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The FINE PRINT for Speakers and Delegates
Speaker and delegate eligibility:
All student speakers and delegates must be members of the chapter at their home institution, which is the one that must nominate them as the Delegate or Speaker. Student speakers and delegates cannot have completed more than 30 semester hours (or the equivalent) in a graduate program in mathematics (or a related field) prior to May 15, 2004. Speakers and delegates requesting transportation reimbursement must have been initiated into the chapter at their home institution prior to May 15, 2004.
Speaker and delegate benefits:
PME makes grants to student speakers and delegates. The grants are intended to cover transportation costs not covered by other sources. (No double dipping!) Furthermore, PME speakers may not also apply to present a paper at the MAA Student Paper Sessions.
One speaker per chapter receives full transportation reimbursement up to $600. If there are additional speakers from a chapter, each additional speaker up to four additional speakers receives 20% of the amount of reimbursement for the first speaker, for a maximum of 600+4*120=$1080 for a chapter with a total of five speakers. A chapter with no speakers may send one delegate who receives reimbursement for half the cost of transportation up to $300. Funds are not available for additional delegates.
Food and lodging costs for speakers are partially subsidized by a small grant from the National Security Agency [NSA]. The exact amount will be determined shortly before the meeting.
Presentations with multiple speakers usually do not work well in a 15-minute format and are discouraged; reimbursement for multi-speaker talks is the same as if there were just one presenter.
Speaker and delegate responsibilities:
To receive the full monetary support indicated above:
(1) Student Speakers and Delegates must pre-register for the MAA meeting and attend ALL the PME activities unless excused by the PME President Robert Smith. The PME activities begin late Wednesday afternoon with the PME/MAA Student Chapter reception and conclude with the Friday evening Frame Lecture. In particular:
(2) For full and prompt reimbursement, students should submit travel forms and original receipts to the PME Treasurer at Wednesday's reception and pick up their checks at the conclusion of Friday evening's Frame lecture.
Preliminary Schedule and Additional Information will be added when available.
