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This page provides a list of recent changes made to the site. If you are a regular visitor to the ANN site, please stop by this page to find out what is new on the website.

May 2008

ANN announces its 1st annual Nystagmus Scholarship for academic year 2008-2009.

Sept 2007

There is a special opportunity for Summer 2008 intern positions for students with disabilities. See the special announcement.

June, 2007

Added a link to a Wikipedia entry on Nystagmus developed by several of our list members
Added Conference 2007 pages - Pittsburgh

Sept, 2006

Posted details on upcoming conference
Information on Print Cartridge Recycling

January, 2005

Posted details on upcoming conference
Performed housekeeping by updating links on the links page

January, 2004

Added comprehensive list of Internet Resources to the Entry Page
Added online registration and payment/donation capability to the Membership Page

October, 2003

Updated the Contacts List to include the current board
Updated the 2003 Conference Home page to provide links to the conference briefings

February, 2002

Updated copyright dates on all pages for 2002. Updated all references to the Nystagmus Network UK to reflect their new web address at http://www.nystagmusnet.org/. Updated the conference webpage to indicate that Baltimore, MD is the likely location for the 2003 conference.

July, 2001

Added several new organizational and low vision links on our links page.
Reorganized the conference pages. There is now a general conference section with specific pages for each conference. Added final agendas for both the 1999 and 2001 conferences to the website for reference. Updated the Contacts page with the results of the 2001 Board elections. Included e-mail addresses for each board member. Updated all references to ANN's snail mail address to reference the Decatur, Alabama address. Reworked the membership form and questionnaire to make it more closely match the form in the ANN brochure. Updated the main page to clean up after the conference and to move the information about Nystagmus Books to a more visible position on the page. Updated the e-mail discussion list page to reflect Yahoo!'s purchase of egroups.

February, 2001

Added the ANN 2001 Conference Registration Form, which is available from the Conference Page. Made slight modifications to the membership form to allow for renewals and additional titles.

January, 2001

Added a Call for Proposals to solicit additional speakers and vendors for the 2001 ANN conference.
Updated the 2001 conference page with hotel rates and information on obtaining hotel information. Updated all webpages with the new logo and new copyright dates. Announced Steve Ballard as the winner of the ANN Logo Contest. Removed the Logo Contest page from the site map and from the website. Updated the E-Mail Discussion List page to remove all references to Springmeade, since egroups is now the permanent home of the e-mail discussion list.

November, 2000

Added biographical information on the 2001 Conference Keynote Speaker, Dr. Richard W. Hertle, M.D.

September, 2000

Launched a Logo Contest for ANN. Entries must be submitted by October 10, 2000.

August, 2000

Temporarily moving to egroups.com for the e-mail discussion list. All springmeade.com list members are automatically transferred to the egroups list, effective August 30, 2000. We expect to use this list for approximately one month and then to reinstate the springmeade.com list once that server is available again. Stay tuned and check the current status on the E-Mail Discussion List page.
Added digest option to e-mail discussion list. Added capability to subscribe and unsubscribe to the list through a web form. Check out the E-Mail Discussion List page for more information.

June, 2000

Changed from Harvard to Springmeade servers for e-mail discussion list.
Updated the conference page with conference dates and keynote speaker. More to come shortly. Updated the ANN address for membership.

May, 2000

Unfortunately, the ISP that was hosting the Registration Book has made some changes and the book is no longer available for viewing. I have retrieved the data, which contains nearly 500 entries, and I plan to reinstate the full operation of the book by 6/15/00. Until then the book will be unavailable.

April, 2000

Major rennovation to the entire site. Highlights include: a) announcement of 2001 Conference, b) addition of 1999 conference highlights page (still very sparse) with 1999 conference photos, c) updated all copyright dates on all pages, d) completed site reorganization to bring all webpages into the same format, e) updated contact information, f) updated membership form with the MI ANN address, g) redesigned the main page a bit, and h) added a direct link on the main page to purchase the UK Nystagmus Network's book. April 16.

July, 1999

Updated Entry page to announce start of ANN conference. All registrations are closed. July 29.
Updated the message regarding availability of the Registration Book for posting. Current projected date for availability of posting is August 15. July 20.
Updated the main page to reflect a new focus towards ANN membership. July 20
Updated all conference pages to reflect closure of mail-in registrations. Removed obvious link accesses to the Conference Flyer and mail-in registration forms. Limited registrations will still be accepted through July 29, 1999. See the conference page for details. July 20
Added a membership form for joining ANN. July 20
Modified the membership page to reference the membership form. Added information about the inaugural ANN meeting, including an agenda and a proxy form. July 20.
Updated conference page with childcare information. July 5
Modified conference page to update hotel availability. Added snail address to contacts page. Updated Links page to new interface and reorganized links. Updated "Eye Facts" page to new interface. Updated site map with Links Page and "Eye Facts" page. July 3.

June, 1999

Modified conference pages reflecting new registration rates. June 16
Updated E-Mail List Guidelines to include additional guidelines regarding language and private e-mails. June 16.

May, 1999

The Registration Book has now been repaired and all 456 entries were restored intact! That is the good news. Unfortunately, the problem could occur again, so we will be writing software changes to the scripts before allowing any new entries. Feel free to view the current book as much as you like. May 24.
Updated the Registration Book Page to the new ANN format. Added a special note stating that the book is currently under repair and not available for new entries. Updated the Registration Entry Form Page to show visitors that we are still working on the problem. Note to those interested: The book itself contains all 450 entries. It is still unclear at this time as to whether the problem is a small data corruption within one entry of the book or a software problem in displaying the entry. The good news is that we do not appear to have lost any important information contained within the book. May 18.
Established the What's New page. Updated the main page to link to this page. Updated the contents of the E-Mail Discussion List page. Added a page describing the guidelines for posting to the E-Mail Discussion List. May 17.

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