Fw: H-ASIA: A Plea for Timely Postings on Conferences

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:19 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: A Plea for Timely Postings on Conferences


> H-ASIA
> April 27, 2012
>
> A Plea for Timely Postings on Conferences--THAT IS SOON ENOUGH FOR
> INTERESTED PARTIES TO RESPOND AND PLAN
>
> (x-post H-Japan--and modified)
> *****************************************************************
> Ed. note: Ted Bestor has hit it in one. I try to cull and post
> conference calls for papers from H-Net Announcements, and time and
> time again, the post has been submitted on the eve of the deadline
> for paper proposals, or--in some instances--even later. ALSO, I
> will add to Ted's plea that posters please include the actual dates
> and location of the conferences--there is something intuitively off
> center in the H-Announcement templates which lead people to not
> include those important items in the text of the post. Sometimes I
> can invest ten or fifteen minutes in following clues to provide
> that information, but this takes time away from other editorial
> duties. Please give heed to Ted's plea--and mine! Thanks. FFC
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bestor, Theodore" <bestor@wjh.harvard.edu>
>
> I have made this plea before, but I would urge anyone planning and
> announcing a conference to make sure that something is posted months
> ahead of time.
>
> Perhaps in this case, a prior notice was posted and perhaps I simply
> missed it.
>
> But it seems to me that all too often notices of extremely interesting
> conferences show up on the iistserv so close to the actual event that no
> one other than someone already very local could even begin to think about
> attending!]]
>
> I would urge everyone to use H-net to publicize conferences months and
> months ahead of time!!!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Ted Bestor
> Harvard University
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