Business Meeting Agenda WiG 2005

1) General Announcements and info about the format of the meeting

2) Selection panels for WiG 2006, GSA 2006, MLA 2006, and AATG 2007

a) Selection of WiG special panel/guest for 2006

Esther Dischereit (Sara Lennox)

b) WiG guest-related panel for 2006

c) Selection of WiG special panel/guest for 2007

1) Should we make this decision now?

2)  If so, we need to decide between:

Angela Krauss (Julie Klassen)
Evelyn Schmidt (Laura McGee)

d) Thursday night WiG panel

1) Overworked, Underpaid & Full of Joy? (Heike Henderson/Beret Norman)

2) Follow-up on Academia and Mother/Parenthood (  )

e) Pre-20th Century  WiG Panel

1) Women, Health and Medicine (Lisa Hock)

2) Going to the Extreme (Stephanie Ohnesorg)

f) Professional Praxis WiG Panel

1) The Internet: The Online Search for Relevant Resources (Jennifer Askey, Rachel Freudenburg, & Jenn Hosek)

2) Electronic Media for Research, Publishing, Teaching and Collaboration ( )

g) Two WiG Open Sessions

1) Scripted and Unscripted Spaces: Gardens and Wilderness (Julie Klassen)

2) New Generation of German Women Writers (Pat Herminghouse)

3) A Critical Take on the Frauleinwunder (Pat Herminghouse)

4) Gendered Cities (Beret Norman and Karen Eng)

5) Generations 1960s-Present in German Film and Literature (Andrea Reimann)

6) Domestic Violence in Literature over the Centuries (Helga Kraft)

7) Media of Communication between “Public” and “Private” (Christine Rinne)

8) Legacy and Life of the Journal Frauen and Film (Getrud Koch)

9) Contemporary Genre Fiction by Women – Krimi/SciFi/Horror/Romance (Elizabeth Bridges and Faye Stewart)

h) WiG Poster Session

i) Proposal for film screening or making films available panelists talk about

j) GSA 2006 (Pittsburgh – September 27-October 1)

1) Implications of Elections 2005 ( Lynn Kutch)

2) Early Women Filmmakers in Germany and Austria/Austro-Hungary (1895-1933) (Sara Hall)

3) Construction of Domestic Spaces (Christine Rinne)

k) MLA 2006 (New Orleans (?) -  December 27-30): Two Sessions

                  1) Rating “Ratingmyprofessor.com” (Lynn Kutch)

l) AATG 2007 (San Antonio, TX – November 16-18)

3) Formation of a Task Force on Compiling Glosses for Texts by German Women Writers (3 people needed)

4) Nominations for Steering Committee Members

                  Karen Achberger

                  Stefanie Ohnesorg

                  Jill Suzanne Smith

                  Amy Young

5) Reports

President’s Report (Jeanette Claussen)

New Search for Vice President ( )

Report on the review of WiG governance structure (Laura McGee)

Treasurer’s Report (Vibs Peterson)

Presentation of the results of the Yearbook Task Force survey (Jeanette Claussen and Claudia Breger)

Yearbook Report (Helga Kraft)

Newsletter Report (Rachel Freudenburg and Maria Stehle)

Website Report (Lisa Hock and Beverly Weber)

Report on the new WiG site, Snowbird UT (Denise DellaRossa and Michelle James)

Announcement of new Steering Committee members and meeting adjourns at 12:45 pm.