[Sig-l] New Member Brunch

['Dick Hill']

[From Caryn Anderson <caryn.anderson at simmons.edu>  Dikc]

Greetings SIG leaders,

It is time, once again, to think about your opportunity to reach out
to new members and first time conference attendees!

As many of you know, the New Member Brunch was a huge success last
year. One of the new strategies that Elise Lewis and I implemented
was to engage SIGs in the event by having your SIG provide 50 copies
of an information sheet about your SIG. We placed these sheets on
tables that we designated for your SIG (sharing with one or two other
SIGs). In this way, new members and first-time attendees could choose
to sit at a table that matched their interests and talk with other
like-minded new members/attendees. In many cases, a representative
from your SIG attended and was able to share information directly
with these newcomers and later introduce them to colleagues during
the conference. We received very positive feedback about this
strategy and plan to do it again this year.

How to participate in the 2006 New Member Brunch:

1. If your SIG wishes to participate, please let me (Caryn Anderson -
caryn.anderson at simmons.edu) know as soon as possible. Please tell me
whether you will deliver fliers only or whether you will also send a
representative. ** Please do not send more than one representative.
**

2. Create a ONE-PAGE information sheet (two sides okay) about your SIG
and bring 50 copies of that flyer to the Annual Meeting. You will be
able to leave your fliers in a box at the registration desk (marked
"New Member Brunch fliers") or you can deliver them to the meeting
room at 11a (event starts at 11:30a). After the event, leftover
fliers will be placed in the lobby.

I look forward to hearing from you soon so that we will know which
SIGs are participating.

Thanks for helping to make the newcomers feel welcome!

Cheers,
Caryn