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The Executive Committee of the
LSA invites bids from parties who are interested in hosting the
LSA Conference in early July 2010.
Your bid should cover the
following points:
- Suggested conference title
or main theme. Ideally the conference theme would not be similar
to those of the immediately preceeding several years. See
list of LSA conferences.
- Rationale for the conference theme
- Descriptive list of 4 or 5 suggested
sub-themes
- Committee Chair and suggested
members -- contact numbers and brief bio information (see "Committee
make-up" below)
- 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 availability of on-site
residential accommodation (rooms, catering, accessibility etc.)
- Statement of committee members'
prior experience of academic conference organisation (as
opposed to institutional conference office)
- Description of proposed conference
organisational / administrative structure
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Please submit your
bid
by May 1, 2008
by e-mail to:
Prof. Scott Fleming, LSA Chair
sfleming@glos.ac.uk
and copy to
Dr. Karl Spracklen,
LSA Secretary
k.spracklen@leedsmet.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 Committee (COC)
will typically include representatives of several institutions
in addition to those of the host venue.
~~ The COC Chair should be an LSA member and the COC should
include at least several other 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. LSA Administrator will create
and manage the conference web pages in co-operation with the
COC.
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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. Jayne
Caudwell 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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