October 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

FACCT Online Forum - Empowering Patients Online
by Aryne Blumklotz 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Join us for a FACCT online forum Empowering Patients Online* featuring Gary Schwitzer Health care journalist and communications authority Tuesday, June 18 - Thursday, June 20 We invite you to participate in an online discussion about Web-based decision-support tools. Learn how these tools work, how they are developed, who is using them and how they benefit consumers. Log on for a few minutes each day to: * Learn about the top Web-based consumer support tools for online decision-making. * Discuss the pros and cons of the most popular tools. * Find out what consumers want and what these online products offer. * Generate ideas for building a consumer-centered model for online decision-making. *Empowering Patients Online is a free event - but you must register to participate. To register simply reply to this e-mail listing your name and e-mail address in the message space. We'll send you instructions on how to log onto the site and participate in the discussion. Aryne Blumklotz, MPH - Communications Coordinator FACCT - The Foundation for Accountability 1200 NW Naito Parkway, Suite 470 Portland, OR 97209 Phone: (503) 546-9717 Fax: (503) 223-4336 www.facct.org

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Recall: [Air-l] Abstract: Measure of Discussion Activity in Threa ded Discussion Spaces
by Avner Caspi 21 Jun '03

21 Jun '03

Avner Caspi would like to recall the message, "[Air-l] Abstract: Measure of Discussion Activity in Threaded Discussion Spaces".

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AoIR 2004 & 2005 - Call For Hosts
by Steve Jones 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

CALL FOR HOSTS CONFERENCES of the ASSOCIATION OF INTERNET RESEARCHERS (2004 and 2005) Association Web site: http://aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers (A.(o).I.R.) invites applications from sites willing to host the association's annual conference, held each year in September/October. In keeping with the association's international membership and orientation applicants from outside the U.S. are particularly encouraged to submit proposals. Sites are being sought for the 2004 and 2005 conferences. The current and previous conference web sites are linked from http://aoir.org FORMAT OF PROPOSALS All proposals should be submitted via e-mail to: sjones(a)uic.edu Proposals will be evaluated by the AoIR executive committee. Please answer all questions below in the format in which they are presented. Applications may be of any length but should be as complete as possible. The association's executive committee may ask for clarification and/or additional information. Feel free to include information and details yourself. DEADLINE First preference for 2004 sites will be given to proposals received by January 31, but all proposals will be considered until a suitable site is found. Members of the AoIR executive committee will be available at the AoIR 2002 conference in Maastricht (October 13 - 16) to meet with those intending to submit a proposal, and will be available via email at any time to answer questions. QUESTIONNAIRE Please include answers to the questions below in the site proposal: 1. What is your location's accessibility? Is it convenient for those travelling from points around the world? Is there a major airport nearby (how distant is it)? Describe the specific site (i.e. building(s)) in which the conference would be held. What number of rooms are available and what are their capacities? What technological support is available in those rooms (e.g. ethernet, projectors, etc)? Please provide indication that these rooms are actually available during the dates you propose for the conference. What is your site's maximum capacity? Has there been previous conferences at your site? If so, please list a few examples. Do you have references or reviews of those previous conferences? If so, please provide them. 2. What kind of support will your site provide? Is there a commitment for funds for the conference? If so, to what level of funding is the commitment? Is the commitment firm (evidence of commitment letters, verbal agreements, etc., should be provided)? Are there conference coordinating agencies available on whom you could draw to help manage registration and the events? 3. Is the site affordable? Will you be able to provide quality accommodations at reasonable cost? Please give an estimate of the cost of hotel rooms and meals. Provide indication that adequate hotel rooms are actually available during the proposed conference dates. How many participants will your site/hotels be able to accommodate? What is the state of local transportation at the conference site? 4. Are there special attractions, tours, locations, at which dinners/receptions might be held, or that attendees might like to visit? 5. Is there opportunity for partnerships and sponsorships that your site can uniquely provide? Please list and explain. 6. Is there a specific year for which you are proposing your site? If not chosen for next year, would your site be willing to host the conference in a subsequent year? Are there specific dates you would like to propose (typically the conference runs three full days)? 7. Is there a person you can identify as a "local host/liaison" who will serve on the local conference committee and liason with aoir? do you have a representative or set of representatives that you would like to put on the AoIR program committee? Have they had experience managing conferences before or are there people immediately available that can guide and assist them? Do you have someone in mind in AoIR from another location than the hosting location that you would like to have Chair the conference? 8. Have you read the AoIR conference guidelines? Are there any exceptions to those guidelines that are desired for you to be able to host the conference in the way that you would like? 9. Are there any special ways that your institution furthers the interdisciplinary, international nature of the Association of Internet Researchers? _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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minutes of Maastricht general meeting
by Ulla Bunz 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

Association of Internet Researchers 3rd Annual Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 13-16, 2002 Minutes of the General Meeting (October 15, 2002): Attendance: All members of the executive committee, ca. 60 members The meeting convened at 5:30 pm. 1. Welcome by Steve Jones (President) 2. Executive Officers' Reports 2. a) President, Steve Jones - Steve clarified that the papers of the conference will be available online almost immediately after the conference. This has been delayed due to permission issues. AoIR will institute a "permission to put online" (or not) clause for future submissions. - President Jones pronounced that "the state of the association is strong!" Within 2 years, we have held 3 conferences, with ever increasing quality, appeal, and support from many sources. Steve expressed his joy and delight. - Steve called for continued interest and involvement from the membership. We have grown because of our incredibly engaged members, but we need more people to volunteer for working committees, listserve participation, etc. etc. to continue our work at an ever increasing level of commitment and quality. 2. b) Vice-President, Nancy Baym - Nancy expressed how impressed she is with our growing interdisciplinarity. She sees many challenges ahead, for example, how to manage the association's growth. Comparing AoIR to her son (born a few short days before the first AoIR conference) she made it clear that we have accomplished amazing deeds. Nancy urged all of us to "tell'em!!!" Spread the word about AoIR, and take an active role in the organization. 2. c) Secretary, Ulla Bunz - Ulla expressed her delight at actively having been part of the organization since the first conference. She said she was stunned by the intellectual stimulation AoIR, once again, provided. She urged members to continue their current conversations and exchanges of ideas on the air-l listserve. 2. d) Treasurer, Benjamin Bates - Ben reported that financially, the association is in good shape. In 2001, we had a balance of slightly above $8000. As the conference in Minneapolis ran a slight profit, we are currently (before final calculations of Maastricht) at a plus of approximately $17000. - With currently about 400 members and 1200 subscribers to the mailing list, our goal is to recruit more list subscribers to become members, and overall keeping our budget low, so that we can strengthen our financial base. 2. e) 1. Open Seat, David Silver - David reminded the members that among his work in the past year was the completion of the "list of listserve" project (with Ulla Bunz, Matt Allen, and Jeremy Hunsinger), a website listing and annotating close to 80 listserves related to the field of Internet Research. David plans to continue his outreach to strengthen the representation of fields of study related to gender, race, sexuality, and social class in AoIR. 2.e) 2. Open Seats, Barry Wellman - Barry agrees with David that we need to broaden the base of AoIR. He sees the need to have inclusive membership, and focus on pertinent issues of research. - In the last weeks, Barry has been an active liaison between the executive committee and the conference planning chairs in Toronto. Please see his report below under 4. AoIR Conference Items. 2.f) 1. Appointed Seats, Matt Allen - Matt has been trying to actively broadcast the message of AoIR to Australian researchers. He believes that AoIR creates a space which welcomes and encourages contributions. AoIR provides the infrastructure for all our activities (i.e., collaborative research), but we need active members to make use of this infrastructure. - As the program chair for the Toronto conference (AoIR 4.0), Matt asked for help and participation in the planning, especially with reviewing. He asked that those interested in helping join air-meet (a "how to" message will be posted to air-l shortly). 2.f) 2. Appointed Seats, Leslie Shade - Leslie, who was program chair in Minneapolis at AoIR 2.0, has been playing an advisory role with the Toronto planning team. She reported on a project by Sandra Braman which tries to initiate comparative Internet research. The project is moving slowly but continuously. People interested should write to Leslie, Sandra, or at least air-l. 2.g) Student Seat, Lisbeth Klastrup - Lisbeth reported that to her personally, the conference was a true turning point, because for the first time she got to meet the other Executive Committee members face-to-face, despite having worked with the committee for an entire year now. - Lisbeth also reported that she initiated a graduate student meeting at AoIR 3.0 in Maastricht that was attended by a number of highly motivated graduate students. The graduate students are planning a number of initiatives. They will share their ideas with air-l at various points. 2.h) 1. Publication Officers, Charlie Breindahl - Charlie has been working on the public part of the AoIR website (http://aoir.org <http://aoir.org/> ). Specifically, he has added a number of resources and book listings. He plans to continue this work, though the breadth and depth of the available material might require a database oriented approach soon. Charlie is also heading the Internet Resources work group, which has not been very active due to sparse participation. He reminded us that our website ought to represent what we, as an organization, are all about, but that it requires the input of many of us to make that happen. He asked for volunteers to join the work group. If you do not wish to join the work group, please email him ideas and suggestions for the website at the very least. - Charlie has also been moderating air-l, not by monitoring messages, but mostly in order to prevent spam. - Charlie reminded us that the website is capable of providing online forums for those of us who wish to work collaboratively and need an online space to do so. 2.h) 2. Publication Officers, Jeremy Hunsinger - Jeremy is mostly responsible for the systems that run AoIR (and the entire exec is immensely grateful for the tremendous job he is doing!). He has been and will have to revise the members website, mostly due to security reasons. - Jeremy is also planning on revising the elections system, based on recommendations made by the Election Working Group. 3. Association Items 3.a) Elections Work Group - Mia Consalvo represented the elections work group and reported that this is an ongoing project. The group has been active and at this point has decided to create a list of questions that candidates will be provided with a list of questions in addition to or instead of the personal blurb they were able to write so far. She asked for help and input with regard to this list of questions (questions may vary depending on office). She also said the group was considering establishing an online forum (asynchronous) where members could ask candidates questions. - Mia reported on several suggestions that the work group is still evaluating. These suggestions include possibly creating a nominating committee, which would help identify individuals who wouldn't self-nominate; possibly limiting people to running for one office; possibly using a preferential voting system (essentially rank ordering and weighing multiple votes per voter). - The election work group has decided not to recommend expanding the executive committee, as functionality might be impeded. Instead, the group is considering recommending an advisory board, but this is still tentative. The elections work group will post a report to air-l closer to the times of elections (elections are in the late spring). 3.b) Ethics Committee - Charles Ess represented the ethics committee and presented the current version of the ethics report to the membership (available at http://www.aoir.org/reports/ethicsfinal.pdf) The report provides questions that researchers can ask themselves to bring forward and resolve ethical concerns of their research. The report does not replace other, existing disciplinary codes or laws. Charles pointed out that in an interdisciplinary and international organization, we have ethical pluralism (there are many different issues, traditions, and theories). Ethics in part depend on context, culture, etc. The ethics committee's report provides no more than a framework, in addition to existing codes. - The ethics report will soon be emailed to air-l for final approval by the membership. 4. Conference Items - Barry Wellman, who has been a liaison with Liss Jeffrey (Toronto conference planning chair) and her group, reported on planning for the conference in 2003. - The conference will take place in Toronto, Canada, October 16-19, 2003. Pre-conference workshops will take place on October 14 and 15. For any information or suggestions for pre-events (of social nature) get in touch with Barry, Liss, or David Mitchell. The conference website for 2003 is http://aoir.org/2003. - Toronto is a multicultural city, and a center for digital arts. We are hoping to involve some digital artists in the conference. The conference itself will take place in a conference hotel, located at the edge of a funky area with lots of cafes, restaurants, and bars. 5. New Business 5.a) Growth, finances and dues of the association - Steve Jones reported that we are currently taking in approximately $12000 per year through dues. However, as our association and conference attendance are growing, we can no longer count on very many university campuses to be able to host our conference. Instead, we must rely on hotels with meeting spaces, and hold conferences in urban areas/large cities with direct access to large (if not international) airports. - Due to these concerns, Steve projects that we will have to increase both the conference registration fees, and the membership dues at some point in the next few years. - Steve asked for feedback on how the membership feels about these increases. He also called for help with suggestions to keep up with costs, yet keep running the organization smoothly and accommodate its growth. - Steve also pointed out that the executive committee needs members' help in order to keep running and expanding the organization. He called for participation in working groups that will be formed increasingly. - Finally, Steve clarified that the next 1-2 years are crucial for the development of the association. We have to figure out our finances to ensure a long term future. We also have to establish means of participation, as AoIR depends heavily on volunteerism. 6. Conference and general member feedback 6.a) Audio taping sessions - A suggestion was made to audio tape all sessions for those who cannot attend them (or the conference). A follow up suggestion recommended web streaming. - A resource committee may be formed soon to investigate our members' resources on this and similar issues. 6.b) Multi-lingual conference - To increase francophone representation at AoIR conferences (and with a special eye on Toronto), the suggestion was made to allow people to present in French. - Nancy Baym pointed out that the conference has no official language, though de facto it is English. Nancy also pointed out that this year, we did review (and accept) submissions of French abstracts. - Clearly, multi-lingual presentations have to be considered in an international conference. At this point, the association cannot afford simultaneous translation, as for example, was done at the International Communication Association in Acapulco (Spanish and English). For Toronto, interpretation/translation might be funded by the Canadian government. The association has applied for a grant and will have to wait for results. - Nancy urged to bring up such questions on air-meet, the forum for conference ideas. 6.c) Association demographics - A question was posed to the executive committee to reveal the statistics and demographics of the association. Specifically, the questioner was interested in an inventory of disciplines. - Though the association keeps records of country association (by current address, not by birth or citizenship), we are not currently keeping an official inventory of disciplines. When signing up for membership, one can state one's affiliation with certain fields or disciplines, and provide keywords, but few people make use of this option. - A call was also made to provide statistics on submission and acceptance rates. 6.d) Conference time management - Critique was voiced about the short time for paper presentations (generally about 12-15 minutes). - The executive committee acknowledged a conflict between allowing as many people as possible to share their ideas in depth, and limiting the conference to three days and an acceptable number of parallel sessions. This problem has been discussed at length and repeatedly by the executive committee. Last year, members asked for more interaction time, so time between panels was increased from 10 to 15 minutes, and an official lunch break was instituted. It is up to the Toronto planning team to decide on the schedule for the next conference. Please join air-meet to participate in the planning. - Also, please consider alternative modes of presentation forms (i.e., pre-conference workshops) or creative presentations. An additional audience comment called for more workshops and pre-conference social events. It is up to the conference attendees to initiate such work shops. To plan social events, contact Liss Jeffrey (ljeffrey(a)mcluhan.org) or David Mitchell. 6.e) Intellectual value of the association to its members - A call was voiced to increase the value of the association to its members. The executive committee supports the call that ongoing projects or projects in planning should be announced on air-l, so there is room for collaboration, or, at the very least, awareness of current work. - Jeremy Hunsinger pointed out that the website offers the technical options of online forums etc. for online collaboration, but that these are basically never used. - Matt Allen volunteered to initiate more communication about the technical possibilities and opportunities AoIR provides. With no further business to attend to, the meeting was adjourned around 7 pm. Compiled and submitted on October 17, 2002, Ulla Bunz (Secretary) ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------

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apsa panels
by jeremy hunsinger 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

the apsa is having its annual, you can see some of its i.t. panels and get the drafts below Information, Technology and Politics http://apsaproceedings.cup.org/Site/panels/040/D040.htm Chair: Micah Altman, Harvard University 1 Online Surveys: Assessing the Usefullness of New Methods for Measuring Public Opinion 2 Evil, Telecommunications, and the Internet 3 Organizing and Participating Online 4 Internet Policymaking and E-Merging Research: E-Governance, E-Competitiveness, and E-Security 5 The Internet and Civic Culture 6 Technology and Education 7 Technology, Communities, and Participation jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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road warriors
by Barry Wellman 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

I am posting this query to both the Community list and the AOIR list, because of its relevance to both. I've been flying around a lot recently giving lectures and attending conferences: to scholarly, governmental and corporate dot.com groups. In so doing, I frequently encounter what _PC Magazine_ calls "road warriors", albeit the opposite of Mad Max. These are managers, professionals and technicians who spend a good deal of time traveling, either between organizational offices, or to other organizations or conferences. Modally, 2-4 days per week. They live by computer-supported and 800-number contact back to their home base. If you get into business lounges, you can see them pounding their laptops, checking their emails, and talking via 800 numbers to their colleagues elsewhere. They spend a lot of time in corporate hotels (e.g., the misnamed Holiday Inn), bars, medium-priced restaurants, and airport lounges. Has anyone seriously studied such folks? How do they sustain this mobile life? What is their community, with work colleagues and friends -- and household members? Etc. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________

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Fwd: RC5-64 solved
by jeremy hunsinger 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

one of those little bits of history i guess. so i'm forwarding it in hope that it finds other interested folks. 4 years, thousands of computers, one solution properly applied is worth much more than the exercise itself. Begin forwarded message: > From: Graham Lally <scribe(a)exmosis.net> > Date: Thu Sep 26, 2002 12:42:07 PM US/Eastern > To: cypherpunks(a)lne.com > Subject: RC5-64 solved > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just noticed on /. that distributed.net wound up 4 years of intense CPU > cycles, by getting the key to RSA's RC5-64 challenge. > > Distributed.net release: > http://www.distributed.net/pressroom/news-20020926.html > > "On 14-Jul-2002, a relatively characterless PIII-450 in Tokyo returned > the winning key to the distributed.net keyservers. The key > 0x63DE7DC154F4D03 produces the plaintext output: > > ~ The unknown message is: some things are better left unread > > Unfortunately, due to breakage in scripts (dbaker's fault, naturally) > on > the keymaster, this successful submission was not automatically > detected. It sat undiscovered until 12-Aug-2002. The key was > immediately > submitted to RSA Labs and was verified as the winning key." > > .g > > - -- > "I look at your tanks, at the snipers, at the whole army, and feel joy. > Because I know that these two rooms, in which we are huddled together, > are stronger than all this might." - Tawfiq Tirawi > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE9kzjcwT+AXPPRTIgRAp0DAKCFFkATGFsZeGZBwH45LTjz7tsmbgCfRWtG > /9JbYOtw5OAcGQOL9AZyh4I= > =X9e5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Join AoIR!
by Nancy Baym 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

The Association of Internet Researchers is an interdisciplinary and interprofessional organization dedicated to advancing the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. Our primary goal is to promote scholarly and critical research into the social, cultural, political, economic and aesthetic aspects of the Internet by building a resource and support network independent from traditional disciplinary and professional borders. In just four years, we have linked 1,200 internet researchers through air-l, and have brought hundreds together face-to-face through our three annual conferences. Our strength as an association derives from our membership, and we'd like to remind you of the many benefits of paid membership, some of which are worth more money than the modest cost of membership: (1) Access to conference paper archives from Internet Research 3.0 and 1.0 (2) 20% Discount on all books in Routledge Press's Cyberstudies catalogue. (3) Journal subscription discounts (most more than cost of membership): -Information, Communication and Society (50% discount) -Cyberpsychology and Behavior (~30% discount) -The Information Society (~30% discount) -New Media & Society (20% discount) -e-Service Journal: A Journal of Electronic Services in the Public and Private Sectors (20% discount) (4) Discounted Conference Registration. (5) The right to vote on executive committee positions, serve on working groups, run for elected office, and otherwise do your part to make this association what you wish it would become. (6) The knowledge that you help make it possible for us to meet face to face each year and create the possibility for new initiatives. We are a young association and have minimal financial resources. As we grow, the cost of hosting conferences increases considerably, as do the number of great ideas members have for other ways we could spend money. AoIR uses all the money we get to make this association better for our members. We are an all-volunteer association. No one gets paid! We do our best to keep the cost of membership reasonable. Dues are as follows (all figures in US$): * professional (person) - $35 * graduate student (includes Ph.D. students) - $25 * individuals in non-OECD countries - $10 * non-profit institutions in non-OECD countries - $25 * affiliate membership (persons and non-profit institutions in non-OECD countries, unwaged) - free to a maximum of two years, includes only listserve and basic aoir.org web access * educational institution (academic department, library, etc.) - $250 * non-profit organization - $100 * lifetime individual membership - $1000 * corporate sponsor (for-profit institution) - $2000 Become a member now! http://aoir.org/airjoin.html ________________________________________________________ Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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Weblogs in education
by dca4＠georgetown.edu 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

I'm having two of my classes use weblogs this semester. Students in one class are keeping journals, writing about anything they desire, http://cct723.blogspot.com. Another class is using them in a more structured manner to answer weekly questions, http://cct717.blogspot.com, then read each others answers. Please browse, if you have a chance. Are others using blogs as an educational information sharing or creativity device? Would love to discuss what you are finding. I'm getting very mixed reactions from students, especially those asked to journal. Dorine Dorine Andrews Research Professor - CCT Program Georgetown University 202-784-4338 410-366-0994 www.georgetown.edu/faculty/dca4

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Re: [Air-l] 3.0 papers
by meiwu＠umac.mo 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

I'm an Aoir member and I don't if I have been given a passport to visit the paper achieve. Please inform me who I should contact to know my user name and passport to the paper achieve. Many thanks, Wu Mei

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