Any amount is excess of the budget must receive Executive Committee approval. Four or five concurrent sessions are appropriate. Fit these events into hotel meeting rooms allowing good traffic flow and using room of appropriate size as estimated by the moderators. If requested, submit list of tentative room needs and settings to hotel and Local Arrangements Chair. Additional time slots may be used for submitted papers on other days, depending on the number of papers submitted.
Members usually complain if submitted papers compete with symposia.
Prepare the draft of the program manuscript. See file for examples. The Program Chair should write, or arrange to have written, the biographies of officers, awardees, keynote speakers, etc. The sections 'Important Information' and 'Program Summary' also need to be written. Obtain a complete list of all Eastern Branch committees and their members from the Secretary or directly from the Committee Chairs for inclusion in the draft.