Not be labor Charyl's point, I would merely point out that that when I was AJL president (more than 20 years ago) I suggested that conventions be kept to one of two cities and that a national convention committee be incharge of programming, rather than have everything fall on the local chapters.
My suggestion was rejected. In those days people liked travelling around, etc. (But in those days, people did not mind killing hours riding in school buses (AKA "cheese boxes") to hold sessions at local synagogues. In those day there were still women who wore long gowns to the banquet! Times have changed, the Association has changed. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
