video/let's eat/ideas

Thanks for the video, Jake. Seeing that gave me some ideas of how educators can share info about their students, programs, teaching, etc. I need to chew on that for a bit, though.

Joy, Michael and I did bring up the luncheon/dinner educator issue again with the Foundation when we were in Boston. We discussed, again, the issue with educators not being included in these events when they purchase the tickets designated for educators. The board members discussed making it more clear on the workshop sign-up forms that there is the option to buy separate tickets for these events, and that even when signing on for both (lunch and dinner) the savings would still be significant (about $70, if I remember correctly).

We did not discuss at the meeting the option of just including the lunch/dinner in with the educator workshop rate as it stands now. The reason why the educator rate is about $170 less than the regular membership rate is because it does not include those expensive food options, and I think the thinking on SND's part was that if there was a way to offer a cut-rate deal for educators to get to the workshop in the first place, then doing so without the food option was the way to go.

Hope this all makes sense.

Now, my question is, do we lobby for the lower rate that would also include lunch/dinner? And is so, what's the best way to do that? My thinking is that there's strength in numbers, and if we all came together and signed our names to a proposal/letter/petition, that that would be fairly effective. Any thoughts?

One more week and one day to go here at OU, and time's a flyin. I need some air!

Julie