MLA Program Proposal Form

Guidelines

Use this form to propose a single presentation or an entire program session for the 2009 Music Library Association Annual Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois, from Wednesday, February 18, through Saturday, February 21, 2009.

  1. Any Music Library Association member may submit a proposal for the 2009 program.
  2. Proposal type MUST be indicated on the form. If a Committee/Subcommittee or a Roundtable, please indicate in the title field which one in parentheses ( ) after your proposed title.
  3. All committee or roundtable program submissions must have prior approval from the committee chair or roundtable coordinator. All subcommittee program proposals must have prior approval from the committee chair to whom the subcommittee reports. If proposing for a committee, subcommittee, or roundtable, please indicate the name of the committee, subcommittee, or roundtable in the proposal.
  4. SPEAKERS: Final commitments from speakers are not mandatory for the purposes of submitting a proposal, but names and justifications for potential speakers should be indicated. Modest honoraria (not more than $150) may be provided only for speakers who are not members of MLA, and travel and lodging expenses may also be covered by MLA but only for plenary-session speakers who are not MLA members. When requesting honoraria and/or funds for travel and lodging expenses, please provide a justification. All such requests must be approved by the MLA Board.
  5. EQUIPMENT: DO NOT place "just in case" equipment requests. Live internet service may be available. If a live internet connection is desired, please specify its importance and how it would be used.
  6. DO NOT use this form to request times for business meetings and other meetings that do not include public programming. A form for requesting a room for a non-program meeting will be available by Friday, April 4, 2008.
  7. All program proposals must be submitted by Friday, May 2, 2008, to be considered for the 2009 Annual Conference.

Please email Suzanne Moulton-Gertig at smoulton@du.edu if you have questions.


1. Title of Proposed Program:
2. What type of proposal is this?: Committee/subcommittee program
Roundtable program
Plenary program
Member-proposed program
3. Name (of proposal submitter(s)):
4. E-Mail:
5. Phone:
6. Fax:
7. Institution:
8. Are you submitting this:
NOTE: If you are submitting as an individual, YOU will be responsible for planning this program session.		 As a Roundtable Coordinator/Member
As a Committee Chair/Member
As a Subcommittee Chair/Member
As an Individual
9. Is this a joint Proposal? Yes
No
10. If so, with whom are you proposing:
11. If you are submitting as a subcommittee chair, what committee do you report to?
12. If you are submitting as a subcommittee chair, who is the committee chair?
13. Has the Committee/ Roundtable approved this proposal? Yes
No
14. Provide a description of the program:
15. List potential speakers:
16. a. Have you contacted speakers?
b. What was their response?
17. Preliminary listing of equipment needs WITH JUSTIFICATION
18. Preliminary estimate of number of attendees:
19. If this proposal is chosen for the 2009 program, with which other sessions should there be no conflict?