[Air-l] Re: Panel Proposal - Digital Divide

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Jeremy,

This is from http://www.ecommons.net/aoir/cfp.html

> Proposals for papers should be in the form an approximately 500-750 word 
> abstract. Creative presentations and demonstration projects should consist of
> an approximately 500-750 word abstract, plus brief illustrative material.
> Panels will generally include three to four papers or presentations. The
> panel organizer should submit an approximately 500 word statement describing
> the session topic, include abstracts of up to 250 words for each paper or
> presentation, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the
> session.

That is what I've been going by in prepping a panel proposal. I guess part of the rationale here is that panel organizors should/will be performing some level of selection for quality and cohesiveness, so that referees look at the presentation as a whole rather than part-wise.

Alex


> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org]On Behalf Of
> jeremy hunsinger
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:50 AM
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Re: Panel Proposal - Digital Divide
> 
> 
> can you tell me where you are getting this information from?
> i am asking because the proposal system says that every paper, 
> including those in panels gets up to 700 words and each panel 
> description can have 700 words for itself, the papers are separate from 
> the panel.,  this means a panel with 4 papers could have 3500 words as 
> it has 5 parts of up to 700 words....
> 
> a stand alone paper is allowed up to 700 words.
> 
> in either case that should be sufficient to provide enough information 
> to review your proposal.
> 
> On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 07:50  AM, Suely Fragoso wrote:
> 
> > Steve and other colleagues
> >
> > I have been worried about the differences in proposing as a paper or a
> > panel as well. Note that propositions of stand-alone papers relate to a
> > 500 word summary, while papers within panels should be summarised
> > in 250 words. I think that poses a further problem to
> >
> >> there is no significant effect on acceptance whether
> >> it's a paper or panel submission, evaluation is made on the basis of
> >> content and not kind.
> >