CALL-IS Community History – 1990’s

San Francisco: 1990 …to New York, 1991

• The TESOL Convention was held in San Francisco, California in that year.
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Claire Bradin
  Co-chair	Deborah Healey
  Past-Chair	Gerald Dalgish
  Newsletter Editor	Macey Taylor
  Steering Committee	To 1991: Michael Carrier Phillip Hubbard Geoff Jordan To 1992 Peter Lee Elizabeth Hanson-Smith Macey Taylor To 1993 Norman Johnson Laura Perez Vance Stevens
  Librarians	Amiga: Macey Taylor Apple: Elizabeth Stone Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Nancy Jones C-64/128 Vacant
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: I was unable to attend the San Francisco Convention.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • The Newsletter was now coming out three time a year, the third issue being fully paid for by an advertiser. We were up to volume 7
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

New York: 1991 …to Vancouver, 1992

• The TESOL Convention was held in New York City in that year. We had a very nice Hospitality Room, right at the entrance to the Convention Center. Laura Perez was in charge. Norm Johnson hosted the Software Fare and Jeff Magoto the “CALL Author’s Showcase”
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Deborah Healey
  Associate Chair>	Douglas Coleman
  Past-Chair	Claire Bradin
  Newsletter Editor	Macey Taylor
  Steering Committee	To 1992 Peter Lee Elizabeth Hanson-Smith Macey Taylor To 1993 Norman Johnson Laura Perez Vance Stevens To 1994 Geoff Jordan Nancy Jones Evelyn Fella
  Librarians	Amiga: Macey Taylor Apple: Gerald Dalgish Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Nancy Jones
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: New York was far too busy. None of us had any fun! In the Hospitality Room, we were selling diskettes of programs from the libraries, and they had to be copied. After dinner, we returned to copy diskettes until the wee hours of the morning.
  I remember we had one nice jam session. Vance and Deborah brought their guitars. Norm brought his recorder. Someone brought whiskey. We let ourselves into the Hospitality Room with our own key.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • “…as of Dec 5, 1991, CALL-IS had 419 primary members” (Newsletter 9(1))
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Vancouver: 1992 …to Atlanta, 1993

• The TESOL Convention was held in Vancouver, British Colombia in that year. The Call Author’s Showcase was hosted by John McVicker & Alicia Russel. The Software Applications Faire was hosted by John Lackstrom & Gerald Dalgish.
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Douglas Coleman
  Associate Chair>	Marianne Phinney
  Past-Chair	Deborah Healey
  Newsletter Editor	Macey Taylor
  Steering Committee	To 1993 Norman Johnson Laura Perez Vance Stevens To 1994 Geoff Jordan Nancy Jones Evelyn Fella To 1995 Jeff Magoto John McVicker Sheryl Beller
  Librarians	Amiga: Macey Taylor Apple: Gerald Dalgish Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Roger Kenner
  User’s Groups	Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Vance Stevens Amiga: Michael Hanish Apple II: Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: Vancouver was a beautiful setting. The CALL community would venture out after hours to enjoy dinner together in nearby Gastown.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • (To be filled in.)
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Atlanta: 1993 …to Baltimore, 1994

• The TESOL Convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia in that year.
• The following were our officers, after elections
  

  Chair	Marianne Phinney
  Associate Chair	Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
  Past-Chair	Douglas Coleman
  Newsletter Editor	Macey Taylor
  Steering Committee	To 1994 Geoff Jordan Nancy Jones Evelyn Fella To 1995 Jeff Magoto John McVicker Sheryl Beller To 1996 Debra Hoven Carla Meskill Karen Price
  Librarians	Amiga: Macey Taylor Apple: Gerald Dalgish Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Roger Kenner
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: I remember the Newcomer’s Pre-Conference workshop, which I co-hosted with Deborah Healey. Her Macs were there all day, but my PC’s only showed up an hour before!
  I took great notice of this colleague whom I had basically ignored all the years, Sheryl Beller.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • Spring issue of the Newsletter, 11(1), is the last with Macey Taylor as editor. It will still contain a mail-in ballot.
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Baltimore: 1994 …to Long Beach, 1995

• The TESOL Convention was held in Baltimore, Maryland in that year.
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
  Associate Chair	Susan Dever
  Past-Chair	Marianne Phinney
  Newsletter Editor	Linda Foley
  Steering Committee	Jeff Magoto John McVicker Sheryl Beller Carla Meskill Karen Price Debra Hoven Lisa Eret Ronald Long Lee Thompson
  Librarians	Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Roger Kenner
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: I was unable to attend the Baltimore Convention.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • We were 713 primary members, according to the July 1994 Newsletter 12(1)
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Long Beach: 1995 …to Chicago, 1996

• The TESOL Convention was held in Long Beach, California in that year.
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Susan Dever
  Associate Chair	Jeff Magoto
  Past-Chair	Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
  Newsletter Editor	Linda Foley (?)
  Steering Committee	(More research is needed to find this information.)
  Librarians	Mac: Deborah Healey Dos: Roger Kenner
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: We had a vast space in Long Beach, but it was clean across the hall from the main convention area. Still, lots of people came by.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • Work began on the TESOL/CELIA CD-Rom
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Chicago: 1996 …to Orlando, 1997

• The TESOL Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois in that year. Our CD-ROM was out, which heralded the end of diskette sales in the Hospitality Room and the virtual end of the post of software librarian.
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Jeff Magoto
  Associate Chair	Carolyn Heacock
  Past-Chair	Susan Dever
  Newsletter Editor	Linda Foley
  Steering Committee	(More research is needed to find this information.)
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: I co-hosted the Software Fare again, after many years. I was understudy to Mark Algren.
• The TESOL/CELIA CD-ROM was ready!
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • (To be filled in!)
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Orlando: 1997 …to Seattle, 1998

• The TESOL Convention was held in Orlando, Florida in that year. We had a very nice room, now called the “Electronic Village”. The Convention Center was so vast the TESOL was simply lost within it.
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Carolyn Heacock
  Associate Chair	Ron Corio
  Past-Chair	Jeff Magoto
  Newsletter Editor	Joy Egbert
  Read.me Column Editor	Sheryl Beller-Kenner
  Steering Committee	To 1998: Mark Algren To 1999: Susan Gaer Peter Lee Tom Robb Jim Buell to 2000: Phil Hubbard Leslie Opp-Beckman Colin Sachs Greg Younger
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: I hosted the Software Fare with Scott Rule as understudy.
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • (To be filled in!)
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

Seattle: 1998 …to New York, 1999

• The TESOL Convention was held in Seattle, Washington in that year
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Ron Corio
  Chair-Elect	Leslie Opp-Beckman
  Past-Chair	Carolyn Heacock
  Newsletter Editor	Joy Egbert
  Steering Committee	Susan Gaer Tom Robb Jim Buell Peter Lee Phil Hubbard Colin Sachs Greg Younger Doug Mills Suzan Moody
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: Beautiful City, very nice convention, great Electronic Village!
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • (To be filled in!)
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)

New York: 1999 …to Vancouver, 2000

• The TESOL Convention was held in New York City that year
• The following were our officers, after elections:
  

  Chair	Leslie Opp-Beckman
  Chair-Elect	Tom Robb
  Past-Chair	Ron Corio
  Newsletter Editor
  Steering Committee	Peter Lee Phil Hubbard Colin Sachs Greg Younger Doug Mills Suzan Moody Leslie Hammersmith Joy Egbert Steve McGuire
  (Note that new officers are only installed on the last day of the current Convention and serve through to the end of the next Convention

   

• Roger Kenner’s Observations: Back, again, to the New York Hilton!
• Others’ Observations to be filled in here!
• Events during the year:
  • (To be filled in!)
• Other Events:
  • (To be filled in.)