The Executive Committee of the LSA invites bids from parties
who are interested in hosting the LSA 2006 Conference in early
July 2006.
Your bid should cover the following points:
- Suggested conference title or main theme, possible
sub-themes
- Rationale for the conference theme
- Description of target audience
- Suggested keynote speakers
- Statement of support from the head of your institution
/ department (or equivalent)
- Statement of suitability of the venue for conference
sessions and (preferably on-site) residential accommodation (rooms,
catering, accessibility etc.)
- Statement of your prior experience of staging conferences
- Description of proposed conference organisational / administrative
structure
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Please submit your bid
by e-mail to:
Cara Aitchison, Chair
Cara.Aitchison@uwe.ac.uk
and copy to
Bob Snape, Secretary
r.snape@bolton.ac.uk
and
Myrene McFee
mcfee@solutions-inc.co.uk
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Some general information on LSA
Conferences
for potential hosts
- Conference theme should be designed to reflect topical
issues and concerns in leisure studies and should attract the
participation of academics, leisure practitioners and other professionals.
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- Duration: Typically expected to extend over three
days and two nights, although a longer conference is occasionally
staged.
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- Committee make-up: Conference Organising Committees
(COCs) will typically include representatives of several institutions
in addition to those of the host venue.
~~ The COC should include at least several Members of
the Leisure Studies Association.
~~ The COC will send a representative to LSA Exec meetings
during the time leading up to the conference, and post-conference
until final accounts are reported.
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- LSA provides the COC with Guidelines designed to assist
the COC in staging a successful conference. The Guidelines arose
out of the combined experience of members of many past LSA conference
organising committees. They are guidelines, not strictures, enabling
each COC to adapt to their own circumstances and express their
own creativity in designing their conference, while still 'living
up' to the traditional spirit of LSA events. Additionally, LSA
can supply further useful information such as examples of previous
conference budgets and delegates' materials.
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- Financial:
~~ Various administrative/financial set-ups are possible
depending on the requirements of your institution. You may, for
example, employ an outside administrator; or you may be required
to operate through your institutions's internal conference office.
Sometimes a combination of these structures has been beneficial.
~~ LSA provides a float, if required, to the conference
organsing committee. The COC devises a budget and registration
fees which must be reviewed and agreed by the Exeutive committee.
~~ The conference is expected to be self-supporting (i.e.
break even). Experience has shown that good financial results
are achieved where the budget and registration fees have been
carefully set and the conference has been well-publicised (a
joint responsibility of the LSA and the COC). Some COCs have
had great success in attracting support from external bodies
such as local government.
~~ One of the conference's mandatory budget items is a
contribution towards the production of the post-conference volumes.
Additionally, any surplus income is expected to be returned to
LSA to further support the production of the post-conference
volumes (see below).
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- Post-conference publications: A main outcome of LSA
conferences is the post-conference publication of themed and
edited volumes arising from work presented at the conference.
These volumes are held on the LSA Publications list and
provide one of the major sources of income to the LSA.
~~ The editorial teams of the LSA Publications volumes
typically are comprised of members of the COC and/or invited
expert persons in the area of the theme of the given volume.
Hence it is important that potential conference organisers have
this in mind from the outset and are prepared to make a major
commitment to the selection and editing of papers for the timely
production of good quality publications following on from the
conference.
~~ The editorial teams will be assisted in this by the
LSA Publications Officer Dr.
Eileen Kennedy and by the LSA Publications production manager
and top copy designer/producer Myrene
McFee.
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Association Aims
To foster research in Leisure Studies
To promote interest in Leisure Studies and advance education
in this field
To encourage debate through
publications, and an international journal LEISURE STUDIES
To stimulate the exchange of ideas on contemporary leisure
issues
To disseminate knowledge of Leisure Studies to create the
conditions for better-informed decisions by policy makers
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