[Air-L] AoIR 8.0 Let's Play: Calling all Birds of a Feather!

[Richard Smith]

Yes, anyone can participate in a Birds of a Feather (well, anyone  
registered with the conference). We will arrange a space for you.
On 20-Sep-07, at 10:32 AM, ebenyehu at sfu.ca wrote:

> can anyone do that? even if I have not been registrated yet or  
> presenting a
> paper? i do have a very good topic to discuss with a group..
> MA candidate SIAT, sfu
>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:31:50 -0400 air-l at listserv.aoir.org wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Richard and I are finalizing the conference schedule, and we have  
>> slots
>> available on Thursday from 5-6 PM and Saturday from 5-6 PM for  
>> Birds of a
>> Feather Sessions.
>>
>> If you haven't been to one, BoF sessions are informal gatherings for
> people
>> interested in a particular topic. We don't have pre-set topics-- 
>> those are
>> created by individuals, and in the past they have included areas  
>> such as
>> health online, LGBT issues, game studies, digital divide, etc etc.
>>
>> In addition to having topics set by you, the format/agenda of such
> meetings
>> is also up to you to decide. You can have an informal chat, meet like
>> minded
>> others, put together a call for conference or future action--the  
>> choice is
>> yours. We merely provide rooms and opportunities.
>>
>> SO! If you are interested in leading a BoF session please email me  
>> OFFLIST
>> at consalvo at ohio.edu by next Wednesday, September 26 with 1) your  
>> area of
>> interest for a session, 2) date preferred (Thursday or Saturday) and
>> 3) your
>> contact information. In the event of duplicated topics, I will assign
>> moderator to the first person who suggested it, or perhaps ask you to
>> share.
>> :)
>>
>> If you have questions, please email me offlist.
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>> Mia
>>
>> --
>> Mia Consalvo, Associate Professor
>> Director of Graduate Studies
>> 213 RTV Building
>> School of Telecommunications
>> 9 South College Street
>> Ohio University
>> Athens, OH 45701
>>
>> 740.597.1521
>>
>>
>>
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