At the last Australasian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) meeting in Dunedin
we were invited to form teams for charades. On the night of of the dinner
one member from each team was asked to act out a famous law case which the
others had to identify. ( the audience was told the case name) It was great
entertainment and Jones v. Clinton was the highlight of the evening. It was
not too long and some surprising talent was revealed. However Laura is
right as this really cannot be combined with awards where the winners
deserve to be the centre of attention.
Anne Maureen
At 10:42 17/11/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>I vote for NO speaker at the banquet or certainly not at the opening night
>social event/dinner.  Everyone wants to visit with their friends, and no
>one wants to hear a speaker.  And the banquet has already gotten much too
>long.  I think we should stick to giving out the large number of awards at
>the banquet, as it is the best place for that, and introducing the new
>president, and not have ANY additional speakers at all.
>
>
Anne Maureen Scarff
School of Economics and Finance
University of Western Sydney Nepean
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