<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16890" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=488441420-06102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>It would also be helpful to have a one- or two-hour orientation session for first-timers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=488441420-06102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=488441420-06102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Wanda Samek</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=488441420-06102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=488441420-06102009></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org [mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lisa Gorrell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> apgpubliclist@apgen.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] Who Are We, Really?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I haven't attended a national conference yet and plan to attend NGS in Salt Lake City this coming year. I have been researching nearly 15 years and would consider myself an intermediate researcher.  I am better at some records (especially late 19th century & 20th century) than others (before 1850).  I am looking forward to hearing from presenters that I have been reading about all these years.<BR><BR>Wouldn't it be helpful for beginners to have a special track for them such as on one day?  We have done this at model railroading conventions.<BR><BR>Lisa Gorrell<BR>Martinez, CA <BR><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Wanda Samek <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:wanda@sameks.us">wanda@sameks.us</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN>>></SPAN>The people who defend current conference topics are, in fact, defending them for "beginners", a category in which they are NOT placing themselves.<SPAN> <SPAN><<</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN>A very good point, Barbara.  </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN>It may also strengthen my conclusion that national conferences, as a general rule, should be targeted more toward intermediate and advanced levels of expertise.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV><FONT color=#888888> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN>Wanda Samek</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>APG Public Mailing List<BR><A href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/" target=_blank>http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>