Calling all labyrinth enthusiasts! Do you have a burning desire to share your work? Need a little encouragement to go public with it? Now is the time to act! The request for presentations for this year’s Gathering will close on March 1, 2014.

We are delighted that members are submitting workshops, lectures, posters and mini sessions for inclusion in this year’s event, November 14-16, at the Duncan Conference Center in Del Ray Beach, Florida.

The forms and process have been revised with the aim of making the experience of submitting a proposal easier and even more user friendly. You’ll see options to submit proposals for workshops, lectures, posters, and a new, shorter presentation category called "Mini Sessions." Each one will be reviewed "blind" by the selection committee, i.e. without the names of the presenters attached to them, which ensures that selections are made based on the quality of the proposal.

Similar to previous years, a short description (or "abstract") of each accepted presentation will also be featured on the TLS members-only website after the event. This provides presenters a way of gaining recognition for their work and offers members an opportunity to review presentations. Leaders of accepted presentations also have the option of submitting a PDF synopsis of PowerPoint slides for publication on the TLS members-only website after the Gathering.

We’re thrilled with the way this new process is evolving, excited to receive your proposals, and eager to see the brilliant innovations TLS members have been pioneering in the field of labyrinth work. So, please submit your presentations for review by the March 1, 2014 deadline.

Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and TLS is about to make it one of the official languages of its very own DVD.

We want our DVD to be accessible to over 400 million people who speak Spanish as a native language, 60 million people who speak it as a second language, and 20 million students who will learn it as a foreign language this year alone.

Imagine being able to effectively reach this percentage of the world’s population with information about the labyrinth. That is exactly what TLS is undertaking and we need your help!

Thanks to TLS members Ronald Esquivel and José Cuesta, the DVD transcript has been translated into Spanish. We are now embarking on the work to manufacture a new Spanish DVD proof, master, and cover, as well as other aspects of production that will require funding.

Please help us raise money to make this a reality! Now is the time to indulge your stealth donor desires and charitable giving graciousness. To make a contribution toward this aspect of the DVD, please follow the links to Donations found on the TLS website and specify your intention.

And if you are interested in becoming a part of the DVD translation committee, please make yourself known! Hallie Sawyers, Education Outreach Chair, is eager to talk with you and put you to work. 

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