Illinois/Missouri Applied Harmonic Analysis Seminar - Check list for each meeting

• Finalize location, and local host. Tentative plans are:
  • Spring 2008: Illinois Wesleyan University (host: Tian-Xiao He)
  • Fall 2008: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (host: Myung-Sin Song)
  • Spring 2009: University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign (hosts: Minh Do, Richard Laugesen)
  • Fall 2009: Saint Louis University (hosts: Bradley Currey, Brody Johnson, Darrin Speegle)
  • Spring 2010: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (hosts: Ilya Krishtal, Richard Laugesen)
  • Fall 2010: TBA
• Decide on the date - usually a Saturday in April or in September/October. Check the AMS Mathematics Calendar to avoid conflicts with other meetings.
• Ask the local host to book a room for the talks, a room for informal discussions, and a room for refreshments.
• Help the local host develop a website for the meeting, and link to it from our main IMAHA website.
• Discuss ideas for speakers with the Organizers and the local host.
• Invite speakers, and post the schedule on the website. A typical schedule looks like:
  • 10:30-11:00 - Coffee and snacks
  • 11:00-11:40 - Speaker 1 - Title
  • 11:50-12:30 - Speaker 2 - Title
  • 12:30-2:00 - Lunch and Informal Discussions
  • 2:00-2:40 - Speaker 3 - Title
  • 2:50-3:30 - Speaker 4 - Title
  • 3:40-4:30 - Speaker 5 - Title
  • 4:40-5:20 - Moderator - Open Problem Forum
• Advertize the meeting with the AMS, IMA, wavelet.org, and through our own mailing list, and the UIUC DSP mailing list. Is there a way to announce the meeting through SIAM or IEEE?
• Make sure the local host and Richard Laugesen agree on how the local host's expenses will be reimbursed.
• Local host: make arrangements for coffee, snacks, and a boxed lunch or group lunch.
• Local host: arrange a computer projector and overhead projector for the seminar room.
• Get titles and short abstracts from the speakers. Post on the website.
• Local host: Arrange a sign-in sheet, and sticky labels for nametags. Provide some pens and pads of papers, for participants who need them.
• Laugesen: get reimbursement forms and envelopes from Sherri Kiska, and take them to the meeting.

• Update the participant list online.
• Post a brief account of the open problems online.
• Submit reimbursement requests to Sherri Kiska.
• Submit invoice to IMA for reimbursement.