SLA sessions

[gabriella Modan]

In response to Laura's message (okay, maybe I shouldn't speak for John but
I'm hoping he won't mind and am sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong), I
think the issue is not which sessions get chosen by the program chair for
the final program, but rather how sessions are organized to begin with --
whether panel organizers work through already-established networks, or put
out open calls for panel submissions, or some combination of both.

Galey Modan

At 10:18 AM 1/25/02 -0600, you wrote:
>John Clark's statement "SLA's manner of organizing sessions, which relies
>heavily on face-to-face, who-you-know networks" is not accurate.  As the
>former SLA Program Chair, I can assure everyone that in the majority of
>cases, SLA sessions selected for the program were organized by people I
>did not know, had never met, and were not part of any secret network. They
>were selected solely because they had academic merit. In addition, CAE is
>the only section, out of around 35, that does it in the way described. The
>reason is that they are a very very small section, and are able to
>logistically accomplish it. SLA is much too large to do it that way, given
>AAA time constraints.