[Air-l] AOIR organization

[Sam Tilden]

Et Al,
   
  Thanks you for the history. Clearly you did a great job.
   
  We're luck to have you guys.
   
  Thanks again,
   
  Sam

Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu> wrote:
  I'm pretty sure NCA was first...the Drake conference was, I think, in 
October 1998, then NCA was in November in New York, and I think we 
had that first meeting at the Marriott, the conference hotel, 
followed by a meeting at ICA in San Francisco.

Nancy, is that your recollection as well?

And Gil, you're quite right, Nancy deserves special recognition for 
hosting that first conference. It was the first "realization" if you 
will of what had been a largely virtual association until then, and 
it set the tone for future conferences. All those who attended that 
conference in Lawrence deserve a nod, too, because it was more than a 
bit of a leap of faith to attend. I mean, it was an association in 
name only, there was no track record of good conferences (or bad ones 
for that matter), so it was pretty amazing, and gratifying, that so 
many people showed up. It certainly got AoIR conferences off on the 
right foot!

And Jeremy deserves special recognition for enabling the 
association's...virtuality (that sounds more fun than "technology" 
somehow). He was tireless, brimming with ideas, and a great 
colleague. The Pratt Institute is lucky to have snagged him.

Sj

On Oct 26, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Gilbert B. Rodman wrote:

> Let me second Nancy's comments below ... while also noting (since 
> she's
> too modest to do so) that she hosted the very first AoIR 
> conference, and
> I'd suggest that any list of the association's major early organizers
> has to include her name as well.
>
> As long as I'm writing, though, I've got a quick question about 
> Steve's
> mini-history: Was that first "let's do this" meeting at NCA or ICA?
> I've got a ragged brown T-shirt suggesting that this was ICA in May 
> 1999
> in San Francisco ... but maybe that was the second "let's do this" 
> meeting?
>
>
> cheers
> gil
>
>
>
> Nancy Baym wrote:
>>>> Who is the single most important person? (not necessarily the
>>>> current leadership)
>>>
>>> Unless, of course, you mean this in terms of the original
>>> organization of AoIR, in which case...I guess it would have to be 
>>> me.
>>>
>>
>> It is not hubris for Steve Jones to say this, it's a simple fact.
>> Although many of us contributed to getting it off the ground, the
>> association would never have happened without Steve's leadership. And
>> although he has stepped back from that role considerably now, his
>> legacy looms large in the association's ethos.
>>
>> Jeremy Hunsinger should also be noted for having built the technical
>> structures through which AoIR has operated since 1998 (a role now
>> served by Alex Halavais) and serving as program chair of our first
>> conference.
>>
>> Nancy
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