New on the APA Web Site

Awards to be Presented at the San Antonio Meeting.

Acknowledgments of Annual Giving Contributions in 2010 Fiscal Year and Gateway Campaign Pledges through September 30, 2010. An updated Campaign News page describes a successful fund-raising event in New York City and "Friends" groups honoring revered classics teachers.

APA Office hours during the upcoming holiday period.

Annual Meeting Hotel Reservations

December 20 is the deadline to book hotel rooms at the convention hotels, the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter & Riverwalk Hotels. Book online or call 1-800-266-9432 between 8:00am and 5:30pm CST.

The AIA and APA are financially able to hold the Annual Meeting by reserving a large block of guest rooms within the hotels. In exchange, the hotels offer registrants their lowest possible group rate and provide us with complimentary meeting space. If we are unable to meet our guaranteed minimum number of registered guests, the AIA and APA will have to pay for the unused rooms as well as room rental for the meeting space, which would amount to a severe financial penalty. We request your support by booking within our reserved blocks and appreciate your cooperation.

New TAPA issue

TAPA issue 140.2 has been published electronically as well as in print: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/transactions_of_the_american_philological_association/toc/apa.140.2.html

Capital Campaign Matching Grant Deadline Extended

The National Endowment for the Humanities has given the APA additional time to claim matching funds available under its current challenge grant. Just last week the APA took a big step towards obtaining the necessary donations by holding a successful fund-raising event at New York University featuring the Aquila Theatre Company. See details on the APA web site.

New APA Information Architect

Read about the appointment of Samuel Huskey of the University of Oklahoma as the APA's new Information Architect. In January he will succeed Robin Mitchell-Boyask of Temple University who provided extraordinary service to the APA as Editor of the web site since 1998.

Just Posted on the APA Web Site

Election Results for 2010

Information on Seminars at the 2011 Annual Meeting: Advance sign-up is required to attend these sessions.

More detailed information about about the San Antonio Meeting

Proposals for a Performance Archive Invited

The Board of Directors invites members to consider submitting a proposal for the creation of an archive of performances of classical works. The idea for such an archive was one of the suggestions growing out of a Committee on Research retreat in September, 2009, with input from the Committee on Outreach as well. It was developed into a more detailed concept by a task force chaired by C. W. Marshall; the report of this task force can be found at http://apaclassics.org/index.php/research/fellowship/performance_archive/. The task force suggests a number of characteristics that an ideal archive project would have.

The Directors have now asked the task force to evaluate proposals from institutions and individuals interested in being the home of such an archive. If you would like to pursue this opportunity, please see the link given above for details.

Roger Bagnall

Vice President for Research

roger.bagnall@nyu.edu