I am on the Annual Meeting Committee for AM07 in Milwaukee, so we had a business lunch in one of the hotel restaurants and planned strategy (keynote speakers, session types, sponsorship, and so on). It’s a great bunch, and I am looking forward to next year already.
In the afternoon, I spent much of the time in the hotel room working on my SIG/CON presentation and loading some pictures into flickr.
The evening was filled with receptions. The alumni reception was well attended, and featured carved roasts (turkey and beef). I have developed a taste for a local beer called Shiner Bock, as you will see in this photo. From there I went to a reception hosted by Syracuse (where I got my PhD), and then on to the SIG III International Reception, where they hold an auction to raise money to bring ASIST memebers from developing countries to the conference. Finally I was in the Presidential Suite for a tradition where past presidents welcome the new president. By that time my camera memory was overloaded, or I would have taken some pictures – some pretty important scholars and movers and shakers have been presidents of ASIST.