BUSINESS MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
AUGUST 15, 1997
MINUTES
Members and officers present introduced themselves:
Nancy Decker, Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.)
Teacher of German
Barbara Crider, Sanford college (Birmingham, Ala.)
Lab Director
Nancy Fletcher, (Miami, Fla.)
Teacher of ESL
Georgia Schlau, College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.)
Lab Director and teacher of Spanish
Sabine Elian, University of Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
Assistant Lab Director and teacher of German
Suzanne Lindenau, University of Georgia (Athens, Ga. )
Lab Director and teacher of German
Russell Hansen, Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga. )
Lab Director, Webb Page Coordinator for IALL-SER
Dominique Bennett, Lovett School (Atlanta, Ga.)
U.S. Foreign Language Chair, IALL-SER Publications Director
Marc Mallet, Lovett School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Language Lab Director, IALL-SER Regional Director
A new name was selected by the group: SEALL was proposed by Nancy Decker and was seconded by Georgia Schlau.
Annual membership dues of $20.00 were proposed by Marc Mallet and seconded by Nancy Fletcher. Dues are to cover cost of mailings, the newsletter, the Web Page, etc.
Annual conference costs were discussed. They will be determined later as plans for our spring conference take more shape.
Length of term for president and officers: Georgia Schlau proposed 2 years. The motion was seconded by Russel Hansen.
The need for a treasurer was expressed: It was motioned by Barbara Crider that Dominique Bennett be the treasurer. The motion was seconded by all present.
It was decided that officer duties and responsibilities would be defined by current officers and presented at our next meeting.
All present felt that one business meeting a year and one conference a year was enough.
The next conference will be hosted by the College of Charleston thanks to Georgia Schlau who took the initiative and received approval from the Dean of Humanities. Dates are still to be confirmed for March 6 and 7. Plans are to have 2 presentations Friday afternoon, followed by a welcoming cocktail with keynote speaker, a breakfast business meeting on Saturday morning followed by one presentation before lunch and 2 presentations after lunch. A call for presentations will be put on the LLTI.
A discussion of the usefulness of the group concluded the meeting.
Georgia Schlau suggested a review of what people have used. Nancy Fletcher suggested setting up penpals among students of members. An exchange of ideas such as a poster session was also suggested as well as the creation of a video showing the functionning of our labs
