Great Lakes THATCamp 2011 is rapidly approaching, and we are all very excited to meet everyone when they get here. I just wanted to sshare some important details.
Topic Proposals:
If you haven’t already, please post a brief description of your topic on the Great Lakes THATCamp website. This is an absolutely vital part of the process as it allows attendees to get to know each other virtually (before they meet physically). Attendees are strongly encouraged to read and comment upon all of the topic proposals as they appear on the site. Posting your topic proposal also helps enormously with the process of collective and collaborative scheduling (which will take place in the opening session on Saturday). Remember, when you post your topic proposal, you are essentially signaling the topic that you wish to talk about (and coming prepared to talk about). Feel free to propose more than one topic if you want.
If you’ve lost your account information, send me an email ASAP and I’ll get it to you.
Registration and Check In
Check in will take place on the second floor of the Residential College of Arts & Humanities/Snyder-Phillips Hall right outside the LookOut! Gallery starting at 7:30. An assortment of light breakfast-type foods (including coffee and tea) will be available. there will be plenty of signs scattered around the building to help you get to where you need to go.
The registration fee ($25) will be due at check in. All registration fees go directly to the cost of running Great Lakes THATCamp 2011. We will accept cash or checks (makes checks payable to Michigan State University). We will also gladly provide a receipt. If attendees are feeling generous, they are more than welcome to include an additional donation with their registration fee.
Parking
Thankfully, parking is free to the public on the MSU campus on the weekends. Unless otherwise noted (there are some places on campus where you cannot park at on the weekend), feel free to park in guest parking, metered parking, or faculty/staff parking areas.
Opening Session
The opening session will run from 8:30-10 in the Snyder Hall Theatre (CB020 – 2 floors down from where you check in). In the opening session, we’ll introduce attendees to the whole idea of THATCamp, cover some ground rules, and generally talk about logistics. The most important part of the opening session is the scheduling. All THATCamps do scheduling a little differently. At Great Lakes THATCamp 2011, we completely embrace collaborative and collective scheduling. We start out with a blank Google Calendar (and room full of awesome ideas and awesome people) and end up with finished schedule. In between, there is much friendly debate, discussion, and negotiation. The process is fluid (some might say messy), glorious, and like nothing you’ve ever experiences at an academic conference.
If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
See everyone this weekend!