[Air-l] call for virtual volunteers

[Nancy Baym]

Thank you, Tracy.

>So, we have established that a lot of unpaid work is involved in not only
>putting a F2F conference together, but also one that includes some elements
>of virtuality in it. Yes, some of us are feeling guilty, but that still
>doesn't alleviate the workload that we all have. Where do we go from here?
>
>I don't think we need people running cameras per se. What about IChat or
>Web-Cams in sessions? What I am thinking is the session organizer can try
>and organize this for his/her session. If we have laptops in every
>presentation room, we could have IChat or Web-Cams with the laptop and
>projector. I don't think it is overly complicated (but I could be wrong).
>
>Have we considered sponsorship from somewhere? We have had Apple products on
>display before - would they be willing to contribute either some cash or
>hardware to the event? We don't know if we don't ask. Anyone with
>connections?
>
>Perhaps we can gather some people who are interested in discussing whether
>this will work (and if we can afford it) off the list. Even if we start off
>on a small scale for next year to test this all - like the keynotes or a
>handful of sessions.
>
>What about a call for virtual volunteers who can put some time into this?
>
>I will field the "call for virtual volunteers" - to discuss the
>implementation of virtuality at the next AoIR conference and then we can go
>from there.....if there are no takers, then that takes care of that.
>
>email me
>tkennedy at netwomen.ca
>
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>Tracy L.M. Kennedy
>PhD Candidate and
>NetLab Research Associate
>Department. of Sociology
>University of Toronto, Ontario
>www.netwomen.ca/Blog
>tkennedy at netwomen.ca
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