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MINUTES OF THE VDMIS OPEN ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

27 March 2014

The meeting was called to order at 18:52.

Greetings and introductions were made by Chair Johanna Katchen.

Old Business
2013 Minutes approved online.

New Business

Officers and Members of the Steering Committee for 2014–2015
The chair, chair-elect, and past chair, who were already known, and Joyce Cunningham, who was not present, had expressed their desire for some help with the newsletter editor tasks. Kenneth Chyi, a past newsletter editor, volunteered to assist. Christel Broady volunteered for the steering committee and Duysevi Mirza Karan Miyar was nominated as member of the steering committee and later agreed via e-mail.

Preparation for the 2015 Convention in Toronto

Intersection: Johanna Katchen reported that in the Wednesday workshop SPLIS and ITA agreed to participate in an InterSection sponsored by VDMIS.

Academic Session: After some discussion, a title was agreed upon: “From Consuming to Manipulating—A Comprehensive Approach to Mobile Multimedia.” Further online discussion will finalize the topics and speakers.

Proposal Readers: Johanna, Kenneth, Scott, Jason, and Christel volunteered, with later agreement from Duysevi.

Beyond the Convention
How can we increase membership in our IS? Discussion on listserv. What else?

Members in Attendance

6: Christel, Jason, Scott, Ken, Johanna, and long-time videophile but recent CALL member Randall Davis came later after attending the CALL Business Meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 19:48.


Academic session, TESOL 2014
Jason Levine, Johanna Katchen, Kenneth Chyi, Jennifer Lebedev, Pamela Vittorio


IS Award, TESOL 2014

Each year the chair for the previous year gets a certificate from TESOL. Here we see, Johanna Katchen receiving the award for service as VDMIS chair from ISLC (Interest Section Leadership Council) Leslie Kirshner-Morris.

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