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ACRL Conference--Detroit: Request for Volunteers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nancy Buchanan)
Fri Dec 11 20:11:42 1998
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:09:06 -0500
From: Nancy Buchanan <NBuchanan@UH.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Return-path: <svpatter@oakland.edu>
>Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 13:08:00 -0500
>From: Shawn Patterson <svpatter@oakland.edu>
>Subject: ACRL Conference--Detroit: Request for Volunteers
>X-Sender: svpatter@mail.oakland.edu
>To: nbuchanan@UH.EDU
>
>To list moderator:
>Would it be possible for you to forward the following message to the PACS-L
>list?
>
>Thanks,
>Shawn Patterson
>
>**************
>Please forgive any cross-posting.
>
>On behalf of the ACRL Local Arrangements Volunteer Committee,
>this message invites you to assist in the work of the Committee by
>volunteering your time at the ACRL Conference in Detroit, MI, on April 8 -
>11, 1999. Volunteers are needed (minimum time-block = 2 hours) to assist
>us in the following areas:
>
>1. Hospitality Desk -- Staffers needed for Thursday-Sunday, all day
>and some evening hours.
>
>2. Local Tours -- To assist conferees at bus pick-up spots for Local
>Tours.
>
>3. Meeting Room Assistants -- To check room set-up, distribute
>hand-outs, etc. Assistants will be expected to arrive one half-hour before
>a session begins, stay for the session, and leave after the speakers have
>left. (A high number of volunteers are needed for all Conference sessions,
>including Conference within a Conference.)
>
>4. All-Conference Reception -- To assist as needed.
>
>5. Host Dutch Treat Dinner with Colleagues -- To assist with sign-up,
>making reservations, providing transportation (i.e. volunteers with cars),
>and driving conferees to dutch-treat dinner at local restaurants selected
>by volunteer-host.
>
>6. Signage -- To put up signs and easels, take them down at the end
>of the conference, and return easels to the Exhibits Decorator at the end
>of the conference.
>
>7. Technology Room -- To assist users with e-mail, Internet access,
>etc. Attendance at orientation session will be required. Staffing
>assignments will be made in minimum two-hour blocks.
>
>NOTE: You must be registered to attend the conference. Detailed written
>instructions will be provided to you once you have sent in your Volunteer
>Form (below) and the volunteer assignments have been made.
>
>If you would like to volunteer, please complete and return the form
>below by January 30, 1999, so the Committee can begin making
>specific assignments. We will make every effort to assign you to the
>choices given. Please refer to the ACRL preliminary program that lists
>session topics, times etc. to help you to complete the form.
>
>We will try to notify you of the dates and times assigned but if you do
>not receive notification before leaving for Detroit, please check at the
>Hospitality Desk for the list.
>
>If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
>
>Sincerely,
>Shawn V. Patterson
>Assistant, ACRL Local Arrangements Volunteer Committee
>
>********************************************************
>American Library Association
>ACRL Conference--Detroit
>April 8-11, 1999
>
>VOLUNTEER FORM
>
>I. Please indicate your first three (3) choices for AREAS where you
>would like to work:
>
>A. First Choice _______________________________________
>
>B. Second Choice _____________________________________
>
>C. Third Choice _______________________________________
>
>
>II. Please indicate your first three (3) choices for DATES and TIMES when
>you will be available to work:
>
> DATE TIME
>
>A. First Choice __________________________________________
>
>B. Second Choice ________________________________________
>
>C. Third Choice __________________________________________
>
>
>III. Please indicate dates and times you would NOT be available to work:
>
>DATE TIME
>
>________________________________________________________
>
>________________________________________________________
>
>________________________________________________________
>
>
>Name ___________________________________________________
>
>
>Mailing Address __________________________________________
>
> __________________________________________
>
> __________________________________________
>
>
>Telephone _______________________________________________
>
>E-mail __________________________________________________
>
>Conference Hotel (if known) _________________________________
>
>This form may be e-mailed, faxed, or sent by surface mail to the ACRL
>Volunteer Committee Co-Chair:
>
>Margaret E. Auer, Dean
>University Libraries
>University of Detroit Mercy
>P.O. Box 19900
>Detroit, MI 48219-0900
>Voice: (313) 993-1090 Fax: (313) 993-1780
>E-mail: auerme@udmercy.edu
>
>*************************************************************
>
>______________
>Shawn Patterson
>Assistant Professor
>Kresge Library Internet:svpatter@oakland.edu
>Oakland University Phone: 248-370-2493
>Rochester, MI 48309-4401 Fax: 248-370-2474
>
>
>
Nancy Buchanan
NBuchanan@uh.edu
Coordinator of Electronic Resources
University of Houston Libraries
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-2091
phone: (713) 743-9763
fax: (713) 743-9778
