Title: Staffing the HAS Booth - An Interesting Experience and Valuable Networking Opportunity
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Section/SPIG: Health Administration
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The time is soon approaching for the 133nd Annual APHA Meeting and Exposition in Philadelphia, Dec. 10-14, 2005. We need your help to make the Health Administration Section Booth both interesting and inviting for those who pass by in the Exhibit hall. Interesting because you will be there describing the Section.
Working at the HAS Booth is a great opportunity to meet Section members and recruit new members, as well as network with thousands of public health professionals and students attending the meeting. Besides, it is a lot of fun!
Please sign up to help your Section by working the HAS Section Booth for at least two hours over the course of the Annual Meeting. We encourage you to sign up for as many blocks of time as you can spare.
There are slots open that we would like to fill but we cannot do it without you. It takes an entire Section to run a booth!
We have an online signup calendar available. It is located at: <http://my.calendars.net/has_booth/d11/12/2005>. The times are already set up in 1 hour blocks for you. Time slots available include:
Sunday, Dec. 11: 2 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 12: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec.13: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 14: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Click on the link to find the calendar. To sign up for a time period, click on the day (number), then on "Edit" next to the time period you want to sign up for. Fill in your *name and e-mail address* in the Calendar Text box. We need your e-mail address to contact you. Remember, dates of use of this calendar are December 11, 12, 13 and 14 only. You'll see hour slots either with or without a name and e-mail address. Sign up for the available slots only. Click on the Submit button. Watch your name and e-mail address appear.
I look forward to working with you to make the 133rd meeting a great success. If you have any questions or ideas I would really like to hear from you. Please e-mail me at <asmith48219@aol.com>.
If you have technical problems with the calendar, contact Laura Larsson at <larsson@u.washington.edu>. Laura will also help you sign up if you prefer to have her do it for you.
Please sign up. Working at the HAS booth is a lot of fun, and you get to network with all sorts of interesting people. Also, you get to learn about a great new technology that you can use for your events.