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I am sending a special note to all panelist participants to thank you for the extra effort you are putting into making the forthcoming IUS Biennial International Conference a success. Paper writers, panel chairs, and presenters are the key to panels that are intellectually rigorous and professionally engaging.

Panel presentations. One purpose of the IUS ""presenter"" format, in which one person presents all papers on a panel and paper writers then comment briefly, is to ensure that at least half of the allotted time for each panel is available for interaction with the audience. To this end, I ask panel chairs and all panelists to keep their eyes on the clock. Any visual aids for the audience should be photocopied and brought to the panel session for distribution. Labor issues with the hotel make the use of audiovisual equipment cost prohibitive, and bringing in personal equipment subjects us to the same charge.

Conference CD. Please remember that we are making a conference CD of all conference papers, and this takes some lead time. These should be sent to Mary Frances Lebamoff (and, of course, to your other panelists, chair, and presenter) as soon as possible. The original deadline for the CD copy was October 5th, but I am informed we can wait for a few days after that. The final date to make the cut for the CD is October 10th.

Need to register promptly. A cursory review shows that several panelists have not yet registered for the conference itself, although we have covered our room block with the conference hotel. If you have not yet registered, please do so right away. The IUS Council requires conference registration before being listed on the program, and conference registration rates go up significantly after October 1, when ""early registration"" closes.

Thanks again for your contribution to another outstanding IUS Biennial Conference.

Best wishes,

John Allen (Jay) Williams
IUS Chair and President