[Air-l] 'Virtual conference': The AoIR Members Site

[Nancy Baym]

>In my opinion video is not necessari.
>
>In scientific context the important is "the text". All others is optyonally.
>Whith interaction ontime (IM) (coordination) and off time (forums+docs)
>(discussions) + Intranet is enouthg.
>------------------------------------


Paid AoIR members have been able to access all of the papers that 
authors have sent us that were presented at the AoIR conferences via 
the members section of the website since 2000. That's text -- lots 
and lots of text direct from the conferences to you for a modest 
membership fee (adjusted downward for students and residents of 
non-OECD countries).

This very list, air-l, is also an "off time" interaction service aoir 
provides at no charge to subscribers whether they are members or not 
(there is a good deal of labor done by Charlie Breindahl and Jeremy 
Hunsinger in ensuring the functioning of this list, as well as real 
costs paid by the association to the provider).

The members section of our site is temporarily down for rebuilding, 
but it will reopen in new and improved form with access to papers 
restored as soon as we can get it done. The new members area will 
have space(s) that can be used for real time discussion should people 
want to organize such uses.

If you would like to help rebuild the members section of our site, 
please let me know.

Nancy

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Nancy Baym	http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
Communication Studies, University of Kansas
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