Does Your Group Meet at Atla Annual? Submit Proposal by September 30

If you haven’t heard, we’ve added additional session types to the proposal process in the My Atla web portal. This change affects Atla groups, including Denominational, Interest, Regional, and other formal and non-formal groups.

The new session type is “Business Meeting” and your Chair/Submitter may select which type of group is meeting.

This session type has always been in the schedule, but we’ve now included it in the proposal process. This will make it easier for you to organize your group’s itinerary ahead of conference while also helping the Conference Committee plan the Atla Annual 2020 schedule. If accepted, this will also ensure that your group’s Business Meeting will be in the Conference Program Book and on SCHED.

If you are a group who usually meets at the conference, we invite you to submit your proposal by September 30. This helps the Conference Committee organize the conference and make space for your business meetings.

Types of Groups

• Denominational Group – A meeting of an Atla Denominational Group. All meetings of this type are held concurrently at a time to be assigned.
• Interest Group Meeting – A meeting of an Atla Interest Group. Groups will be given time slot options to select from in the Spring.
• Regional Group Meeting – A meeting of a Regional Group. Groups will be given time slot options to select from in the Spring.
• Other Meeting – A meeting of any other group, such as NACO, Reciprocal Borrowing, Atla Digital Library, Atla Open Press editorial boards, etc. Groups will be given time t options to select from in the Spring.

Opportunity to Organize Worship or Excursion Sessions

We also encourage groups to submit proposals for worship services and excursions by selecting the session types below:

• Worship – Groups or individuals organize worship or other observance including identifying program and officiant and possibly a location other than the conference hotel. Atla staff will follow up in the Fall to discuss logistics and feasibility.
• Excursion – Groups or an individual organize an excursion for conference attendees. Atla staff will follow up in the Fall to discuss logistics and feasibility.

Submit Proposal

Read more about the proposal process and session types from Conference Committee Chair, Erica Durham.