[INAAPT] INAAPT meeting

[Clark, Gregory W.]

Dear Steve and All,

I have not been to an IN-AAPT meeting in about three years due to a
continued conflict with an annual event here at Manchester (for which I
am an organizer).  I actually did plan to come to the Saturday part of
the meeting this year, but the 3.5 hour one-way drive combined with
single-parenting while my wife was out of town nixed it for me in the
end.  So, it was location, it turns out, for me as well this time
around.

I have appreciated all the IN-AAPT meetings I've attended and hope to
become a "regular" eventually.  The location does make a difference as
far as driving is concerned, but I have enjoyed getting to know other
campuses by changing the location!  In the absence of other constraints,
I personally would prefer moving the meeting around a bit (but if it's
in Evansville ...).  I wonder about how much location influences our
decisions - it would be very helpful to hear from others on this.  

[BTW, if we keep with changing locations, Manchester would love to host
a meeting someday now that we have a new science facility (Stave and I
have talked about this in the past - before the building was built).] 

Speaking only for myself, fall would be easier.  Late fall is even
better because lousy weather means fewer commitments with high school
sports and other outdoor activities.  Spring is full of banquets,
graduation preps, my heavier course-load, and, with returning good
weather, more outdoor sports.  

All the best,
Greg

Dr. Gregory W. Clark
Department of Physics
Manchester College
North Manchester, IN 46962
260.982.5071

-----Original Message-----
From: inaapt-bounces at inaapt.org [mailto:inaapt-bounces at inaapt.org] On
Behalf Of Beth Marchant
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:55 AM
To: Steve Spicklemire
Cc: inaapt at inaapt.org
Subject: Re: [INAAPT] INAAPT meeting

Hi Steve,

I can only speak for myself as to why I didn't attend the IN-AAPT 
meeting this year.  The drive is just too long from South Bend to Terre 
Haute for me.  In the past, I have attended meetings in Terre Haute and 
Purdue (last year) among others and have found them to be interesting 
and well worth my time.  The biggest problem for me is that there is no 
easy route from South Bend to Indianapolis and then to have to drive 
further is just too hard for the short amount of time that the meeting 
lasts. 

I don't have any great solutions, although moving the meeting around 
from south to central to north will at least allow people from different

parts of the state to attend different years - obviously not a perfect 
solution . . . I know that the same attendance problems occur when 
state-wide meetings are held in the northern part of the state - the 
people from the southern end find it difficult to get there.

Peace,
Beth

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Beth Marchant
Notre Dame QuarkNet Director
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Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-3343 (Phone)
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Steve Spicklemire wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Uwe Hanson called me about the fall Indiana Academy of Science 
> meeting. He was wondering if the Indiana AAPT would like to 
> participate. In light of our conversation about possibly switching (or

> adding) a fall event I was wondering what folks on this list thought 
> about the idea. Their fall meeting runs Thursday and Friday (October 
> 25/26). If we wanted to add Friday night/Saturday morning activities 
> for any interested IAS members to join us it might work out, or there 
> may be some other way we could be involved. I'm certainly not trying 
> to push for this, but I am a bit discouraged about the turnout in 
> Terre Haute, and it would be nice to find some way to improve that for

> next time. Anyway, share your thoughts if you have a minute.
>
> (If you 'Reply to all recipients' you should see the list address in 
> your reply, otherwise your reply will just go to me. If that's what 
> you want, OK, but I think it would be better to have a 'group' 
> conversation in this case.)
>
> thanks,
> -steve
>
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