New Orleans and the national organizations -- please read

[Francoise Rosset]

> However, as language teachers, many with connections to national
> organizations, we can urge these organizations to schedule their
> conferences and conventions in New Orleans.  The city is again able 

Absolutely, this would help. (Other things would help even
more radically, but that would get us into a political discussion).
Isn't MLA (and therefore AATSEEL) considering New Orleans for
the convention in 2007, or did I just imagine that?

Also, if you go to the convention, consider bringing family and
friends. I went to New Orleans for the 2004 (?) SCMLA convention
and brought my teenage son. We did many more cultural things,
went to many more music venues, and spent a whole lot more money.
But make sure you spend that money in truly local businesses.
Most of the tourist souvenir shops are now owned by national
concerns that have nothing to do with the local economy -- and
import their personnel.
-FR

Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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