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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
This year has been a year of challenges and successes for MSERA. As President, I have been greatly gratified at the support given by members of the Board of Directors as well as by the committee chairs. The program reflected in this year’s Proceedings is truly a work that has emerged from the hard work of many. I would especially like to thank the program chairs Gail Hughes and Linda Kondrick for their valiant efforts when the new proposal submission software being developed fell behind schedule. While it is now finalized and will be ready to go in the coming years, their patience was critical. Cliff Hofwolt also deserves a lot of credit for stepping in to push the process forward. And members of the program committee were also ultra cooperative in submitting their evaluations. Finally I would also like to thank those members of MSERA who submitted proposals for their patience and understanding. Both the presenters and the session chairs are to be commended. We are also grateful to John Petry for his continuing work in editing the Proceedings, to Mary Jane Bradley and Lynn Howerton for their fine work with The Researcher, and to Larry Daniel and Anthony Onwuegbuzie, editors of Research in the Schools and Claire Torres, their able assistant, and Gail Hughes, their able proofreader for producing top quality publications which represent MSERA so well. Although Larry and Claire have had to step down from their roles because of heavy commitments at their institution, we know that Tony and his new Coeditor John Slate will continue to uphold the high standards of the journal. Randy Parker has been a stellar Vice-President/President Elect, bringing so much energy to his office and being on top of things all during the year. The word invaluable is often overused but in this case, it is well deserved. He will be a great President. Sherry Shaw and Michell Haj-Broussard, with the support of the MSER Foundation and Rob Kennedy also did a great job encouraging graduate students to begin participating in MSERA early in their careers and Linda Morse followed up with two very effective Mentor sessions as well. While there are many others who have contributed in so many ways, I must make a special effort to thank Linda Kondrick and Julie Holmes for their work as site co-chairs. Without their tireless and exemplary efforts, the conference could not have been as successful as it was. It has been a great year for MSERA and we look forward to another one in 2008.
Bill Spencer |
