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From: Jeanette Daniels <>
Subject: Re: [APG] APG PMC (Little Rock) Syllabus?
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:11:57 -0700 (PDT)
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Drew, Larry, Elissa, others,

I write very little in syllabus materials because in the past, I have seen my material used without proper credit by others.  I had spent a great deal of research and time creating maps detailing the immigration and settlement patterns of a particular state.  The presenter used my maps from an old UGA syllabus without giving me any credit.  Her presentation inferred that she had created them.  This speaker then went on in her presentation to present a newly researched idea about the colonial economy of this same state, again, without giving credit to the researcher who had written the article she was passing off as her own research.   I knew the material well because I had proofed it before he turned it in for publication.

I understand why syllabus materials may seem cryptic and be only for those in attendence.

Jeanette




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From: Drew Smith <>
To: APG list <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:07:03 AM
Subject: Re: [APG] APG PMC (Little Rock) Syllabus?

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:36 AM, LBoswell<> wrote:
> Maybe in the future, given the expressed wider interest in the syllabuses,
> the speaker contracts could be enhanced to include the option of online
> access for non-attending APG members.

Larry, I think that still misses the point that Elissa made, when she
said "The syllabus material is meant to enhance the experience of
lecture attendees so that they don't have to copy notes and have URLs
already listed."

As a speaker, I design my handouts for a syllabus with only the
attending person in mind.  I intend my presentation to be an
integrated package: what I say, what I display on a PowerPoint slide,
and what I include in the handout.  Each of those pieces, by itself,
is a poor substitute for the entire package.  A handout, taken out of
context from what the speaker may have said during the presentation,
might be cryptic or misleading.

As a speaker, I would not sign a contract (or agree to an option) that
produced more copies of my handouts than would be needed to meet the
needs of potential attendees.  In my mind, that would be violating the
entire purpose of why I was creating the handout.

Drew Smith





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