SIG-11 Members - we need your help in reviewing submitted RESNA Conferrence Papers in the "Computer Access and Use" Topic Area!!

This is your chance to be an active part of RESNA. There are no pre-requisites to being a reviewer. Please consider this a great holiday gift to your colleagues.

At this time, Individual Reviewer volunteers are needed for the scientific papers review. Typically, individuals volunteer to review concurrent session proposals OR papers. However, it is fine to volunteer for both. The important dates for the paper review process are listed at the bottom of this email. This may help you decide whether the review time-line fits with your schedule.

This year, RESNA has significantly altered the review process. Instead of all papers being reviewed by three volunteers, only those papers that are identified by the Topic Area Review Coordinator (TARC) as falling in the bottom 20% of their papers will be reviewed. All papers that are not marked as being in the bottom 20% will be accepted. RESNA has also changed the process by which papers are assigned to sessions. The majority of papers will be presented as posters, and the number of paper sessions will be reduced. Each paper session will have a single topic, which will be chosen by the members of the SIGs within each Topic Area.

Please send your name, e-mail address, telephone number and mailing address to Susan Leone at sleone@resna.org or via fax to 703/524-6630 as soon as possible if you are interested in volunteering. Please also inform Sharon Ferrell, SIG-11 Chair ferrels@st-lukes.org if you wish to volunteer.

Individual Reviewer's role:

• Receives scientific papers to review from the TARC.
• Reviews each paper.
• CSends ALL completed Paper Rater Forms to the designated TARC by January 14, 2002.ompletes a Paper Rater Form for each paper.

Important Dates for the Scientific Paper Review:

• Deadline for Scientific Papers, Monday, December 10, 2001
• Papers sent to TARC for review, December 17, 2001
• TARC's send list of papers requiring further review to RESNA, January 7, 2002
• Papers sent to IRs for further review, January 8, 2002
• Individual reviewers send all completed rater forms to RESNA, January 14, 2002
• RESNA sends results of review to TARC, January 15, 2002
• TARC sends all required paperwork to RESNA Office, January 30, 2002
• Scientific Sessions are scheduled by Scientific Program Chair with the Concurrent Session Chair and the RESNA Office, February 2002
• Authors are notified of paper acceptance/rejection, February 2002

Thank you and Happy Holidays

Susan P. Leone
RESNA Meetings Director
1700 North Moore St., Suite 1540
Arlington, VA  22209
703/524-6686, ext 306
703/524-6630 fax
sleone@resna.org


RESNA 2002 Annual Conference
Thursday - Monday, June 27 - July 1, 2002
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, MN