In Message Wed, 11 May 1994 08:40:00 -0700,
Pam Deemer <libped@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> writes:
>Just a little question, probably of no consequence. Why "annual meeting"
>instead of "annual conference" for "convention"? I'm thinking if institutions
>with tight budgets might be willing to fund more people for "annual
>meetings" than for "conventions", they might be even more willing for
>"annual conferences". With the word "confer" in conference, there could be
>an impression that attending a conference is of greater intellectual and
>professional importance than attending an "annual meeting"!
>
>Pam Deemer libped@emoryu1.bitnet or libped@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu
>Emory Univ. Law Library, Atlanta GA 30322-2780
>(404)-7727-0850 FAX: (404)-727-2202
>
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Pam's question/comment responds to this paragraph from the report on the
integration of the AALL constitution and bylaws into a single document:
>
> Third, some stylistic changes were made. Gender-neutral language
>is used. References to "section" or "SIS" were changed to "special
>interest section." "Convention" was revised to "annual meeting," and
>"business session of the annual meeting" changed to "business meeting of
>the association." A few section captions were made clearer, and many
>captions added where they had been lacking before. Discrepancies in
>capitalization and in the punctuation of subsection letters were also
>resolved.
>
---> Actually, the Committee did consider using "annual
conference," but we settled on "annual meeting" because the latter is the
term used in official AALL documents.
Our bylaws require us to have an annual meeting, to conduct
association business. Over the years, of course, the educational programs
that also take place at our annual meeting have become increasingly valuable
for training, current awareness, stimulating research, etc.
To answer your concern, if an AALL member wants to justify to
his/her employer the expenses for attending the conference, our presumption
is that one would not be looking at the wording chosen for the AALL Bylaws,
but rather, decisions would be based on the content of the Annual Meeting
preliminary program, which does include good descriptions of the educational
programs.
--- Alva
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