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<DIV><FONT size=1>Do you still need reviewers?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Andrew Herman, Ph. D.<BR>Visiting Associate Professor of
Sociology<BR>College of the Holy Cross<BR>Worcester, MA 01610<BR>(508)
793-2531</FONT><BR><BR>>>> M.Allen@exchange.curtin.edu.au 01/09/03
09:27PM >>><BR>Dear all<BR><BR>you will by now have seen the call for
papers for the IR v4 conference<BR>'Broadening the Band' in Toronto,
2003.<BR><BR>As Program chair, I wish to invite members of the Air-list to
nominate to<BR>act as reviewers of proposals. <BR><BR>A reviewer will need to
reviewer a number of 700-word abstracts, provide<BR>basic feedback, according to
set criteria. A reviewer will also provide<BR>assistance to the sub-chairs
responsible for groups of papers in finalising<BR>their recommendations for
inclusion in the program. This work will need to<BR>be done in March. There is
an interactive website that will be used for<BR>managing the review process (the
other side of the conference submission<BR>website :) ).<BR><BR>I expect that,
with a longer abstract, we will actually make the job a<BR>little easier (if
slightly more time), because there will be more substance<BR>on which to choose
for or against a paper.<BR><BR>I note that, in particular, we will need some
reviewers fluent in French;<BR>and we will need reviewers for creative/aesthetic
presentations as well as<BR>more traditional scholarly papers.<BR><BR>Reviewers
will shortly be able to join a specialised mailing list aircon<BR>through which
all review/program business will be conducted.<BR><BR><BR>To this end, please
reply to me directly<BR>m.allen@curtin.edu.au<BR>using the subject line<BR>AOIR
conference reviewer<BR><BR>providing a brief (50 word) description of your
interests and nominating one<BR>or two of the following topic areas which we are
using to manage the review<BR>process (note - these are not streams :)
)<BR><BR>Communities and Interaction <BR>Digital aesthetics <BR>Economics and
Commerce <BR>Ethics, Law, Policy <BR>Gaming <BR>Globalisation/Localisation
<BR>Histories <BR>Identities and Diversity <BR>Informatics <BR>Media and
Communication <BR>Politics/(In)Equality <BR>Research methods, metrics,
approaches <BR>Social Uses and Consequences <BR>Surveillance, Privacy, Security
<BR>Teaching / Learning / Education <BR>Technologies and Infrastructures
<BR>Theories / Philosophies <BR><BR>Finally, if you are interested in taking on
the more substantial<BR>responsibility of sub-chair for a particular topic/area,
please indicate<BR>that too;<BR><BR>if you can think of a suitable colleague who
might not have received this<BR>email who would like to be involved, feel free
to forward it to them.<BR><BR>Best wishes<BR>Matthew Allen<BR>Program Chair,
IRv4, Broadening the Band, Toronto
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