Your executive committee does not plan to ride off in all directions at once, but to continue to do a few things well. Our newsletter, internet discussion list, Web pages, and conferences are primary. We will also continue to offer annual student paper prizes. Including New Jersey and Pennsylvania, then north to Ontario and east to Newfoundland, our association doesn't ignore local and national differences among us-it relishes them. Regional association means that conferences and colleagues are not far away, so interaction is relatively easy and inexpensive.
Organization is minimal.
We have one paid employee, a student assistant. The budget is small and we will work within it. To get something done, call an executive committee member. Conferences provide great flexibility in the way sessions are organized. Hosting a conference is manageable for a team of two or three people, a corps of enthusiastic students, and a little help from the Dean or Boss.