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MINUTES OF THE VDMIS OPEN ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, TESOL 2015
March 26, 2015
This meeting actually took place over 2 days; as some
members had to leave for various reasons, we tabled some discussions
till the following day.
- The meeting was called to
order at 6:45 pm by Scott Duarte, the 2014 ESP-IS Chair-Elect. There
were six people in attendance: Scott Duarte, Christel Broady, Vicki
Hollett, Kenneth Chyi, M. Sidury Christiansen, and Jonathan
Geense.
- All attending members introduced themselves as a couple of people were new to VDMIS.
- Scott Duarte spoke on his vision for the upcoming year and in which direction he would like VDMIS to go.
- Scott Duarte then spoke about the IS Leaders’ Workshop and the
proposed InterSections that came out of it. He also initiated
discussions about the academic sessions. Kenneth Chyi and Christel
Broady added to the discussion. In the subsequent meeting, M. Sidury
Christiansen proposed another spin to the existing framework of the
session.
- Kenneth Chyi spoke about the newsletter and how he and Joyce
Cunningham will alternate as editors for the two issues that we will put
out.
- 2015–2016 goals include developing a website that showcases
student-generated websites, possible webinars, two to three
InterSections involving the English for Specific Purposes IS, EFL IS,
and Materials Writers IS.
- Scott Duarte stated that he would make announcements for
proposal readers for the upcoming year as well as put out the call for
participation for the InterSections.
- Jonathan Geense (jongeense@gmail.com)
volunteered to be the Community Manager.
- The meeting was adjourned at 7:43 pm.
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