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August 10-13, 2005 | San Antonio

News About the Annual Meeting of the
AEJMC Public Relations Division

Update 8/5/05: Because a ballot has not been available, the election of officers will be held at the business meeting, 8:30 p.m., Thursday, August 11, during the convention in San Antonio.

Update 8/3/05 Be sure to attend the Tuesday night Preconference. ... After the conference, give us your two cents about the PRD Buddy program. Download the survey form here.

Update 7/12/2005: Thomas Graham, vice president for public affairs at Edelman's Austin office, will be the featured speaker at the Edelman/Bill Adams Luncheon on Friday, August 12 at 11:45 a.m. at Boudro's. Instructions will be announced at Thursday night's Business Meeting. Make your reservation(s) in advance (first-come, first-served; limit is 85) via an e-mail to Bonnie Neff (Bonita.Neff@valpo.edu).

Update 7/1/2005: Be sure to sign up for the PRD reception at Aldaco's Mexico Cuisine at Sunset Station, Wednesday, August 10, 6:45-8:15 p.m. Reservations required before August 1. Contact: Andi Stein (andistein@Exchange.fullerton.edu).

... Preview the complete PRD day-by-day convention agenda. See the separate listing of papers to be presented (p. 6) and index of presenters (p. 7). .. Review the abstracts of research and teaching papers to be presented.

... Read about planned activities and what to do while in San Antonio in the Summer issue of the PRD newsletter.

... Register for the convention by downloading the AEJMC registration form. Early-bird discount ends July 8. Use the form until July 19; register on-site thereafter.

... Reserve your room at the convention hotel using Marriott's online reservations page for AEJMC. Or call 800-228-9296 (be sure to mention AEJMC). Or download the the AEJMC hotel form.

... For other details and convention information, see the 2005 convention web page.

Questions or comments about the program?

Send an e-mail to Chuck Lubbers, PRD Vice Head and convention program chair.

EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Propose a Panel for the Convention
Deadline: October 1, 2004
Submit your idea using online submission form.

All members of the Public Relations Division are encouraged to consider developing panel proposals for the 2005 AEJMC Convention to be held August 10-13 at the Marriott Rivercenter on the wonderful Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas. I am constantly impressed with the willingness of our members to help in the creation of our wonderful convention program. The strong attendance at our programming is proof of your creativity and hard work.

Our conference programming comes from two sources, panel proposals taken to and programmed at the winter meeting and research panels. The presentations in the research panels will be determined by the research competition to be conducted next spring. Other panels come from panel proposals submitted by our members by the October 1 deadline. These proposals are reviewed and some are submitted to AEJMC for consideration at the winter meeting in December.

Trying to understand the AEJMC conference programming at the winter meeting is like handling Jello™. The harder you try to hold on, the more it slips through your grasp. Having expressed the amorphous nature of the process, there are some tips that you may wish to consider.

First, each programming group has a limited number of programming slots for the conference. To increase the number of programs we can offer, it is important that we work with another group to jointly sponsor a program that is of interest to the members of both groups. Thus, your proposal has a greater chance of making it to the winter meeting and/or into the final program if you identify a cosponsor.

Second, given the importance of cosponsors, don't pack the panel proposal with public relations division members. The cosponsor will likely want to have some of their members on the panel.

Third, if the proposal is submitted to both our division and the cosponsor, it is more likely to appear in the proposals discussed at the winter meeting.

Fourth, the broader the appeal of the topic, both within Public Relations Division and in other groups, the more likely it is to be programmed.

Finally, be flexible. It is often necessary to merge one or more program proposals or to modify a proposal to find a different cosponsor.

So, what do you need to submit by October 1? You need to complete the proposal form and return it to Chuck Lubbers at lubbers@ksu.edu or snail mail a hard copy to 105 Kedzie Hall, Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-1501. Submit a research or teaching paper for the San Antonio convention. Deadline is April 1. ... Be sure to submit with the required paper permission form

Chuck Lubbers
AEJMC Public Relations Division
Division Vice Head and Programmer
Kansas State University

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Read the [interim] complete list of papers accepted for presentation. A more complete agenda will be published soon.