Midyear Meeting Program Committee
2002 - 2003

Note: Members of this committee are appointed very early so that they can meet at the previous year’s meeting to begin planning the program. Appointments to the 2004 program committee will be made before February 2003.

Chair:

Amy Dunbar
University of Connecticut
Department of Accounting U-41A
School of Business Administration
368 Fairfield Road
Storrs, CT 06269-1041
Phone: (860) 486-5138
Fax: (860) 486-4838
Email: adunbar@sba.uconn.edu

Members:

Marcel Escoffier (Florida International University)
Robert Halperin (University of Illinois)
Zite Hutton (Western Washington University)
Beth Kern (Indiana University South Bend)
Lil Mills (University of Arizona)
Linda Nelsestuen (University of New Orleans)
Nancy Nichols (James Madison University)
Sara Nutter (George Mason University)
John Phillips (University of Connecticut)
Shelley Rhoades-Catanach (Villanova University)
Robert Ricketts (Texas Tech University)
Jim Seida (University of Notre Dame)
Gillian Spooner (KPMG)

Charge:

  1. Plan the 2003 Midyear Meeting including hotel selection, session topics, speakers, rooms, meals and breaks.
  2. Coordinate a research session and a new faculty/doctoral session with the Research Methodologies Committee
  3. Coordinate a teaching session with the Teaching Resources Committee.
  4. Coordinate the Legal and Education Research sessions with the chairs of the Legal Research and Education Research committees.
  5. Coordinate a Graduate Tax Education session with the Chair of the Graduate Tax Education Committee.
  6. Coordinate an internship and faculty experiences session with the External Relations Committee.
  7. Coordinate a New Faculty Breakfast with the New Faculty Concerns Committee.
  8. Arrange for a luncheon speaker and an appropriate gift or honorarium.
  9. Handle all on-site activities.
  10. Promote the meeting at the 2002 Annual Meeting by providing a preliminary program and information about meeting and hotel registration.
  11. Secure evaluation of meeting components (Program, speakers, food, hotel, etc.) at the Midyear Meeting. Forward summary data to the President-elect and Vice President-elect for planning the following year's Midyear Meeting. Submit a complete report to the Trustees.
  12. Assist the Vice President-elect with planning for the 2004 Midyear Meeting