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  CALL FOR PRESENTERS
  2003 MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, in association
with
the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  "Community as Place"

  JULY 19-23, 2003
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, USA


  The Community Development Society, in
association with the International
Association for Community Development,
invites you to join community
development practitioners, researchers,
policy makers, and citizen leaders
from around the world in Ithaca, New York,
USA, July 19-23, 2003.  The
theme of the conference is Community as
Place.  This conference embraces
common efforts to foster meaningful
collaborations, extend the community
development networks, and holistically
integrate community-based research,
policy, and practice toward the goal of
building healthy and sustainable
communities of place. It provides a valuable
opportunity to sharpen
professional skills, discuss critical issues,
and interact with
colleagues.

  The Community Development Society
(CDS) is an international association
whose mission is to advocate for excellence
in the community development
profession. Members represent a variety of
fields, including academic
institutions, citizen groups, finance,
healthcare, utilities, local and
regional governments, public agencies and
non-profits. The Society hosts
an annual conference in July that brings
together an audience of community
developer researchers and practitioners.

  IACD is the main international membership
organization for those working
in or supporting community development
and is open to both individuals and
organizations. There are currently 4000
members across the globe. It aims
are to promote community development
across international policies and
programmes, to network and support
community development practitioners and
to encourage information and practice
exchange.  The IACD Office is hosted
by the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.

  You are invited to submit a proposal
sharing your research, practice, or
policy work that addresses the changing
world of community development.
Proposals are due January 1, 2003
(extended deadline); selections of
presentations will be made toward the end
of January.

  Conference Theme: Place-based
communities include attention to social,
human, natural, built and financial capital in a
balanced and holistic
way. However, not everyone will see the
theme from the same perspective
and indeed some may challenge the notion.
The theme might be approached in
a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:

  ·       Culture
  ·       Roles of visionaries, academics and
everyday folk
  ·       Minority and ethnic groups
  ·       Youth and community development
  ·       Indigenous development
  ·       Rural development
  ·       Inclusive community development
  ·       Anti-poverty work
  ·       Mobility
  ·       Globalization and migration
  ·       Peace and conflict

  Through the CDS sections, the different
skills and approaches of
community development practitioners,
scholars and policy makers to
building sustainable communities of place
will be addressed.

  Conference Tracks: Within each of the
CDS section tracks listed below,
presentations should maintain a focus on
one or more dimensions of the
conference theme: community as place.

  1.      Community Health                        7.
Social Issues
  2.      Economic Development
8.
Telecommunications
  3.      Environment                             9.
Urban
  4.      International                           10.
Spirituality
  5.      Practice                                11.
Extension
  6.      Research and Graduate Studies


  OPTIONS FOR PRESENTATION:


  PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
  Focus:  Verbal presentations of papers
concerning ongoing and completed
community development research and
theory.
  Format:  Papers should present well-
developed concepts, applications,
and results.  Individual paper presentations
are 20 minutes long, followed
by 10 minutes of discussion.   Two or three
related papers can be
submitted as a panel.  Individual proposals
will be grouped with related
papers by the Program Committee.
  Requirements:  Presenters are to provide
an abstract and full paper 60
days after preliminary acceptance by the
Program Committee.

  PROJECT PRESENTATIONS:
  Focus:  Informative project presentations
which highlight the design,
development, and implementation of an
urban or rural community development
project or program.
  Format:  Presentations use handouts and
audio/visuals to support a
verbal presentation of the concept, design,
challenges, and outcomes of a
project.  An individual presentation will be 30
minutes (20 minutes for
the presentation and 10 minutes for
discussion.)  A panel presentation can
be up to 90 minutes (allocating at least 30
minutes for discussion).
  Requirements:  Presenters will prepare a
session design including the
learning objectives, an agenda, handouts,
and participant
exercise/discussion questions.

  WORKSHOPS:
  Focus:  Innovative, interactive learning
sessions where participants
acquire community development tools,
techniques, and approaches that they
can apply to their practice that contribute to
place-building. Workshops
can include storytelling and cultural
performance with a community
development focus.
  Format:  Workshops must involve audience
participation using
participatory experiential learning formats,
such as role playing,
simulations, practice sessions, tool
application, or dialogue.  Workshops
are 1½ hours in length.
  Requirements:  Presenters will prepare a
brief agenda that summarizes
the learning objectives, handouts, and
opportunities for participant
interaction.

  EXHIBITS:
  Organizations, chapters, projects,
programs, government agencies, tribal
units, and businesses are invited to set up a
visual display for the
duration of the conference.   A fee will be
charged for both non-profit
and commercial/government exhibits.  For
additional information please
contact:

  Joan Lewis
  Cornell Cooperative Extension
  382 Roberts Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853

                  Phone: 607-255-2118     Fax:
607-255-0788      Email:
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  Please Note:  All presenters are required
to register for the conference
and are expected to pay all registration and
other conference expenses.


  GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS


  SUBMISSIONS: Please use the web site
submittal form (located at
www.CDS2003.org) using the following
guidelines. *
  1.      Proposal track: List the number/name
of the track
  2.      Proposal Category: Workshop,
Project Report, or Paper (poster
submissions are welcome as well).
  3.      Contact Information: Name,
organization, affiliation, address,
phone and fax numbers and e-mail address.
 Panel and workshop proposals
should list all presenters plus the name and
contact information of a
contact person.
  4.      Title, Summary, Outcomes, Transferability and Relation to
Conference Theme:  Provide a brief, 200 word, abstract including research,
practice/policy approach as well as what others will learn form your
presentation and how it relates to the conference theme.
  5.      Special Equipment: List any audio/visual equipment needed
including computer or internet access.


  Deadline: The submission deadline is January 1, 2003 (extended from
previously advertised deadline).
  * if you are unable to submit the proposal via the website please follow
the submission guidelines and forward the proposal electronically to
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 (e-mail with attachment in WORD). If you do not have
internet access, you may send a hard copy or fax of your proposal to Joan
Lewis, at the address listed above in the "Exhibits" section.

  Selection and Acceptance: the program committee and the appropriate
section chair will review proposals.  The Program Committee has the
authority and responsibility for placing the sessions where they will be
most beneficial to those attending the Conference. Selection decisions
will be made toward the end of January 2003.

  Conference website:  www.CDS2003.org

  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
  Program Committee:                                      Local Host
Committee:
  Cornelia Butler Flora                                   Rod Howe
  Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor              Associate
Director
  Community Director of Continuing Education              Community and
Rural Development Institute
       of Agriculture and Sociology                               41
Warren Hall, Cornell University
  Director, North Central Regional Center                 Ithaca, NY
14853
       for Rural Development                              607-255-9510
(phone), 607-255-2231 (fax)
  107 Curtiss Hall, Iowa State University
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  Ames, IA 50011-1050
www.cardi.cornell.edu
  515-294-1329 (phone), 515-294-3180 (fax)

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  Dr. Cornelia Butler Flora
  Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and
Sociology
  Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
  107 Curtiss Hall
  Iowa State University
  Ames, IA 50011-1050

  phone: 1 515 294 1329
  fax: 1-515-294 3180
  email <
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