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Dear CARA Members:
I hope you were one of the almost 100 fortunate members to attend CARA’s 16th Annual Statewide Conference held this past October 22nd and 23rd. Our conference received mostly excellent evaluations from attendees, who remarked that strong programming and the awards luncheon were some of the key components that made the conference outstanding.
Some conference highlights for me included Jay Frost’s Keynote address and International Research session; Gary Price’s fast-paced, interactive Research Toolbox presentation of new free or inexpensive online resources; new CARA Board member Andillon Hackney’s session on Company Valuation for Researchers; and Tony Correia’s virtual session on The Wine Cycle. Yet, I think that the most memorable hour of the conference was the Awards Luncheon, where the inaugural Guenevere T. Molloy Memorial Scholarship was awarded to CARA members Patricia Bedrosian of Cal State University, Bakersfield and Kelly Douglas of U.C. Irvine. Many in the audience were moved by Past CARA President James Rygg’s memorial to former CARA Treasurer Guen Molloy, just moments before he received the 2009 CARA Service Award.
All of the conference presentations will be available on the CARA website shortly. Gary Price’s complete session is also available on his website at: http://bit.ly/cara2009
You should have all received the CARA email blast announcing the forthcoming free APRA Virtual Seminar by Josh Birkholz titled “Thinking About Data Modeling? Five Key Questions to Consider Before Starting.” I’m pleased to announce that iWave is sponsoring this event and that we’ve added an 8th venue at San Francisco State University. CARA Secretary Maggie O’Brien, Prospect Research Manager at SF State, will be hosting at this venue. All venue locations are listed on the CARA homepage, along with host site and RSVP information. Please RSVP for the Virtual Seminar no later than Friday, December 4th. Don’t miss out on this free networking and educational opportunity.
Finally, I want to thank the 64 CARA members who completed the online Member Survey. We are currently analyzing the survey results which will be announced, both in an email to members and on the CARA website, by early December.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season.
Gary Lance, CARA President 2009
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