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MITESOL is an organization that offers its members a wonderful way of
keeping current in the ESL field. This year there were some excellent
discussions in the SIG (Special Interest Group) sessions at the conference.
Members were discussing ways to collaborate across the state through our
website, until our next annual conference. I encourage you to continue your
membership with us.
We have some exciting things happening in our organization this year.
The Adult SIG is once again active; Andrew
McCullough is the SIG leader. We also have a new SIG related to
Professional Research & Teacher Resources; Carol Kubota will lead this. Carmela Gilette is now our Socio Political Concerns advocate.
Please consider becoming active in the SIGS. You may be a part of more than
one SIG, so please do not feel that you have to choose only one!
I would also like to welcome Noel
Woodcraft as our new secretary, she is moving on from her role as
exhibit’s chair where she served for five consecutive conferences! Our
new exhibit’s manager is Alyce Howarth.
Our newsletter editors are also new this year, Marion Gonsior and Val Weeks.
Ric Rojas has joined our
leadership team as treasurer; and, of course, our new President elect is Casey Gordon.
Something new for us this year is our Public Relations committee. The
committee members are: James Perren, Erin
Luyendyk, Jeri Ann Dolch, and Joanna
Olejniczak. This committee will help us promote our organization.
If you have any ideas for MITESOL, please feel free to contact any of the board
members or come to one of our meetings as a member at large. I want every
member to feel as they have a voice in this organization. As the saying goes,
“an organization is only as strong as its members”. Please
consider becoming involved in MITESOL.
Finally, I need to thank Carol Wilson
Duffy for going above and beyond in her service to MITESOL. Carol
agreed to serve an extra year on our executive board, and now is taking on the
task of organizing our archives project. Also, thank you to the board members
who are continuing their positions with the board. I value you and am thankful
for all the hard work you put into this organization.
Karen Gelardi
MITESOL President 2008-2009
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