Thank you for volunteering to be on the OTC’25 Content Committee!
I respect your time and will endeavor to keep this process efficient for you. I appreciate your willingness to contribute to OTC! Timeline/dates are a good approximation but could change.
This page is meant for committee members only, please keep the links to yourself. As we move forward through the planning stages, you will find the flexible timeline, processes, links to submit keynote suggestions, and instructions for reviewing/scoring proposal submissions will also be found on this page (as time appropriate). If you have questions, please email me at thickey@palomar.edu. Thanks again!
Responsibilities of the committee:
- Provide feedback on pre-conference workshop topics (also provide other recommended topics as we may have additional space for 3 more)
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Provide feedback on theme
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Provide feedback on the tracks
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Propose keynote topics and speaker recommendations, contribute to selection decision
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Review session proposals and select OTC’25 sessions
Content Committee
| Debbie Lou Angeles Porterville College |
EJ Baldonado-Wilkins Saddleback College, Emeritus Institute |
Lisa Beach Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Gregory Beyrer Consumes River College |
Jill Bonds Coalinga College |
Jane Bowers Antelope Valley College |
| Anthony Breakspear University of California, Santa Cruz |
Shawna BuShell Riverside Community College |
Mauricio Cadavid CSUSB |
| Ray Chang VCCCD |
Katie Datko Mt. SAC |
Hope Davis Imperial Valley College |
| Dolores Davison Foothill College |
Glenn Dunki-Jacobs-Nolten Cabrillo College |
Kaylene Elliott Palo Verde College |
| Julie Gamberg Glendale College |
Elizabeth Gand Diablo Valley College |
Cynthia Hamlett Crafton Hills College |
| Andrea Hanstein CCC California Virtual Campus |
Sheryl Hathaway Golden West College |
Jennifer Howze-Owens College of San Mateo |
| Genola Johnson Cypress College |
Simantini Karve Skyline College |
Hussam Kashou Long Beach City College |
| Pam Khurana Merced College |
Maj-Britt Kimm Monterey Peninsula College |
Rhiannon Lares Chaffey College |
| Sergio Martinez City College of San Francisco |
Matthew Mooney SBCC |
Raeanne Napoleon Santa Barbara City College |
| Ms. Jacqueline Penhos Southwestern College |
Mario Perez Los Angeles Valley College |
Gregory Ramirez Madera Community College |
| Dr. Priscilla Ratcliff El Camino College |
Tracy Schaelen Southwestern College |
Joy Shoemate College of the Canyons |
| Kristin Smith City College of San Francisco |
Iolani Sodhy-Gereben Peralta Community College |
Pamela Steinmetz UCI |
| Saša Stojić-Ito Los Angeles Community College |
Tracy Stuntz Clovis Community College |
Amanda Tainter Reedley College |
| Brenda Threatt El Camino College |
Yolanda Toure Eatmon Los Angeles Trade Technical College |
Maddison Walton CSU, Sacramento |
| Lené Whitley-Putz Foothill College |
Pre-conference workshops (October 15-31, noon)
- Provide feedback and suggestions (completed)
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Theme (October 15-31)
- Provide theme feedback (completed)
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Tracks (October 15-31)
- Provide tracks feedback (completed)
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Rubric Review and Update (October 21-25)
This work will be done by a sub-committee (volunteers) – (completed)
- Jill Bonds
- Anthony Breakspear
- Mauricio Cadavid
- Cynthia Hamlett
- Rhiannon Lares
- Lené Whitley-Putz
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Keynote Speakers (November 1, 2024 – December 15, 2025)
This committee is responsible for proposing potential keynote speakers/topics and contributing to the selection thereof.
Submit a Keynote speaker suggestion
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Call for Proposals (November 15, 2024 – February 15, 2025)
Opens: November 15, 2024; Closes: January 31, 2024
Members (including Team Leads):
- Committee members receive proposals for review: February 6
- Committee members review/score proposals: February 6-19
Team Leads
- Cynthia Hamlett
- Simantini Karve
- Saša Stojić-Ito
- Tracy Stuntz
- Lené Whitley-Putz
- Mario Perez
- Debbie Angeles
In addition to the Member responsibilities, Team Leads have these responsibilities:
- Be the ‘voice’ of and guidance for their team, (their point of contact)
- Attend ‘norming’ session with other team leads and distribute outcome of that to their team: TBD (approximately January 8)
- Set up team meeting to communicate norms/process during the period of: TBD (approximately January 9-17)
- Receives team scores from TechConnect: TBD (approximately February 20)
- Schedule and lead a team meeting/discussion for feedback/any necessary changes: TBD (approximately February 24-26)
- Complete scoring response form and send back to Tiffiny by: TBD (approximately February 27)
- Attend Team Lead meeting to discuss team feedback of all selections: TBD (approximately February 28) (team leads will receive an email invitation from Tiffiny)
- [If necessary] If team review included requests from submitter for more information and/or clarification, the team lead will reach out to the submitter directly to resolve: TBD (approximately March 3-6)
- Finalize sessions: TBD (approximately March 7)
Please note that being part of this committee/subcommittee does not prevent you from submitting your own proposals. In fact, we encourage you to submit and share the call for proposals with your colleagues! To keep the process equitable, we will exclude you from reviewing your own proposal should you be assigned to the group reviewing it.
