[Air-l] Conference absenteeism?

[Mark D. Johns]

At 09:37 PM 9/25/2004, you wrote:
>I would be interested in knowing people's experiences at other conferences.

My highly subjective and non-scientific reaction is that we do far better 
at AoIR than some of the big conferences, such as the National 
Communication Association. Yes, we had some people who had to cancel 
because they were being chased by hurricanes and what not, but generally 
people were there, and even more, there were people present to hear the 
presentations. I can't count how many times I've been in NCA sessions where 
the panelists -- sometimes only two of the four scheduled -- merely 
presented to one another. Cassandra, I think what you experienced was 
something of a fluke for AoIR.

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Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics,
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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