[Air-L] Voting Open & A Question for Candidates

[Kelly Quinn]

Hi Alex and all,

The suggestions from Jeremy, Ruth, Jenny and Darren the conference
activities are great. I'd like to see additional opportunities for our
members to connect with each other too, so I'd like the Exec Board to go a
little further than just 'encourage' our members to get together at other
conferences. I'd like to see us establish an informal group of members who
will be responsible to organize meet-ups at the various major and
not-so-major conferences that our members attend. Informal, because the sole
responsibility would be to establish a place and time for AoIR-ists to meet
during these other conferences. Group, because to make this work
consistently we need people that attend (or reside in host cities) a variety
of conferences. This group would simply be charged with opening the AoIR
embrace a little wider; we would have additional opportunities to network
with each other; and we can get more of our members involved. In the past, a
few key members have taken on this responsibility on their own (thank you!),
but sharing responsibility among our members to do this on an ongoing and
regular basis will sustain the effort and energy. Putting just a little
structure around the process would give an opportunity for any of our
members to pitch in to make sure these meet-ups take place. 

Since many of the conference dates and acceptances are out by October, we
can collect information and recruit willing volunteers at our annual
meeting. Meet-up information can be published on the listserv and also
posted on the website. While I anticipate that several members would step up
to this role for the 'greater good,' perhaps the Exec Board might even kick
in an extra drink ticket at the conference banquet for anyone who organized
a meet-up event during the past year ;-)  

Kelly

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Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:46 -0700
From: Alexander Halavais <halavais at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Air-L] Voting Open & A Question for Candidates
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Dear AoIR Members (and members of the broader community),

Just a reminder that AoIR elections are now open, and will be until the end
of the month. I want to encourage all members to vote. There are lots of
ways to help contribute to and shape the future of an organization like
ours, and electing an executive committee that represents your interests is
one of these.

I have not yet voted and I'm hoping the candidates can answer a question
for me. (And I hope others will ask questions as well, despite the looming
deadline!)

I've looked over your candidate statements (linked here:
http://aoir.org/2013-executive-committee-election-candidate-statements-votin
g-information/
)
and I recognize and agree with the need to increase connections among
members outside of the conference setting--something that several of you
noted. That said, I wonder what single, concrete change you would most like
to see in the conferences themselves, and how you might suggest bringing
that about. What would you like to see in, say, Bangkok for 2014 that we
haven't seen in previous conferences? (If anything!) And what can you do to
help make that happen?

Thank you all for running, and I look forward to your responses.

Best,

Alex



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