme of publicising a new name will be more than enough - but I'm waiting
to hear what the rest of you think.

LL

Quoting John Unsworth <unsworth_at_uiuc.edu>:

> Folks,
>
> Under rules agreed upon by ALLC and ACH during the past year, the
> program committee chair for the annual joint conference is now
> selected by the joint steering committee of the umbrella organization
> called ADHO (http://www.digitalhumanities.org/).
>
> The votes in that selection process are now in, and Lisa Lena Opas-
> Hänninen is elected chair of the Program Committee for ALLC/ACH 2006--
> a conference that will most likely be the first to be known as
> Digital Humanities [2006].
>
> Other members of the Program Committee already appointed by their
> associations are:
>
> # Alejandro Bia (ALLC)
> # Paul Fortier (ALLC)
> # Kevin Hawkins (ACH)
> # Simon Horobin (ALLC)
> # Lorna Hughes (ACH)
> # Stéfan Sinclair (ACH)
> # John Unsworth (ACH)
>
> Please stay tuned for a request from Lisa Lena to meet during the
> conference at Victoria: under normal circumstances, the program
> committee for 2006 should already have been convened, but its
> progress has been delayed by the transition to new rules of
> engagement for ALLC and ACH. As Chair of the ADHO Steering
> Committee, I apologize for this delay, and I urge the members of the
> Program Committee to make time during the Victoria conference to meet
> and get the process started--old hands (of whom there are many on
> this committee) will recognize the importance of this opportunity to
> meet, coordinate, and plan for the year to come.
>
> I also recommend to the attention of PC members the draft documents at:
>
> http://www.digitalhumanities.org/adho/conferences/
> conf.protocol_5.05.html
> and
> http://www.digitalhumanities.org/adho/conferences/conf.annex_5.05.html
>
> These documents are up for final approval by the ALLC and ACH
> executive committees, during their Victoria meetings, hence their
> draft status--but it is likely that something like these documents
> will govern future conferences, including the one in 2006, so PC
> members may wish to familiarize themselves with them before a meeting
> in Victoria.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Unsworth
>
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