>Resent-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 21:24:41 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun May 15 21:24:40 2005 >From: "Shari Handley" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 23:24:20 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) >Importance: Normal >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/9754 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [STATE-COORD] Last Call - FGS Conference Lectures > >REMINDERLAST CALL!!! > >The USGenWeb Project is proud to announce that in celebration of our >10th >Anniversary, USGenWeb will sponsor a track at the 2006 Federation of >Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference. The conference will be held in >Boston , Massachusetts , home to the oldest genealogical society in the >United States and the local host for the 2006 conference - the New >England >Historic Genealogical Society, August 30-September 2, 2006 > >We are currently seeking proposals for lectures from members of the >USGenWeb >Project relating to the subject(s) of Technology and Genealogy, Using >Specific Projects or Aspects of USGenWeb, and Internet Publishing for >Genealogy (i.e. website development, website publicity, website >building, >strategies for converting data, etc.) > >Lecture sessions will be 50 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. >Two-part sessions are also welcome (i.e. two lecture periods). USGenWeb >will sponsor a total of 20 lecture sessions during the four day >conference. > > >While USGenWeb cannot offer compensation for travel, meals, or speaking >time, we can offer speakers the chance to participate on the program of >a >national genealogical conference, and share their methods and ideas to >hundreds of genealogists. In addition, selected speakers will receive a >complimentary free registration to the 2006 FGS Conference. > >Speakers may submit any number of proposals, and may be able to present >multiple lectures at the conference. Speakers are not required to have >spoken at a regional or national conference before, but are encouraged >to >have some experience teaching their topics. An example of a submission >may >be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylewis/callexample.htm. If you >have >any questions at all, please direct them to [email protected] > >Speakers will be required to submit syllabus information for their >lecture >by January 1, 2006. More detailed information on the syllabus will be >sent >to those speakers who are chosen. Notification of acceptance will be >sent >no later than June 1, 2005. > >Please send your submissions in PDF, Word, or WordPerfect format to >[email protected] no later than MAY 18, 2005. Submissions should >include: > >-Class Title >-Your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address >-Designation of audience level (beginning, intermediate, advanced) >-Length of presentation >-Class Description (1-2 sentences) >-Brief Class Outline >-Speaker Bio (2-3 sentences) >-Audio-Visual Needs >-List of Recent Lecture Experiences >-List of USGenWeb Involvement >Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to receiving your >proposals! > > USGenWeb at FGS 2006 Program Committee