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Each year we hear from members that they appreciate the many opportunities at the annual meeting for impromptu conversations, discussions of professional issues, and new contacts and plans. At this year's annual meeting, session rooms will be available to registrants who would like a place to host informal discussions or "chat rooms." We invite you to suggest a topic--some burning issue; new goal; interesting perspective; future project; ideas for future conferences, workshops, or symposia--for you and other colleagues to address.
Samples of previous chat rooms included:
- Reparations for Slavery. An open and candid meeting for participants to bring concerns, questions, hopes, and fears about movement for reparations for slavery.
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Historic Preservation. A discussion about the role historians can play in assisting HBCUs with preservation efforts at these institutions.
- Marking the Sixtieth Anniversary of FDR's Economic Bill of Rights Proposal. A conversation about the continuing relevance of the Economic Bill of Rights concept and ways to mark the anniversary.
2005 Chat Room Submission Procedures
- Proposers should
with the topic of discussion. Proposers are the point persons who agree to be responsible for finding the room assigned, greeting the other discussants, and beginning the conversation.
- Chat room proposals should be no more than 150 words in length and should speak to the purpose and potential audience of the planned discussion. (Chat rooms are public and open to anyone who registers for the 2004 Annual Meeting.)
- Chat room proposals that arrive and are accepted by 15 September 2003 will appear in the Annual Meeting Program, on the OAH annual meeting web site, and in the Onsite Program, which is distributed to registrants at the annual meeting.
- Proposals that arrive and are accepted by 15 January 2004 will be posted on the OAH web site and listed in the Onsite Program.
- Rooms will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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