It would be a matter of curiosity for me to know the credentials of the conference committee members with regard to their experience in IOLI conventions specifically
On the: "doctor, cure yourself (first)" principle? I don't see why the "top" of a small, no-count (in a larger scheme of things), organisation (which Keystone Lacers surely are) should be held accountable, when it's not a requirement for any other "top"...
Ruth, I'd fill all the idiot questions with a "n/a" (not applicable), and let it go at that; chances are that the responses are not read/evaluated by thinking humans, but left for the puters to "crunch". At the same time, I'm happy to have my "gut feeling" (do not do it!) reinforced; I have -- for years -- refused to teach formally (I have, actually, been asked to, which amuses me no end), and will continue to do so.
Clay, I don't know who you're talking about *specifically* in your:
particularly if they're Honorary Members of IOLIbut, quite a few "old workhorses" are featured again in this year's schedule.
And, new "trial baloons" have always been a feature of every Convention, *as is right*; getting "petrified" (as in stone-engraved) won't do. Usually -- it seems to me -- the organising commitee tried to pull those "fresh blossoms" from its immediate area, to cut down on the transit costs. Sometimes such experiments worked, sometimes they didn't. There are evaluation sheets every participant can (and should) fill; as a result of those, teachers who "bombed" didn't get invited again; the teachers who were recived with enthusiasm, got invited to areas which weren't within their immediate driving area and -- in time -- became "old workhorses"... The problem this year - as I see it -- is that there are so many workshops offered (most of them short), that it's easy to *miss* a particular teacher one was looking forward to taking a class from; too much cake, not enough honest-to-goodness bread :)
And in my case, when I do find a class -- even one led by a teacher I crave -- and see that it's only 6 or 12 hrs, it's not worth my time to go to the gas station to refill the car's tank, never mind driving to Harrisburg and staying in a fancy hotel for a couple of nights in order to take it...
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