1st conference of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis 3/5/05

[Guest guest]

Announcing:

The 1st conference of the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis will be

held on March 5, 2005 on the campus of Madison University. Please see

below for more information about the conference (particularly requests about

accommodations) and

membership in the organization.

Check out the web site at _www.v-aba.org_ (http://www.v-aba.org)

January 13, 2005

Sherry L. Serdikoff, Ph.D., B.C.B.A.

Madison University

Department of Psychology, MSC 7401

onburg, VA 22807

SERDIKSL@... -- 540.568.7089

Greetings,

I am pleased to invite you to attend the 1st conference of the recently

formed Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis (VABA), a Chapter of the

Association for Behavior Analysis: International. Our first meeting will be

held

in the heart of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, in the ballroom of the

Center on the campus of Madison University, onburg VA on Saturday

March 5, 2005. We will begin with registration from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

during which you may pick up your nametag or register on-site. Invited

presentations will take place throughout the day, with a mid-day break for

lunch. Our

conference will end with a business meeting for the membership followed by a

Poster Session and Social from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

A list of the invited speakers and titles for their presentations will be

posted on the _VABA_ (http://www.v-aba.org/) web site at,

_http://www.v-aba.org_ (http://www.v-aba.org/) very soon, so keep checking. I

ask that you

please consider submitting a poster proposal. We especially encourage

submissions

from students. Any topic relevant to behavior analysis is appropriate; the

content of posters may be empirical, theoretical, or conceptual. In addition,

posters highlighting programs in Behavior Analysis are welcome. The deadline

for poster submissions is Friday, February 18, 2005. Poster proposals should

be submitted on-line by clicking the _ONLINE POSTER SUBMISSION_

(http://www.v-aba.org/) link on the home page of the _VABA_

(http://www.v-aba.org/) web

site.

The Center is part of the_ University Center_

(http://www.jmu.edu/ucenter) located in the _Hillside Area_

(http://www.jmu.edu/map/index.shtml)

of the _ Madison University_ (http://www.jmu.edu/) campus. Our

conference will be held in _PC Ballroom_

(http://www.jmu.edu/ucenter/pcballroom.shtml)

on the top floor of the Center. Directions for getting to JMU are

available from the _Visitor’s Section_

(http://www.jmu.edu/admissions/visit/directions.shtml) of the JMU web site. As

this is our first meeting, I’m not

sure whether individuals would be interested in staying in onburg over

night - either Friday night before the conference, Saturday night after the

conference, or both. If there is interest, I would be happy to negotiate a

reduced room rate for our group at a local hotel, but I will need to know

approximately how many rooms we will use to do so. If you think you might

attend

the conference and you would be interested in a hotel room, please send me an

email message as soon as possible (_serdiksl@..._

(mailto:serdiksl@...) ) and let me know whether you would be interested in

a room for Friday

night before the conference, Saturday night after the conference, or both. Once

I get a sense of the number of rooms we will need I’ll contact everyone with

information about hotel accommodations.

There are four categories of membership in VABA: Full Member, Associate

Member, Student Member, and Affiliate Member, each described on the MEMBERSHIP

page of the _VABA_ (http://www.v-aba.org/) web site. There is one fee for

VABA membership and conference registration. To become a member and attend the

conference complete and submit the VABA 2005 membership and conference

registration form included with this letter (also available on the membership

page

of the _VABA_ (http://www.v-aba.org/) web site).

Please pass on this announcement to anyone that you think may be interested

in joining VABA or attending the conference. If you have questions, please do

not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing you in here in

onburg.

Sincerely,

Sherry L. Serdikoff , Ph.D., B.C.B.A.

President, VABA