The MAA Committee on Sessions of Contributed Papers selects topics and organizers for contributed paper sessions at Joint Mathematics Meetings and MathFests. The committee would be delighted to hear from MAA members who are interested in organizing such sessions or who have suggested topics.
Planning is now underway for the 2008 MathFest in Madison, Wisconsin, July 31 - August 2, and the 2009 AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 5-8. The deadline for receipt of proposals for organizers for the Madsion MathFest is Friday, October 10, 2008 and for the Washington, D.C. Joint Mathematics Meeting it is Friday, December 27, 2007.
Please send (preferably by email with an attached MS Word 2000 or WordPerfect 11 file) the proposal title, name(s), mailing address(es), phone/fax number(s), and email address(es) of the organizer(s), and a one-page summary of the proposed contributed paper session to the Chair of the Committee, Sarah L. Mabrouk, Department of Mathematics, Framingham State College, 100 State Street, Framingham, MA 01701; Tel. (508) 626-4785; Fax (508) 626-4003; E-mail smabrouk@frc.mass.edu. If you have organized a contributed paper session in the past, please include information about this session (the year, the title of the session, and the meeting site) as well.