[Air-l] AoIR Membership

[Nancy Baym]

Dear Sue (and others),

I would be thrilled if you were to publicize this more through 
appropriate Latin American lists and groups. Same goes for people 
hooked into other networks that reach non-OECD populations.

Thank you,

Nancy

>Dear all
>
>I just read Nancy's presidential toughts and I would like to emphasize
>that the special membership price for non-OECD countries is a
>powerful help to "bring more people in from underrepresented parts of
>the world" (I am quoting Nancy's message here). Membership does not
>help people being able to afford to travel for the anual meeting but it
>enables access to many conference papers, what constitutes a nice
>starting point for sharing ideas and so on.
>It is not, however, well known that people in non-OECD countries can
>be members of AoIR for a (relatively) small amount of money - I
>therefore suggest that this should be better publicised (both in the AoIR
>web site and in other mailing lists, for example academic ones shared
>by scholars located in those non-OECD countries).
>If most people agree with this, I can try to publicise special
>membership conditions in some Latin American lists and groups.
>
>Sue
>
>PS For those who intend to protest *against* special prices for non-
>OECD countries, I offer just one example: *one coffee* in Canada
>costs the equivalent to *a whole healthy meal* in many places in Brazil
>- notice that our salaries are proportional to national costs, not
>international ones, and you will understand why prices are as relative
>as many other matters.
>
>Dr. Suely Fragoso
>UNISINOS
>Sao Leopoldo   RS
>BRASIL
>
>
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