Basic Info
Mission Statement | Planners' Duties | Division of Responsibilities | Chronology
Sample Program | Past Session Topics

Mission Statement

The Roundtable is an informal exchange of ideas and a venue for making contacts among Canadianists in Michigan and the surrounding regions. The Spring Annual meeting is the Roundtable's main activity. The Roundtable also has a web site for sharing information.

Format of Annual Meetings

The annual meeting is a day-long affair which revolves around discussions held during sessions. Each discussion is devoted to a specific topic chosen from preferences indicated on the registration form. For past topics, click here. Two or three discussions are held during a session. There are three sessions (two morning, one afternoon). Welcome sessions, breaks, lunch (with a speaker), and other special activities (such as a talk from the Shaw Festival and a field trip), form the rest of the day. Click here for a Meeting Template.

Planners' Duties

• Evaluate "lessons learned" from previous meetings
• Select topics for the panels
• Suggest panel moderators
• Brainstorm on lunch speakers and other speakers and activities.

Division of Responsibilities

MSU Canadian Studies Centre:

• Maintains mailing list
• Handles e-mail & postal communications (announcement postcards, registration, etc.)
• Maintains the registration list
• Runs the Roundtable Web site
• Provides the final program
• Provides the final list of registrants
• Provides receipts
• Provides a feedback form

Host Institution:

• Provides meeting space
• Leads in the selection of & funds the lunch speaker
  
• Compiles a directory of hotels/motels
• Staffs registration desk
• Provides maps, info on parking, etc.
• Provides name tags
• Other local assistance

Moderators' Duties

• Suggest topics
• Include all participants
• Makes sure that no one person dominates the conversation

Chronology

Summer or fall: planning session for Spring Annual Meeting
Mid-January: Announcement postcard mailed
4-5 weeks before Spring Meeting: Registration (e-mail & postal) sent out
10-14 days before Spring Meeting: Reminder e-mail sent out

 

Planning Sessions:

May 31, 2007: Notes
June 10,2005: Notes
July 20, 2004: Notes
June 26, 2003: Notes
Dec.17, 2002: Notes
Nov. 30, 2001: Notes