Midyear Meeting Program Committee
2001-2002

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 2003 program committee will be made before February 2002.

Chair:

Beth Kern
Indiana University-South Bend
School of Business and Economics
P.O. Box 7111
South Bend, IN 46634
Phone: (219) 237-4352
Fax: (219) 237-4866
Email: bkern@iusb.edu

Members:

Steve Dilley (Michigan State University)
Merle Erickson (University of Chicago)
Jeffrey Gramlich (University of Hawaii)
Phillip Harmelink (University of New Orleans)
Doug Izard (KPMG, LLP)
Bruce Lubich (American University)
Suzanne Luttman (Santa Clara University)
Gil Manzon (Boston College)
Nancy Nichols (James Madison University)
Shelley Rhoades-Catanach (Villanova University)
Roxanne Spindle (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
John Wilguess (Oklahoma State University)

Charge:

1. Plan the 2002 Midyear Meeting including session topics, speakers, rooms, meals, and breaks.

2. Coordinate a research session and the new faculty/doctoral student research session with the chair of the Research Methodologies Committee.

3. Coordinate the legal and education research sessions with the chairs of the legal research and education research committees.

4. Coordinate a teaching session with the chair of the Teaching Resources Committee.

5. Arrange for a luncheon speaker and an appropriate gift or honorarium.

6. Handle all on-site activities.

7. Promote the meeting at the 2001 Annual Meeting by providing a preliminary program and information about meeting and hotel registration.

8. Secure evaluations of meeting components (program, speakers, food, hotel, etc.) at the Midyear Meeting. Forward summary data to President-elect and Vice President-elect for planning the following year's Midyear Meeting. Submit a complete report to the Trustees.

9. Assist the Vice President-elect with planning for the 2003 Midyear Meeting.