Mark Your Calendars for Indiana, August 4-6, 2006!


 

 

by Cindy Stone

 

 

Well, spring is nearly here, and it's a good time to ask you to "save the date" on your calendars for the 2006 AISSG-USA Annual meeting in Bloomington, Indiana.

This year's meeting will be held on the scenic wooded campus of Indiana University (IU).  Visit www.iub.edu for a quick mini tour.  IU Bloomington is nearly 200 years old, and is the flagship campus of the IU statewide system of campuses.  We have nearly 40,000 students and they'll be mostly gone in the summer months, leaving us a beautiful campus to tour and visit.

We have reserved really nice hotel rooms & quality meeting space for the dates of August 4, 5, & 6, 2006.  Meetings and rooms will be in the beautiful Indiana Memorial Union Hotel, www.imu.indiana.edu on our campus.

Planning is already underway.  A volunteer planning committee has been formed and has had its first meeting.  It's comprised of Dr. Arlene Baratz (from the parent's group), Jane Goto (from the AISSG Board), Dr. Charmian Quigley (presenter and medical professional), plus Becky Baughman (AISSG President) and yours truly as conference chair.

Since there is never enough time to do everything we want to do at the annual meeting, your board has agreed to try a slightly longer meeting format this year - starting with “early bird speakers” on Friday August 4th - then our regular program on Saturday & Sunday.  The "early bird day" is optional, but strongly encouraged.  This longer meeting will permit more time for adults, parents and youth to have their own "tailored" breakout sessions and plenty of programming for all.  You should consider traveling on Thursday if you are able to be off work or away from commitments at home, and enjoy all three days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday, for a full agenda packed with speakers, sessions and plenty of time for sharing, support and fun!

IU is about 50 miles south of Indianapolis, a 90 minute drive from Louisville, 2 hours from Cincinnati, and 3.5 hours from downtown Chicago by auto.

The Indiana University Memorial Union is a large complex with a traditional hotel and conference center in the Union.  The IMU itself is in the heart of our beautiful college campus – with eateries, shopping, bookstores, gift shops, a bowling alley, hotel and meeting rooms all under one roof.  A shuttle van runs 7 times daily between the IMU front door and the Indianapolis airport for a small fee (a little less than an hour’s drive to the airport).

By popular demand, Dr. Charmian Quigley will present several sessions tailored for newcomers, youths, parents and “veterans.”

Colleagues from the world-famous Indiana University Kinsey Institute for Sex, Gender & Reproduction have graciously offered their top researchers and staff as speakers if we wish, as have my own department of gender studies, and the world class IUPUI Medical Center staff -- all are truly cutting-edge resources that we will strive to gather together...

Questions?  Contact ais@indiana.edu, and I'll respond.  For now, simply save August 4-6, 2006 on your calendars.

 

   Cindy Stone

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