Tuesday, February 2, 2010
So with 105 responses to last week's poll, four proposals for improving the AALS Annual Meeting all attracted strong support, as follows:
1. *Require speakers to prepare written remarks and/or pre-circulate their papers; no 'shooting from the hip' allowed. (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
2. *Provide detailed descriptions of the program of each session beforehand, including abstracts of the papers or presentations. loses to *Require speakers to prepare written remarks and/or pre-circulate their papers; no 'shooting from the hip' allowed. by 59–37 |
3. *Have more sessions featuring papers selected in a peer review process in advance of the Annual Meeting. loses to *Require speakers to prepare written remarks and/or pre-circulate their papers; no 'shooting from the hip' allowed. by 53–42, loses to *Provide detailed descriptions of the program of each session beforehand, including abstracts of the papers or presentations. by 48–47 |
4. *Cut back on the number of speakers at each session, to allow each speaker to develop a more sustained argument/position and to make sure there is adequate time for discussion and questions. loses to *Require speakers to prepare written remarks and/or pre-circulate their papers; no 'shooting from the hip' allowed. by 60–36, loses to *Have more sessions featuring papers selected in a peer review process in advance of the Annual Meeting. by 53–43 |
Will the AALS act on these suggestions? Other thoughts from readers about ways to improve the meetings or other AALS Annual Meeting-realted problems? Signed comments will be very strongly preferred. Submit your comment only once, it may take awhile to appear. |
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