[ARETE] RE Conference

[derek paar]

hey again
sounds good. a virtual hoisting of a fine beer.
rick
> On May 5, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Wedge, Philip C. via Sport_literature_association <sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
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> To: Wedge, Philip C. <pwedge at ku.edu <mailto:pwedge at ku.edu>>; joyced1001 at cs.com <mailto:joyced1001 at cs.com> <joyced1001 at cs.com <mailto:joyced1001 at cs.com>>; sdpeterson1890 at gmail.com <mailto:sdpeterson1890 at gmail.com> <sdpeterson1890 at gmail.com <mailto:sdpeterson1890 at gmail.com>>
> Subject: RE Conference
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> Dear Phil, Scott, and Joyce. 
> Joyce and Scott would you look this over and if it passes muster have Phil send it out?
> Thanks,
> Bruce 
> TO: ARETE LIST SERVE
> FR: BRUCE PRATT PROGRAM CHAIR
> RE: SLA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE UPDATE
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> Friends: It has been as Irish a morning as we get here on the Midcoast of Maine—patches of sun-splashed denim skies one moment then a cloak of dark clouds pours rain on us as the wind stirs the greening grass and bends the naked birches like supplicants at the rail. It seems fitting weather on a day when we mourn the loss of Dennis Gildea, a fine man and beloved colleague. He was the program chair for the first conference I attended and his kind words on the story I read and the warm welcome from the group made me an SLA lifer. The conference will, of course, include a tribute to Dennis, but when we next convene we’ll surely raise a glass to toast his honesty, wisdom, humor, and decency in a more personal way. I will give preference to Dennis’s Springfield College colleagues Kyle Belanger and Rick Parr along with longtime SLA members who wish to be part of the tribute. 
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> Scott and I have received a slew of recent abstracts and will be adding a third session. As Joyce has wisely pointed out, no one wants to spend a full eight hours in front of a screen on the same day, so session three will be on day three. 
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> It will take a few days before I can get a tentative schedule together. As we will proceed by U.S. Eastern Time, I would ask that all non-North American based presenters send me a preferred time for their presentation—morning or afternoon—immediately and I will do my very best to accommodate them. We have presenters from Europe and Australia so some of the sessions may not be as focused on one subject as has traditionally been the case. 
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> We are in uncharted waters, but Scott and I will do our best to plot a sound course and make this as rewarding an experience as we can. Jeremy Larance is working on the technical end of things and Joyce, Scott and I are in that loop as well. 
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> Many veteran presenters have sent notes saying they will attend but not present so we can get more of the folks who were unable to join us in France last summer on the program. One more reason I love SLA.
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> I will be in touch soon.
> Bruce
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