By request, we have the preliminary LauraPalooza 2012 schedule. Please note that we’re in the process of finalizing contracts for two speakers not yet listed on this schedule. Now including two additional speakers! (Who’s excited?) Wednesday Ice Cream Social, Julia…
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Pre-Registration Opens for LauraPalooza 2012
What would Laura do? Attendees at LauraPalooza 2012 will find out! Our theme addresses the many meanings of that phrase, and I’m pleased to report that a number of scholars and others have taken us up on our challenge to…
Pre-Registration Begins Tomorrow
Hi folks! We have been hard at work preparing for registration and I am happy to announce that we have a page of Frequently Asked Questions ready to go. We hope we have covered your concerns, but if you have…
What You Need to Know About CAMP LAURA
Camp Laura is our special children’s event spanning the three days of the LauraPalooza conference (Thursday, July 12 through noon Saturday, July 14, 2012). The event will include hands-on activities as well as speakers on a variety of topics, all…
Lodging at LauraPalooza
Registration time has come, and the registration form is full of options! When it comes to lodging, making the best choice can be complicated, especially if you haven’t been through it before. This post is based on our personal experiences…
Last Call for Membership Renewal
Laurapalooza Conference Registration will soon be open for members. To take advantage of the member only early bird registration and the member registration discount you must be a current member for the 2011-2012 year. All charter memberships expired July 1,…
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LauraPalooza 2012 Committees
Just a few more days until the deadline for the call for papers for LauraPalooza 2012. If you haven’t gotten yours in yet, there’s still time! In the meantime, here is the list of committees we have worked out based…
Last Call for Committee Volunteers
Thank you, everyone who has volunteered for a committee. Some committees were more popular than others, so it was good to have people’s second and third choices. We seem to have a good selection of volunteers for each committee; we’ll…
Committees for LP 2012: Ready to Do Some Planning?
We’ve given readers some periodic teasers about planning for the upcoming LauraPalooza 2012. One such teaser is the formation of sub-committees. We asked a while ago on the Facebook page for LP 2012 about volunteering for various committees, and a…
That Engagement Ring, part 2
Some of you might have read a post of mine from a couple of years ago where I mentioned a very slight obsession I have with Laura’s engagement ring. For years I thought I was the only one but something…
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