[Air-l] Air-l digest, Vol 1 #26 - 1 msg (fwd)

[Steve Jones]

Yes, we are an international organization, and I'm quite confident 
that in the near future our conferences will take place outside the 
U.S., and that our international nature will take on increased 
prominence.

I think there are good reasons to have joint meetings, and it's 
something that the AoIR executive committee has discussed. We've had 
inquiries from other organizations about having joint meetings, and I 
think it's terrific to have such expressions of interest. I'm sure 
that in the future we'll be able to mutually benefit.

What I ask, however, is patience -- we've only had one conference 
thus far, and we're still a fledgling organization. I don't desire to 
curtail our ambitions, imaginations, etc. Most of us are familiar 
with other scholarly or trade associations and have a set of 
expectations based on that familiarity. I'm sure that some day AoIR 
will be able to offer many of the things that those associations do 
(at least as far as it makes sense for AoIR and its members) and 
likely we'll be able to offer many things they do not. I want to be 
able to ensure that we can handle the things that we do at this 
point, and that we do them well, before we add greatly to our efforts.

Sj

>I'm confused about this request for a joint conference. Isn't AOIR already
>an international body.
>
>Barry
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>Date: Tue,  5 Jun 2001 12:01:00 -0400 (EDT)
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>Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #26 - 1 msg
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>Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:31:01 +0200
>From: "Michel J. Menou" <Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr>
>To: "air-l-request at aoir.org" <air-l at aoir.org>
>Subject: [Air-l] Re:GOR & AoIR  Air-l digest, Vol 1 #25
>Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
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>Dear ,
>
>alrao> About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research)
>snip
>
>alrao> Is a joint conference with GOR desirable?
>Yes.
>But I'd prefer if it would clearly be designed as an International
>conference with broad participation of members and colleagues from different
>countries in the various functions.
>
>alrao> Is it do-able?
>Yes
>
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