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As much as anyone likes to hear/see praise, I feel...

2009-06-16T09:58:57.839-04:00

As much as anyone likes to hear/see praise, I feel strongly that recognition for SNAG's 2008 financial surplus needs to be redirected. I am only the messenger.

As I said in my report at the Annual Meeting, SNAG's membership came forward with strong financial contributions; SNAG's sponsors showed continued support; our staff, lead by Dana Singer, worked with laser focus on both lowering expenses and using resources wisely; and the board voluntarily covered much of its own expenses.

Everyone in SNAG’s community deserves credit for the surplus, which made the result easy to report. Many thanks to all,

Stewart Thomson

Gabriel, I applaud your good idea for more student...

2009-06-01T19:07:32.025-04:00

Gabriel, I applaud your good idea for more students to get involved in conference committees. If you want it to be different, that's the way to get started. All planning of programming and exhibitions takes place at the local level, so contact the co-chairs for each upcoming year to get involved.

Oh, just one correction to an earlier posting, if I may. For each speaker at the conference, SNAG pays more than just a $300 honorarium. In addition to honoraria, we pay their roundtrip airfare, their hotel stay, their conference fees, and smaller expenses such as getting back and forth from the airport. I have no quibble with the outcome of the members' vote; my focus is only that the complete picture be presented.

If we take our knocks where they are deserved, we also should receive recognition for all that we do.

Dana Singer
SNAG Executive Director

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX-7xwPPY8I http://...

2009-05-31T23:17:39.370-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX-7xwPPY8I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0LhDQD7-ms
One of Caballero's major structural criteria he used in analyzing his organization's purpose and strategies.
I also enjoyed his initial framing of his talk within an 'attention economy' where the consumer experiences 'information fatigue.'
His analysis of filtered stages of 'facts' also pleased me a great deal.
But I agree the language barrier was definitely present.
Perhaps in the future, the speech is delivered in a foreign language perhaps with a translator and a written version is disseminated afterwards.
I would think that all speaker notes could receive the same attention as well.

Thanks! Will change that right now.

2009-05-26T00:47:39.980-04:00

Thanks! Will change that right now.

The closer for Sandra Alfody was Elizabeth Agro, c...

2009-05-25T20:57:01.061-04:00

The closer for Sandra Alfody was Elizabeth Agro, craft curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.