Non nobis solum nati sumus "We are not born for ourselves alone." - M. Tullius Cicero, De Officiis I.XXII
3 August 2008
…and we’re done.
Posted by Steve at 07:16 pm on Sunday, August 3, 2008
I hope you all have returned safely home by now, and that your trips to, from, and at Convention were enjoyable and memorable.
I’m still trying to catch up on my sleep, and relishing the fact that my cell doesn’t ring every 4 minutes any more.
Like most of you, I think that Convention goes too fast, and that we don’t get to sample everything. I regret we didn’t get to see the Sundown Under the Sundial ice cream social, and I regret that I didn’t get to spend much of any time in Upham
Posted by Steve at 10:23 am on Thursday, July 24, 2008
Here’s a quick heads up about one of this year’s dances: Tuesday night’s dance theme is Oh-Oh-Ohio, and our local committee has taken a little extra twist with this theme. The dance will have a retro tone, with music from decades gone by, and decorations to match. There may also be trivia and/or prizes. So pack your bell bottoms, your aquanet, your tie-dye, your NKOTB tour t-shirt, whatever will take you back in time, and we’ll see you on the dance floor on Read More
Posted by Steve at 08:27 pm on Sunday, July 20, 2008
By this time next week, early registrants will be on campus, dining in the food court or ordering pizza. I can’t believe it has snuck up on us like this, but we’re almost ready to go!
We have one last meeting with the Shriver Center staff on Wednesday, and a whole mess of last-minute details to attend to, but it’s almost showtime!
Posted by Steve at 03:03 pm on Friday, June 27, 2008
I’m on campus, running some errands. The day is warm, humid, a little overcast, and...a little devoid of JCL activity. I can’t wait until the rest of you get here.
I really love this campus. I hope in a few weeks, you will Read More
Posted by Steve at 11:03 pm on Saturday, June 21, 2008
I saw this note up on NJCL.org a couple weeks ago, and thought it merited a mention. Since this year marks a homecoming back to Miami University and the NJCL's Oxford office, National Committee member David Volk has invited previous JCL members to come visit Convention on Friday, August 1, as part of Homecoming Day/Day in Old Rome festivities.
So if you've ever been a member of JCL and want to get just a small fix of JCL spirit, you're invited to visit Convention on that day!
Posted by Steve at 10:20 pm on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Well, we’re only about a day away from the deadline for the packet request forms to be mailed to the NJCL offices. I’ve gotten a fair number of questions through this web site about the packet request and the deadline, so I thought I’d do a little FAQ action here and see if I can answer some of the more common Read More
Posted by Steve at 08:30 am on Thursday, April 3, 2008
So since it's been a month since my last post and since, as Convention Chair, I am naturally curious as to how well this Convention will be attended, I am throwing a couple of questions out there for anyone to answer in the comments:
Posted by Steve at 10:53 am on Sunday, March 2, 2008
Good news! The packet request form is available for download at njcl.org. You can now request packets between March 1 and May 1. As a reminder, the full Convention fee of $400 is required when submitting your packet request form.
Also, if you would like all the gory details about what Convention entails, the White Booklet that is typically enclosed in the packet is also available for download from njcl.org.
Finally, we also have a downloadable flyer that highlights a lot of the events
Posted by Brian at 07:45 pm on Monday, February 18, 2008
Greetings everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but recently there’s not been much on my end to discuss. Today, though, I’ve been working on a couple of things that I thought people would actually like to read about, things that hopefully you’ll notice at Convention (if everything works, by lady Fortune...).
For one, I’ve been working on getting speakers and other support from all the university Classics departments around Ohio. So far, we’ve gotten a few responses of
Posted by Steve at 07:30 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2008
I saw the following video posted by Carissa Williams over at the NJCL.org forums Considering our last post was about the cost of Convention, I thought this movie was creative, funny, and timely. Factually incorrect, perhaps (Convention is $400, not $500), but funny.
Posted by Steve at 02:41 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2008
$400
I noted this in the comments of the ‘Happy New Year’ entry, but since this bit of information is always highly anticipated, I figured it deserved its own post.
So that’s the number that Mrs. Dutra passed on to me yesterday. It should be officially listed at njcl.org soon.
Please don’t let the round number fool you; yes, it is quite a bit of money, BUT it’s only $10 more than last year’s Convention, and $10 is the smallest dollar increase in convention cost since between the
Posted by Brian at 12:13 pm on Friday, October 26, 2007
Before I get into the Fall Planning meeting itself, I want to say something about the site for Graphic Arts. This was probably the hardest activity for which to find a spot, and the the reasons were twofold: 1) It has to be big. You’ve got the main body of projects, then you’ve got scrapbooks, then you’ve got multi-media; and 2) It has to be off-line the whole week, because those projects aren’t going anywhere and they need to be secure. So, you have to make sure there’s a space that
Posted by Steve at 06:50 am on Friday, October 19, 2007
Here we are in lovely Uptown Oxford, Ohio, getting ready for a day of tours, agenda discussions, and other items of planning goodness. As time warrants, we’ll be posting items of interest about our tours.
We actually were in town yesterday with such NJCL luminaries as President Grace Jeong, Secretary Emily Calder, national committee chair Martha Altieri, creative contest chair Amy Elifrits, and the incomparable Geri Dutra, doing an initial campus tour, an extensive walkthrough of the
Posted by Brian at 12:12 pm on Monday, September 24, 2007
Hey everyone! I noticed we have gotten some new members to the site, so welcome. Anyone can join our little community here- check the links on the right for information how.
Tomorrow Steve and I are going to Miami to meet with Geri Dutra and Pam Vanness, our convention coordinator. We’re going to watch a rough cut of the ‘07 Convention video with her to help her envision what convention will look like- I’ll let y’all know how it turned out. Doubtful there’ll be any major information
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