[Air-l] the next executive and the future of aoir

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

I think it is very important for people to get involved in this  
election,  and to nominate people to serve on the executive.   This  
next period will be very important to AoIR, and there are quite a few  
possible directions that the association might head, for instance:

Will we develop a journal? or adopt a journal? or something else?
Will we continue to pursue the Annual, or will we go a different  
direction?
What will become of the website, wiki, conference system, and other  
tools we use all the time?  Will we have to raise dues?
Will we begin offering competitive bursaries to the conferences to whom?
Will we standardize the conference or will we continue our 'every one  
is unique style'?
Will we require full papers in future conferences?

Those are just a smattering of the issues that the exec will deal  
with in the next two years, and many of them directly affect all of  
you.  I'm sure the rest of the exec can think of even more issues and  
I'm sure you can too.  So I'm encouraging you to participate in the  
election, the discussions around it, to nominate people, and to  
determine AoIR's future.

Personally, I know that I'm stepping down this term, though I might  
stand for election in the future.  It has been a great experience,  
and I'd continue it if I could, but I'm entering a new stage in my  
career soon, and want to pursue a few other projects for a while.   
Other original members of the exec are also reaching the end of their  
terms and ex officio terms, so we need people to step up and take the  
reins of AoIR, and help determine its future.

Let's open the discussion,



jeremy hunsinger
jhuns at vt.edu
www.cddc.vt.edu
jeremy.tmttlt.com
www.tmttlt.com

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