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Indy Events and Restaurants

Bob — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:09:59 +0000

Janna Bennett of the 2009 Program Committee and a member of the staff at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis asked that I post this PDF to the blog Indianapolis Events and Restaurants.pdf (83). For those of you going to Indy, it contains a wealth of info on restaurants and goings-on. Thanks Janna!

Last minute details

Bob — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:53:09 +0000

I’ve gotten quite a few emails and phone calls this week for final preparations for the annual meeting in Indianapolis. I admit that I go into it a bit frazzled of brain as we finish up last-minute details but I also look forward to the energy of being around my peers for almost a week.

From the sessions from which I learn so much, to provocative speakers, to evening events that give us a chance to visit what Indy has to offer, to the on- and offline conversations continually happening, the AASLH annual meeting is one of the highlights of my year.

So amidst typing and printing agendas, making sure all of the appropriate files are on my USB stick, finalizing PowerPoint presentations, and normal job duties, I am one slightly tired but very excited “history geek.” (I just hope I don’t forget my ties again, like I did for AAM in Philly.)

I hope that y’all will follow along on the blog, Twitter, or register for our online conference. And I look forward to seeing/hearing from many of you once we hit Indianapolis.

Prepping for the Annual Meeting

Bob — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:06:09 +0000

Our Annual Meeting is several weeks earlier this year than usual so things are ramping up very, very quickly.

We have another fine crew of bloggers scheduled to bring you regular posts about this year’s annual meeting. In addition, we are asking Twitterers (is that a word?) to use the hashtage #aaslh2009 in their Tweets so that folks can follow these as well.

We are also excited to be offering our first-ever online conference concurrent to the onsite annual meeting. For details and a session schedule see: http://www.aaslh.org/online09

Last, Carol Kammen put into words much more eloquently than I the experience of attending and annual meeting in the attached PDF which you can find here Carol Kammen - In the Company of Our Peers (137)

I look forward to seeing many of you next week and hearing from those of you who cannot join us.

Bob Beatty