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

[gene loeb]

Kelly,

Great ideas I was trying to express similar ideas.

Thanks,

Gene

Gene Loeb, Ph.D.


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Kelly Quinn <kquinn8 at uic.edu> wrote:

> 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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With Sincerest Best Wishes ,
Gene
Gene Loeb, Ph.D.