Notes from Dr B. 3/30/10

(If you are getting this message for the first time, I need to let you know that I am co-chairing the Site Committee for the Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference to held in Akron at the Akron City Centre Hotel October 2010 and October 2011.  Most of you are my doctoral students and I am enlisting your aid in making this conference work and for you to work.  This is a request, so please tell me if you can not chair a subcommittee or work with someone else or have question.)

Finished a skype meeting with Stephanie Springgay, Council President, and Julie Mauldin, chair of the Finance Committee.  We need to get some thing completed.  Therefore at this point, I would like individuals to volunteer to serve on and direct three (sub)committees within the Site Committee.  (This will not be the last request for subcommittee directors and you may volunteer for other subcommittees.  Also, if you do not mind please suggest other committees that you see forming in the future.)

In each of the subcommittees listed and at this time, we need to produce a description, sell-the-idea, to present to Council via the Council wiki.  Note "*" indicates topics that need to posted to Council ASAP.  Other events need to be posted soon than later

*Book Talk/Fireside Chat

Francis (the Site Committee) has proposed offering these at lunch hour. The spaces that the site committee has found are cafes which would mean people can attend the book talk and eat (after purchasing) their lunch. 

venues:  
Hattie's Cafe (http://www.hattielarlham.org/cafe/)

at Akron Summit Public Library main branch

at Akron Art Museum

Mocha Maiden

Greystone Hall (http://www.greystonehall.org/) - a little more work

others? (take walk down the Main Street-side)

cost (rental): 
$0.00 can we exchange potential lunch purchases by participants for "rent"

location:
generate a map of venues

menus:
up/download as pdf

*Field Trips

Site committee has a number of sites that could be offered as off site visits. The idea would be to envision them as additional sessions.

venues:
Crouse Elementary School (Crouse Caring Community) (http://www.akronschools.com/schools/home/index.dot?schId=10618)

Stewart Afrocentric School (http://www.akronschools.com/schools/home/index.dot?schId=10632); 

National Inventors’ Hall of Fame STEM Middle School (http://www.akronschools.com/schools/home/index.dot?schId=16191)

Akron Opportunity Center (http://www.akronschools.com/schools/home/?schId=16020); 

transportation

Cost:
max. $5.00 via Akron METRO (http://akronmetro.org/index4.html)

Transportation

Air:
CAK and CLE (and PIT)

Ground
CAK to Akron City Centre Hotel (http://www.akroncitycentrehotel.com/) to CAK

CLE to Akron City Centre Hotel

Wednesday Reception (??? and Francine Dimitriou, only if at the hotel)

Wed Reception is still pending. The site committee is still looking at options.   Francis in Decatur we went to a bar. It was a cash bar, and there were heavy h’orderves served. Just as an example.

HELP!!!!!!

Note: Rendville Art Works (http://www.rendvilleartworks.org/Rendville_Art_Works/Welcome.html) is out for 2010 as we can not find gallery space, but something Doug and I want to include for 2011.

Thursday with Body Massage (??? and Francine Dimitriou)

Francis, can you prepare a brief description of this, including the band, and a budget for this event to then submit to council via the wiki for discussion? Thank

Friday Night (Francine Dimitriou)

There is a large banquet style room on the top floor of the hotel which we have reserved with our contract. The proposal currently is to host a) a pre-dinner cash bar and poster session, b) dinner c) dancing and dj.  Francis will provide a budget for this

preDinner
Poster Session and cash Bar (went over well)

Dinner
about 125 people

postDinner
dancing and dj or  (alternative “community-building” and entertainment, such as a “glee-sing-a-long” and/or “Karaoke”  )

As I am working on developing suggestions should be have a (web)site to be a go-to-place to post information?  If so, how do we do what we need?

this email is too long for me, but necessary.  HELP!