[Air-l] New AoIR Website

[Nancy Baym]

AoIR is excited to announce the launch of our new website. As a 
member of AoIR, you will be able to:

	- access papers from AoIR conferences
	- view and access the members only area, and members benefits
	- create forums and post announcements
	- build collaborative community resources
	- maintain a blog
	- post and view job and conference announcements
	- post events to the communal event calendar
	- and other interesting features.

Our hope is that the new system will provide a platform for our 
members to become more involved in creating online spaces and 
resources that benefit internet researchers. The site is designed so 
that members can take the initiative and build resources on their 
own. We will be adding and modifying content in the site as it 
develops and invite you to join us in creating the kinds of content 
you want to see.

The new system is based on open-source drupal software. For 
information about how this works, visit the drupal handbook at 
http://drupal.org/node/6261.

*** If you are already a member you will need to create a new account ***

To do this, go to the http://www.aoir.org/?q=user/register user 
registration page. Give us a few days to double check that you're 
really a member, and then we'll send your login information. We will 
try to keep turnaround on this brief.

If you are not currently a member, you will need to join aoir before 
you can use the full features of this site. Membership in AoIR 
includes other benefits including sizeable discounts on journal 
subscriptions and book purchases and a discounted registration fee 
for AoIR conferences. The URL to click to become a paying member of 
AoIR is in the signature file of every email on air-l.

I want to thank everyone who has done so much work over the last few 
months to get this together including, among others, Jeremy 
Hunsinger, Ulla Bunz, and Charlie Breindahl.

Have fun, explore the site, think about resources you want to build, 
and if you have questions or need assistance, please contact 
suggestions at aoir.org


-- 
Nancy Baym 	http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
Communication Studies, University of Kansas
Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA
Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org