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Caucuses
Caucus Sponsored Sessions
Sponsored Sessions
All Standing Committee, Taskforce, Affiliated Society and Caucus proposals must be clearly marked as such in the session title and abstract. They must be complete and submitted online by the published January Call For Proposal’s deadline (12:00 am EST) in order to be considered by the Program Committee.
Caucuses are encouraged to submit multiple session proposals for the annual meeting (subject to existing policies and procedures). They may, however, officially sponsor only one session. If the program committee approves their session proposal(s), the caucus may be listed in the official program book as the session sponsor for one session. Caucuses are not entitled to an automatic slot on annual convention programs. Caucuses may request social and professional space at the annual meeting on a space-available, first-come, first served basis.
Although Standing Committees, Taskforces, Affiliated Societies and Caucuses may solicit or assist in the creation of several proposals for the ASA Annual Meeting call, they may sponsor only one session on the ASA Annual Meeting Program.
Standing Committees, Taskforces, Affiliated Societies, and Caucuses are not entitled to slots on the program. Rather, they must submit proposals of a quality comparable to other accepted proposals in order to be included in the program.
The President-elect and the Program Chairs shall designate a member of the Program Committee to act as Caucus Liaison, who will liaise with ASA Caucuses; follow the organization of sponsored sessions; track them through the review process; and notify the Caucus Chairs of the acceptance/rejections of sponsored sessions.
The Caucus Liaison will apprise the Program Committee of the sponsored sessions and the strong constituencies they represent.
If none of the caucus-sponsored session proposals are evaluated favorably, the Caucus representative(s) should consult with the Caucus Liaison to consider other accepted panels with similar subject matter for possible caucus sponsorship.
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