Discussions with 2010 KOTESOL National Candidates

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Discussions with 2010 KOTESOL National Candidates
October 3, 2010

Candidates for KOTESOL National Council (in order of appearance)
00:20 Stafford Lumsden, Conference Co-chair
17:40 Doug Huffer, Nominations & Elections Chair
37:00 Aaron Jolly, 2nd Vice President
55:45 Peadar Callaghan, 1st Vice President

Online Voting October 4~14
Onsite Voting at the International Conference Oct. 16~17
More informatin about elections & candidates at: http://kotesol.org/?q=elections

Post-show Roundtable Discussion Here Chat Log
06:51:43 craignl -> Good evening
07:05:32 craignl -> Good evening Peadar
07:05:46 peadar -> evening
07:15:15 peadar -> hi room
07:16:54 craignl -> Evening all
07:17:23 peadar -> I believe if anyone has questions please speak up
07:20:02 saradavila -> Question for Conference Chair and Co-Chair: This year conference acceptence/rejection process was handled in a manner I felt was very unprofessional. I'd like to know how the conference will address this issue in the future to make the process more personal, and show more respect for all canidates submitting papers for the call.
07:21:56 Jeff -> http://shomuni.blogspot.com/
07:24:32 chosunbimbo -> @Sara I think you have to take into consideration there were in excess of 300 proposals received by the program team - While they were form letters that people received they were professional and in line with any other rejection or acceptance letter you might have received from any other organisation
07:25:55 chosunbimbo -> This will be the first year in A LONG TIME there have been contests for various positions
07:26:05 chosunbimbo -> Am I the only one here?
07:26:06 chosunbimbo -> Hello
07:26:12 chosunbimbo -> Is this thing on?
07:26:21 peadar -> its here
07:26:22 chosunbimbo -> *tap* *tap*
07:27:07 peadar -> I can however say having recieved one of those letters it was not inline with what was sent to me last year
07:27:20 chosunbimbo -> rejection letter?
07:27:36 peadar -> was rejected last year and accepted this year
07:30:08 chosunbimbo -> interesting - I got one - but being on concomm I knew the same day that the mail went out and paid it little attention - what did it say
07:31:08 peadar -> it required you to download and check a full list of accepted proposals to see if you had ben accepted or rejected
07:31:52 craignl -> I find Paedar's comment on rejection/acceptance from year to year interesting. As someone who participated in the vetting process, I was somewhat concerned that there were no clear guidelines for vetting proposals. Having been part of Conference planning teams, both international, that's one area the Conference Committee might consider for improvment (sorry that I'm veering a bit off topic).
07:32:52 craignl -> Sorry, the last sentence should read '...both international and national'
07:33:06 peadar -> its a great point I just worry that the way the notifications were handeld this year might discourage presenters in the future
07:33:49 saradavila -> I've been a presenter at the international for about five years. The acceptance/rejection process this year was much different form last year.