[Sigcabinet] New Members/New Attendees Brunch at ASIS&T'09

[Heather D. Pfeiffer]

Greetings SIG leaders,

I sent out on Wednesday that the membership committe is preparing for
the New Members/New Attendees Brunch at ASIS&T'09.  We need your help
to make this a success. We need you to provide 50 copies of a ONE-PAGE
information sheet about your SIG. We will placed these sheets on
tables designated for your SIG so that new members and first-time
attendees can choose to sit at a table that matched their interests
and talk with other like-minded members/attendees. It would be good if
a representative from your SIG is able to attend and share information
directly with these newcomers and later introduce them to colleagues
during the conference. In the past we have received very positive
feedback about this strategy and so are doing it again this year.

How to participate in the 2009 New Member/New Attendee Brunch:

1.  If your SIG wishes to participate by providing fliers, please let
    me (Heather, hdp at cs.nmsu.edu or heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com) know
    as soon as possible. Please tell me whether you will deliver
    flyers only or whether you will also send a representative. **
    Please do not send more than one representative. **

2.  Create a ONE-PAGE information sheet about your SIG and bring 50
    copies of that flyer to the Annual Meeting. You will be able to
    leave your flyers in a box at the registration desk (marked: New
    Member/New Attendee Brunch flyers). After the event, leftover
    flyers will be placed in the lobby.

3.  Last year, we were able to provide a real "brunch" instead of the
    traditional continental breakfast because several of the SIGs gave
    a small donation.  This year, the SIG Cabinet will provide funds
    for food for this event in the name of all the SIGs out of a
    special Project Fund; however, if your group would like to have a
    short period of time, about 2 minutes, to talk about your SIG
    please indicate by email to Heather (email: hdp at cs.nmsu.edu or
    heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com) by October 31st so that we can put
    you on the agenda.  Please be sure to indicate in your email which
    SIG you are and the name of your representative that will speaking.
    If you forget to email, you are still very welcome at the brunch,
    we just will not have you on the agenda for speaking.


I look forward to hearing from you soon, as we are three weeks away,
so that we will know which SIGs are participating.

Thanks for helping to make the newcomers feel welcome!

Sincerely,

-Heather D. Pfeiffer, PhD
hdp at cs.nmsu.edu
heatherdpfeiffer at gmail.com