Hi Everyone!  Sara and I would like to take a moment to wish each of you a happy summer!  We hope you are all enjoying them and that they aren’t rushing by as quickly for all of you as they are for the two of us! 
A preview for what is ahead for outreach at the 2008 Annual meetings:

  • The New Member Book Raffle:   Last year we tried something new and this year we have decided to bring this tradition back with some new changes to make it a bigger success with less pain for all of you and for outreach.  Keep your eyes on the list-serve for more details to come soon and if you know you have a new book, *or* if you have a book which you think, or other members consider, a “classic” within the DWC, and would like to donate a copy to the raffle, email me at angela.simon@wmich.edu.
  • DWC T-shirts, Mugs, and Travel-cup Fundraiser:   A number of years ago there were DWC mugs and travel-mugs/cups sold as a fundraiser.  We are so excited to announce that we will again be organizing a fundraiser similar to the past one again this year!  This is at its beginning phases but will hit the floor at an Olympic-paced sprint very soon on the list-serve so keep your eyes WIDE open as it will be very exciting and may require fast action on your part!
  • The bracelets:  Will be there … need we say more?!?! 
  • Outreach Table:  We will continue the tradition we’ve offered the last two years now of offering an incentive in the form of an Amazon gift certificate raffle for volunteering.  In addition, Sara and I are currently working on getting some new and exciting promotional items (although it’s hard to top bracelets I’ll admit) for the table, so of course, the DWC outreach table, will again, be THE place to be at the conference! 


Shew—that’s quite the agenda and we’re really excited!!!  Of course, we can never plug too early to remind you all to be watching the list-serve for the volunteer sign up you all know will eventually come for the outreach table also!  (Shame on us!!!  We know!!!)  We can’t wait to see you all at the meetings!  I personally know all too well at this point that when I write the summer edition of the outreach report  and think  “ahhh—that’s four months away!”… that it will be knocking on all of our doors VERY soon, and we won’t actually all be waiting to see each other all that long!  That said, we still miss seeing our friends and colleagues and are looking forward to another exciting and awesome DWC representation at the 2008 ASC Annual Meetings in St. Louis!

Here’s to enjoying what is left of the summer and to a healthy and happy fall prep!

Angie and Sara