Hello oSTEM members! We hope your summer is going well so far. As some of you may know, oSTEM’s annual conference is this fall in our very own Baltimore, MD! Given this opportunity, the officers are working hard to obtain the funds for one or two general body members to attend. Because there are more than two of you, we are opening a form to fairly decide who should go by gathering interest and involvement for oSTEM. (The form will be at the bottom of this message.)
For those who didn’t know about this opportunity, don’t fret! The conference will be at the Baltimore Conference center October 16-18th. This conference will have workshops, panels, career/grad expos, networking events, and more! All of which will focus on queer people in STEM. We highly recommend each and everyone of you read about it on oSTEM's conference website. Of course, any questions can be directed to our team.
To get some general information out of the way:
We currently are not planning to get hotel rooms, so you must have transportation to and from the conference center each day (we may carpool).
You must be available all of the days. The tickets are for the entire time and it is too expensive to buy one for someone only able to go half of the time.
If chosen you must attend a reasonable amount of events. We understand that it’s impossible to go to everything, but skipping multiple workshops for non conference-related things does not look good.
Finally, when filling out the form, don’t be afraid to say you are unsure to a question! A few no-s or unsure-s will not disqualify you from going. We want to understand the involvement and drive of our general body members to make sure those who will benefit the greatest will get to go. Tickets are due by September 26th, so please fill out your responses on this form ASAP so we can consider your attendance.
For those who didn’t know about this opportunity, don’t fret! The conference will be at the Baltimore Conference center October 16-18th. This conference will have workshops, panels, career/grad expos, networking events, and more! All of which will focus on queer people in STEM. We highly recommend each and everyone of you read about it on oSTEM's conference website. Of course, any questions can be directed to our team.
To get some general information out of the way:
We currently are not planning to get hotel rooms, so you must have transportation to and from the conference center each day (we may carpool).
You must be available all of the days. The tickets are for the entire time and it is too expensive to buy one for someone only able to go half of the time.
If chosen you must attend a reasonable amount of events. We understand that it’s impossible to go to everything, but skipping multiple workshops for non conference-related things does not look good.
Finally, when filling out the form, don’t be afraid to say you are unsure to a question! A few no-s or unsure-s will not disqualify you from going. We want to understand the involvement and drive of our general body members to make sure those who will benefit the greatest will get to go. Tickets are due by September 26th, so please fill out your responses on this form ASAP so we can consider your attendance.